Ed Producer?

[UK ROCKER]

Do you think Ed can pull this off with the new album?

Cos i bet he does not want to spend money on a outside producer.

I think he may just have another meltdown under the pressure.

Remember those last songs he produced on that 'best of' Hmmm...

Do you think he can pull it off successfully?

[chefcraig]

Just look at VH III, which he essentially produced himself while telling the record company that Mike Post was looking after things. I do not know much about album production, but even someone as clueless as me knows to unplug the aquarium and the tv set when recording guitar tracks, as the resulting buzz gets picked up in the microphone.

[UK ROCKER]

I wonder if Ed has changed since 96'

1 Scrutinizing Dave's lyrics.

2 Not letting Dave turn the vocal booth into 'Club Dave'

3 Being a cunt

[VanHalenFan5150]

He should just get Ted Templeman and Mo Ostin... But he doesn't do what the "Fans" want. They helped Ed get his sound and shit. It's like, put out a fucking new album with Dave already. We don't give a shit if it sucks, just put out new stuff.

[VanHalener]

What new album?

[VanHalenFan5150]

...Exactly. They've yet to put out a new one. But they should.

[Terry]

What new album?

From what Ed said in Guitar World, I wouldn't hold my breath for any new material anytime soon.

Would be interesting to have an outside producer work with the band in a studio that wasn't in Ed's back yard. Someone who could challenge the band in the aspects of songwriting and performance if things weren't shaping up to be everything they could be while recording was underway.

Sorry to say, but when left to his own devices Ed usually has shit in his ears far as getting good sounds in the studio goes. VH3 was painful to listen to, a bit more in terms of sonics than songwriting (there were a few good ideas expressed), and that was essentially an EVH production.

[VanHalenFan5150]

Take it with a grain of salt... Or a bottle of Jack (I don't drink.)

[VanHalener]

From what Ed said in Guitar World, I wouldn't hold my breath for any new material anytime soon...

That's where my thoughts turned to.

Fuck Ed.

Van Halen is dead.

~Long Live Dave~

[VanHalenFan5150]

Hmm... I really have not much to say about this. Ed, Dave, Mike and Al should all get back together, put out two or three albums before retirement, sell some t-shirts and tablature books and call it a day. But we all know that'll never happen.

[Sucker of Satan's Penis]

Ed should quit his un-job and get a real job.

Just not one producing. Sufferers of tinnitis burden all others around them when editing music, creating sonic dross and ruining the new music experience for others.

[Diamondjimi]

Get a job GARfail!

[dazzlindino]

Ed, Producer......what an oxy moron......
He hasnt produced squat in over 20 years, why start now........

[VanHalener]

Maybe his hand is really phucked up after surgery and he will not talk about it.

Guess it's more likely that he's just a gunt through & through.

[IceCreamBlondie]

I think ED is too busy blaming the fans for being "sooooo disinterested" in any new music he might want to put out now.....

Why hire a producer when its easier to blame the fans?