Bathed in Reverb

As my ears gain studio experience, I start to hear stuff I never heard before. For instance, the other day coming home from the studio I put an Eva Cassidy CD in the car. For the first time in years, I noticed just how much reverb was on her voice--it was startlingly heavy. The next day I mentioned it to Gary.

"Oh yeah, a lot of singers ask me to make their recordings sound like Eva Cassidy," he said. "I tell them, look, it's how great Eva sings that you want, not all that dated reverb. Most of those recordings of hers are basically demos, anyway."