[brandondrury]

We recording guys get so sucked into doing this and that because we are "supposed" to. There is a lot to learn, but sometimes I wonder if I need "unlearn" a few things.

On the subject of hiss and noise, we consider it unprofessional to have hiss and noise in our recordings. "Unprofessional" is more of an objective thing that looks bad on us and doesn't really necessarily involve the intensity of the music.

So maybe there are a zillion songs that lose something because of all the damn hiss and noise. However, I've got two songs that I want to talk about that have TONS of hiss and I can't help but think that it doesn't make a damn bit of difference.

Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence"

and

John Lennon's "Imagine".

Both are "prettier" songs that the typical loud, piss off WW2 vets songs by The Who or Steppenwolf were and if I'm going to stereotype, I'd say that "prettier" songs suffer more from noise than rockers do.

These are two of the most powerful recordings of all time. So if John Lennon can make a masterpiece with hiss, what do we care? More importantly, is there something about the hiss that actually adds something?

Brandon