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right. so.
in my recording class, i'm one of 3 white kids. there are usually at least 12 or so black kids in there with us, some of which aren't even enrolled in the class.
anyway... every time we have class, the majority of these black folks love to be obnoxious as hell. they won't listen to you. ever. even when you point out something they're doing wrong. this is because they know everything there is to know about recording, and you couldn't possibly teach them anything new. a lot of them are already even calling themselves producers, although they could never find their way around the console without help, or even tell you what a god damn COMPRESSOR does (other than "it compresses shit").
when they're being recorded, half the time we can't even get them to pay attention. when they fuck up a take, rather than waiting a few seconds for us to start recording again, they start going off and playing a completely fucking different song. when we talk into the headphone mic and ask them to stop jamming so we can get back to recording, they pretend they can't hear us. today it took us ONE HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES to even get them to pay attention long enough to get ready for recording.
even when they're NOT the ones being recorded, they're in the stuffy little console room with us, singing (badly) or rapping over the music so that we can't even hear what we're working on. the professor has given up on trying to get them to shut the fuck up, because he knows they won't listen.
and this is my favorite part:
in every single class, when the recording is done and it's time to do a mixdown, us white kids stay behind at the console. EVERY SINGLE BLACK KID LEAVES THE ROOM.
apparently they're going to make it in the business without ever even learning the fucking craft.
in my recording class, i'm one of 3 white kids. there are usually at least 12 or so black kids in there with us, some of which aren't even enrolled in the class.
anyway... every time we have class, the majority of these black folks love to be obnoxious as hell. they won't listen to you. ever. even when you point out something they're doing wrong. this is because they know everything there is to know about recording, and you couldn't possibly teach them anything new. a lot of them are already even calling themselves producers, although they could never find their way around the console without help, or even tell you what a god damn COMPRESSOR does (other than "it compresses shit").
when they're being recorded, half the time we can't even get them to pay attention. when they fuck up a take, rather than waiting a few seconds for us to start recording again, they start going off and playing a completely fucking different song. when we talk into the headphone mic and ask them to stop jamming so we can get back to recording, they pretend they can't hear us. today it took us ONE HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES to even get them to pay attention long enough to get ready for recording.
even when they're NOT the ones being recorded, they're in the stuffy little console room with us, singing (badly) or rapping over the music so that we can't even hear what we're working on. the professor has given up on trying to get them to shut the fuck up, because he knows they won't listen.
and this is my favorite part:
in every single class, when the recording is done and it's time to do a mixdown, us white kids stay behind at the console. EVERY SINGLE BLACK KID LEAVES THE ROOM.
apparently they're going to make it in the business without ever even learning the fucking craft.