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That "library field" sounds like a better bet for me.

I like doing a hodge podge of different influences other then something prose oriented.
Even though I would stick around something more prose oriented for that finished cd.

I never viewed a quality production on how big it is.
Or small for that matter.
I like stuff like Chicago, Steely Dan, and Paul McCartney but could listen to MC5, The Stooges, or early grunge and post punk acts that recorded on practically nothing also.

There are people that make some great productions that record on even less then I do.
The main reason that I have seen for big studio productions seems to have much to do with the credits I see on these major label cd's.

Are their people that often with their own small home productions to where they can be left as they are in a larger circuit?