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Re:The work ethic of MJ - amazing tales from the studio by h... by GavinB on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:46AM (#685680)
If you're interested in audio recording or mixing, gearslutz is the place. I haven't posted there in a while but there's a lot in common with HN.

This thread is recent but there's some great older stuff that I recall. Check out this thread from Bruce Swedien - http://www.gearslutz.com/board/bruce-swedien/83165-seven-peo... (scroll down for the bit about MJ)

Edit: Here's a story from Bruce about recording and mixing Billie Jean - http://www.gearslutz.com/board/bruce-swedien/84587-real-stor...

Re:The work ethic of MJ - amazing tales from the studio by h... by mattjung on Friday July 03, 2009 @05:58AM (#685865)
The Billie-Jean-Story sounds very familiar to me. Improving things a thousand time until you understand that the first version,closest to the original idea, was the best...
Re:The work ethic of MJ - amazing tales from the studio by h... by michael_dorfman on Friday July 03, 2009 @04:27AM (#685781)
The "Billie Jean" story definitely has a lesson for software development.
Re:The work ethic of MJ - amazing tales from the studio by h... by imajes on Friday July 03, 2009 @01:51AM (#685687)
Yeah- the newer thread keeps referring to Swedien's work - that's another great thread. Thanks for finding it!