In reply toIn reply toIn reply toAndy just can't relate to someone creating their own music without an engineer, in his eyes it's not credible. In some instances I think most would agree
however, and this a big however, there are many artistic people with a natural feel for the creative arts yet aren't technically skilled with an instrument etc but can verbally direct their vision until it is reached. It may take longer, it may need time to build a relationship with an engineer and building their distinct sound to make it work.
Sometimes the person who has learnt as a musician does not always prove to be the most gifted musically.
It all comes down to my previous post about the electronic music artists I have always looked up to.
If I found out tomorrow that (for example) Steve and Miquette from System 7 didn't do their own engineering, or that the Hartnoll brothers paid someone else to engineer all their tracks, I would personally think far less of them as musicians. And I'm not going to apologise for that
In the instance you've described above, Jay, I feel that the onus would be on that person to practise their fucking arse off and learn how to do it themselves, regardless of how much hard work it may be. The musical results would be more personal to them and would have been constructed with sounds that they've made themselves; not the engineer's bank of presets.
I honestly don't understand why - seemingly - I am completely alone in thinking that this would be a GOOD thing for the scene?
The tracks would still be the same though. Just enjoy music for what it is.
But the manner of the production of the music is important to me
For example, I'll research a classic album whilst listening to it to find out where the recording was done, who the producer was, stuff that happened during the recording process that forced them to rethink the direction of where they were going, weird/rare instruments used on specific tracks, shit like that.
The background and method of how a recording was made is one of many components that contribute to my overall enjoyment of the listening experience

The above statement is, admittedly, more applicable to music played with instruments. Within electronic dance music, it's down to the person twiddling the knobs and generating the actual sounds for me.
You - and, apparently, most people on here - may not care about stuff like this, but I do
