In-Studio Band Archetypes

A few weeks ago I was wasting time during the day on Facebook and came across one of the best, funniest, geeky music world posts and comment feeds I’ve ever seen.  I had to contribute.  And I must share.

A musician friend of mine, Stephan Mason, posted the following:

In-studio dude band archetypes:

Don’t leave me out guy
Always right guy
Let’s not fight guy
I hate you guys guy

And now, these are just some comments from the comments section.  If you get it, you get it.

This production demeans my art guy
Runs studio intern ragged for his own selfishness guy
I could take it or leave it guy

Makes hand and arm movements to explain an arrangement in his head guy
Analog is smoother than digital guy
Can we bump up the tempo guy

We gotta get out and network guy
There’s a click that’s bothering me somewhere around 1:41 guy
Let’s just cut and paste it guy

Let’s do another take just so we have it guy
I thought the last one was good guy
This isn’t radio enough guy
I don’t want to copy them but I want the feel to be like Coldplay guy

Art guy
Money guy
Talent guy
Pizza guy

Let’s celebrate writing the hook with a shot guy
Do you think the message is coming across guy
Let’s all stop for a second and pray guy

The acoustic almost sounds TOO good guy
This is perfect for tv and film guy
I played this for my wife and she LOVED it guy

I just want to make sure we can still press vinyl guy
I’m going to start talking as we listen back to the take guy
I just think it’s our season guy

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I’m always interested in your perspective, whether affirming or dissenting. Continue the conversation anytime: gabethebassplayer@gmail.com