Simplicity in Music Production

I get it. We all want super polished production that can stand a chance against other songs out there. But did you ever consider that with technology nowdays, anyone can do anything in a studio. Some of the vocalists may not even be human very soon.
The last true test of God given talent and human ability is the live stage. Just you and a guitar or piano, or perhaps an accompanist. Going for those notes in a real environment.
And it doesn’t take much to capture these moments. There are several recorders with 96kHZ recording. You just put one on a table in the audience and let it do it’s thing.
But it’s not perfect, you say. That’s the idea. One of my favorite albums has the buzz from the guitar amp and the resonance between the snare and bass drum. It’s so real, so smokey underground pub. And it will never be repeated in a studio.
Stick to the core elements of your songwriting. Any song that cannot stand alone with just a guitar and vocal is not a song, it’s a construction.
And that’s that.