Fran-Ashcroft05This weeks Fran Ashcroft article:  A bit of the old Brian Wilson’s

The last week my left ear has been congested, just what you need when you have 2 mastering jobs and a remix. This used to happen frequently after long flights, and it wasn’t unusual to see me hunched over a mixing desk, head tilted down and to one side at the only angle where I could actually hear anything. Then some clever people invented special earplugs to equalize air pressure changes and I could jet set around like nobody’s business. However I have not been flying anywhere recently, so once more I look more like a Richard 111 impersonator than a record producer.

To make matters even more embarassing, a label sent me an mp3:

Label: “Help! What do you think of this?”

Me: “The song is ok, it sounds fine”

Label: “er…is the hiss on the left channel a liability?”

You know you’re in trouble when you can’t tell the difference between -

Mono and stereo
British or Swedish accents
Stork from butter

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