"In recording, John always had a good idea of how he wanted the arrangements to go. It was my job to interpret that into musical terms. He'd say, 'I want it to feel like that,'and then I'd go through this brain process and say, 'Take the guitar and do this, the drums will do this here,'and it would make that sound that he was hearing." Tape Op : The Book About Creative Music Recording by Larry  Crane (Editor), Elliott  Smith (Introduction) Owner and main engineer, Larry Crane is also the editor of Tape Op, a nationally distributed magazine about  creative recording, and has played in bands since 1984, including Elephant Factory, Vomit Launch, Sunbirds, Foggy Notion and Flaming Box of Ants. From 1994 to 1997 he ran Laundry  Rules Recording out of a home basement in Portland and recorded artists like Versus, 2 Foot Flame, Stephen Malkmus and Catpower on an old 8-track. He's spoken on and moderated  panels about recording at SXSW, NXNW, Indie Music Forum and CMJ. Besides working at  Jackpot! Recording, Larry Crane is also available for freelance  production/engineering work at any studio (or town) of your choice. Call or e-mail for discussion of your project and to  find out his low rates LARRY CRANE of JACKPOT! RECORDS Official Larry Crane Web Site © 2000 - 2004 Mellencampband.com.    Publication and Kevin  Plummer. Copyrights for all materials on this web site are held by the  individual authors, artists, photographers or creators. Materials may not be  reproduced or otherwise distributed without permission of Mellencampband.com and the  content's original author.