Miggy D
War Child
I'm not super knowledgeable on music-making, so maybe some people can help me out with this:
Just exactly how much of the music is made by a band and how much is made/influenced by the producers?
For instance: would Achtung, Baby be Achtung, Baby without Eno?
Would POP be POP without Flood?
And what about Steve Lillywhite or Daniel Lanois? How big of a role do these guys have in terms of shaping the sound of an album? I remember for instance, Brian Eno being referenced as 'the fifth member of U2' (and here I thought it was McGuinness). How much say...how much power does he have in the studio?
And this new album, last time I checked the records, has 1.5 million producers, give or take. How much of HTDAAB is U2, and how much of it is based on the input of these guys? U2 gets credited with constantly changing its sound, and I'm definitely sure the decision to change their sound is their own, but how much of the actual transformation is because of the producer involved? I mean you can't help but wonder, after taking a listen through 'Passengers' just how much power Eno must have had in the recording of some of their 90s material.
Thoughts?
-Mike
Just exactly how much of the music is made by a band and how much is made/influenced by the producers?
For instance: would Achtung, Baby be Achtung, Baby without Eno?
Would POP be POP without Flood?
And what about Steve Lillywhite or Daniel Lanois? How big of a role do these guys have in terms of shaping the sound of an album? I remember for instance, Brian Eno being referenced as 'the fifth member of U2' (and here I thought it was McGuinness). How much say...how much power does he have in the studio?
And this new album, last time I checked the records, has 1.5 million producers, give or take. How much of HTDAAB is U2, and how much of it is based on the input of these guys? U2 gets credited with constantly changing its sound, and I'm definitely sure the decision to change their sound is their own, but how much of the actual transformation is because of the producer involved? I mean you can't help but wonder, after taking a listen through 'Passengers' just how much power Eno must have had in the recording of some of their 90s material.
Thoughts?
-Mike