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RIP Steve Albini
May. 9th, 2024 08:21 amThe Chicago recording engineer, Steve Albini, passed away yesterday.
It was, maybe surprisingly, impactful to me when I heard.
He was only 62. It seemed so out of left field.
I never met him, but read a lot of his writing/thoughts growing up, and it was all pretty influential to me, in terms of audio engineering, but maybe more broadly in terms of philosophy and attitude. A little dissonance here because adopting some of that without having the skills that he did has likely been among my many dysfunctions, (see all my "why am I uncomfortable playing in a cover band" rambles) but still, that stuff is a part of me, and I think that accounts for something.
I guess he just seemed like a constant in the universe. Always a touchstone for some philosophical line(s) of thought in recording. Always a possibility of going and recording with him, or at least at his studio, in the back of my mind because affordability and reasonableness in business practices were a part of his thing. Michael and I had just talked about this possibility in the last few months. ..probably unrealistically, but it's the kind of thing that just lives in your head as an option.
Anyway, RIP to him, and how cool to have left such a big mark on the world.
It was, maybe surprisingly, impactful to me when I heard.
He was only 62. It seemed so out of left field.
I never met him, but read a lot of his writing/thoughts growing up, and it was all pretty influential to me, in terms of audio engineering, but maybe more broadly in terms of philosophy and attitude. A little dissonance here because adopting some of that without having the skills that he did has likely been among my many dysfunctions, (see all my "why am I uncomfortable playing in a cover band" rambles) but still, that stuff is a part of me, and I think that accounts for something.
I guess he just seemed like a constant in the universe. Always a touchstone for some philosophical line(s) of thought in recording. Always a possibility of going and recording with him, or at least at his studio, in the back of my mind because affordability and reasonableness in business practices were a part of his thing. Michael and I had just talked about this possibility in the last few months. ..probably unrealistically, but it's the kind of thing that just lives in your head as an option.
Anyway, RIP to him, and how cool to have left such a big mark on the world.
