QUOTE (treeduck @ Jul 18 2012, 02:15 PM)QUOTE (snowDog'sNose @ Jul 18 2012, 02:06 PM) +1 for Steven Wilson. Or Josh Silver. Or Devin Townsend. Or any random producer or engineer that does NOT have his/her name accredited to anything that sniffs modern fm radio.
Not Devin Townsend! He's the Wall of Noise king, the last thing RUSH need is a guy who specialises in that. We're looking for the opposite.
In reference to Devin Townsend being the King of Noise. I prefer to view his productions as the King of Thick Sound. The idea came up earlier in the thread that whomever is responsible for production/mastering is somewhat at the mercy of the fact that Lifeson has become an addict of multitrcking his guitar in response to the years of riding backseat to keys and such. Listening to any Townsend produced work going back 15 years, like the music or not, it is evident that he separates the men from the boys in working with large numbers of tracks an finding a spot for all tracks to fit sonically. Never have I listened to anything he has produced and thought, "this sound muddy" or "I'm having trouble getting this track EQed right to hear the drums" The fact that this is even a topic with all the production talent that is available, to me is absurd. My point ultimately is that Townsend would have achieved way better results given the same input.
