Eddie Offord, genius or Bumbling Fool?

Are you sure these two sentances are mutually exclusive?  Drugs probably don't make an Engineer any better, but they may have contributed to "happy accidents" in the studio.  I'm sure much mixing experimentation was caused by herbal (and other) experimention (and with positive results).

well I have had some experience with mixing recordings while mixing something else and I can honestly say I am happy with the results. Theres a thing called learned behavior , see the thing is if you learn to do a task straight and get it down pat so its second nature everything works out OK when the herb gets added, its only when you are not that competent straight at doing it problems happen, I would say Eddie was very familiar with his task. Herb can alter perception in a positive way if used with some common sense. (I don`t smoke herb anymore BTW)   but I have no problems if I find an artist or engineer I like is under the influence so long as the results of the project are good/great. I believe in Eddie`s case the results were great so whats the issue ? 


Edited by Masque - May 27 2006 at 01:15

All that I can say is Eddie didn't obviously impose his thoughts too much on Yes, because he engineered also other bands, like ELP, and they don't sound the least same. 

Come to think of it, he did do a pretty good job on Pallas' The Sentinel, too.

That albums is one of my guilty pleasures. I really don't think it's all that great, but man do I love listening to it.

A ridiculous question, as Eddie Offord not only produced several of THE classic progressive rock albums of the 70s, he also produced John McLaughlin's classic jazz debut "Extrapolation". It sounds like the questioner is presuming a lot...first that Offord was under the influence, which is pure speculation, secondly, that being so necessarily impairs the ability to do it well. Phil Spector is widely considered one of the greatest producers in the history of rock, and look at where he ended up...

I think his work testifies to his ability...

Sexual orientation? How does that enter into it? What sexual proclivities or preferences could possibly affect your abilities as a producer?

pero wrote: Teaflax wrote: Sexual orientation? How does that enter into it? What sexual proclivities or preferences could possibly affect your abilities as a producer?   None. That's what I'm trying to say.   Except if you want to produce only: Boy George, Simply red, Frenky goes to Hollywood, Milli Vanilli, or Freddie Mercury solo projects. OK?

Sorry, I don't understand your point.

If there was a hall of fame for producers Eddie Offord would already be in it.

pero wrote: None. That's what I'm trying to say.

Except it's not what you're saying. If you say "despite", it implies that sexual orientation could possibly be a factor, but isn't in this particular case - almost as if it was an exception.

If someone says, "She's a good guitarist, despite being a girl", it clearly implies that person thinks that being a girl would be an impediment to being a good guitarist - and pretty much proves the person a chauvinist. So tell me from there what your comment says about you, if - as the below suggests - you are implying that homosexuality should negatively affect production skills.

pero wrote: Except if you want to produce only: Boy George, Simply red, Frenky goes to Hollywood, Milli Vanilli, or Freddie Mercury solo projects. OK?

If that's supposed to be a gay joke, it fails on both levels; by virtue of not being funny, and by including artists that are definitely not homosexual.

Second of all, why would whether you are gay or not affect whether you work well (or want to work with) acts that are gay?


Edited by Teaflax - June 02 2006 at 04:46