The Minimum Toolset

A part of being a producer is battling that deadly vice… lust. The condition has a name: Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Have you got G.A.S.? Do you convince yourself that a new preamp, microphone, compressor, plug-in, etc., will be the elixir that transforms your next production into a hit?

I’m afraid it doesn’t work that way. Hey, I’ve bought plenty of gear over the years that has changed my workflow — and the way I think about audio — but none of it has made a song . Gear may have made a song easier to record, it may have even made the sound a little sweeter, but it was