DAMN RIP glad we have some mixing videos on YouTube to learn from him and cement his influence for the next gen of producers
Sad sad day
DAMN RIP glad we have some mixing videos on YouTube to learn from him and cement his influence for the next gen of producers
“I consider the band the most important thing, as the creative entity that spawned both the band's personality and style and as the social entity that exists 24 hours out of each day. I do not consider it my place to tell you what to do or how to play. I'm quite willing to let my opinions be heard (if I think the band is making beautiful progress or a heaving mistake, I consider it part of my job to tell them) but if the band decides to pursue something, I'll see that it gets done.
I like to leave room for accidents or chaos. Making a seamless record, where every note and syllable is in place and every bass drum is identical, is no trick. Any idiot with the patience and the budget to allow such foolishness can do it. I prefer to work on records that aspire to greater things, like originality, personality and enthusiasm. If every element of the music and dynamics of a band is controlled by click tracks, computers, automated mixes, gates, samplers and sequencers, then the record may not be incompetent, but it certainly won't be exceptional. It will also bear very little relationship to the live band, which is what all this hooey is supposed to be about.
If a record takes more than a week to make, somebody's f***ing up.”
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Didn't realise he was only 61. Think I have to give the nod to Magnolia Electric Co. as my favourite album he had a hand in. Incredible career.

love a lot of his work but dude seemed questionable as a human i gotta be honest
him dying is not the time to bring this s*** up chief
this kind of hit me in the gut because i was hoping to work with him one day. he ran a studio called electrical audio in chicago and constantly worked with up and coming bands and musicians


a towering figure in the underground and instrumental to so many seminal albums let alone his own work… this one sucks. humans don’t live long enough…. best to say f*** everything else and spend that time doing exactly what you wanna do whenever you can. steve made a whole life out of that