[brandondrury]

You clearly chose the wrong band to produce.

While I have pushed you to produce bands, maybe I didn't make it clear as to how picky you should be with the bands.

#1 The singer must be amazing. If you are not blown away by him, no one else will be either. Think of the best singer you know and produce that band. You mentioned before that the singer wasn't that good. Screw that!

#2 The songwriting must be amazing. If the songs aren't tremendous, no one will care. No one will probably care anyway, but they really won't care if the songwriting is medicore.

#3 The music must be able to move up to the next level. There is no point in producing people who are not ready (and probably never will be ready). You must be able to make money with your producing. You can't just donate your time. If you really believe in the band, than do it. If the band doesn't seam a head and shoulders above every other band you have done then you are wasting your time.

If you don't get excited thinking that these songs are so damn good that it's going to blow peoples minds, no one else will either.

#4 The band doesn't respect you.
The band is happy with a half assed project. If they are content with that, they don't understand your bigger vision and don't care. I deal with this from time to time (but never with the bands I produce, ironically).
When a band works with a big producer, they will do whatever he says. When this band works with you, they say "this is good enough!". Don't work with people like that.

I'm very very picky about who I take the time to produce. I must like them personally, agree with their ambitions / goals, and believe in them musically. This is not easy to find. Good luck! But, that's kind of the point. It should take a year to find the right band to produce. When you find this amazing band, with a huge following, you should produce the shit out of them. If the band doesn't have all their ducks in a row, they will not move up!

Brandon