The are tons are lessons the old audio engineers and producers are trying to tell us newer recording guys about music. Sometimes we need to stop and listen.  I think The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel is a tremendous example of this.

The arrangement of a song makes has an enormous impact on the audio engineering of a song. As producers and audio engineers, we must make sure that our audio engineering compliments the song. This concept was driven home at recent live sound gig, of all things.

No, I'm not making a political statement. If I was, someone might mistake me for a terrorist. I'm talking about making music. If everyone in the band likes the decision, you probably settled for less.