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be my own editor. Even my favorite living author, Joyce Carol Oates, she's got
an editor! I think there's a lot to be said
for artists that will be the artist, and trust
someone else to help them be the artist.
Did you have any moments where you
said, "Could you just change that", or...
JS: No. No, I did not. I mean that was
intentional. That's why I asked Gary to help.
GT: But do you know how rare this is?
This requires a level of emotional maturity to be able to let go and trust.
I sent Jack the finished tracks, he
downloaded the whole record, and I
didn't hear from him for a couple of
days. My first reaction was, "Oh my
God, we've got problems! He's gonna
go and say, 'Yeah, this was good, but
what happened to my vocal here? I kind
of loved that noise in there!'." He took a
couple of days, and he got back to me
and said, "Gary, wow! I listened to this
on a couple of systems and I think this
sounds like a great classic album!"
JS: I think what I may have said that it
sounds better than Abbey Road on my
system, or something silly like that...
GT: You did, you did. And I wanted to
tone it down here! [laughs]
JS: But I what I meant was, Abbey
Road, it's forty years old and it's not as
loud as many of today's artists, you know.

Gary, you also mastered the record. So
you're one of those guys?
GT: I'm sorry, yes, I am. I'm one of
those guys that talks out of both sides of
his mouth. Because what I will tell everybody is, do not master your own record!
But I've spent a lot of years in my career
mastering...
JS: That's how I was introduced to
you, as a mastering person.
GT: So yeah, I tell everybody... you
need a separate set of ears because you
can't be subjective and objective at the
same time. It's not possible.
However, let's be real. Sometimes it
comes down to dollars and cents. So I
have had to learn how, once I'm done
mixing, to completely try to erase that
part of the job out of my mind. I did not
master it right away, I waited two
weeks. Then I could go back in and
work really hard at saying, "I did not
mix this, I'm not going to get emotionally involved, I'm gonna make this sound
like the best record it can be, just as if
somebody brought it to me." I don't
know if I succeeded, but that's what I
attempted to do.
Well, I think Jack and I will agree you
succeeded!
JS: Absolutely!

What's Next For Jack And Gary
A few months after this interview, I
hooked up with Jack and Gary during a
few shows on Jack's tour with his newly
formed Jack Spann Band, which concluded at the massive Summerfest in
Milwaukee. Jack and Gary have continued their producer/artist relationship and
nearly completed Jack's second album.
This time Gary has flown out to Jack's
new studio in New York to do much of
the tracking in person, including additional musicians like the Jack Spann
Band's Don Kelly, a respected New York
session drummer who is one of the few
drummers I have seen play a hybrid
drum kit of cajon, snare, mini timbales,
bells and splash cymbals, and make you
forget that you are not hearing a full kit.
I can't wait to hear the new album!
Learn more at www.jackspann.com and
www.garytanin.com.


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