Also, since the book combines a Spinal Tap-like look at a band slowly imploding, with a surprisingly detailed technical glimpse at the making of an album, an index would have been nice, to find, say, when the band was comping vocals. (Including a glossary of terms like "comping vocals" was a very smart move though.) And it's a minor point, but I have a feeling the book could have benefited from a subtitle. Something along the lines like The Adventures of Mixerman: How A CD Is Recorded might have made the title more accessible to the layman, rather than to strictly us recording junkies.
But these are minor points. The Adventures of Mixerman is a fun, easily accessible look at why today's CDs are frequently terrible--and why so much money gets wasted recording them. If you're interested in how the CDs in your collection were recorded, or you'd like to a read about a real-life group that's stranger than Spinal Tap, The Adventures of Mixerman is well worth your time.
(Self-published; available for $19.95 from the author's Website.)
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1 - Jim Carruthers
I followed Mixerman's site until it trailed off, where does the book end?
My favourite observation from the original posts was that it is much cheaper to treat a band like millionaires than it is to make them millionaires.