You don't see this often ...

We usually speak of the things we love weighted towards its positive aspect, the ones that attract us. The recording studio business has a lot of positive aspects. Recording Studios are usually dimly lit, vibe filled, creative environments open to social practices you’d never see in any business catering to the general public.

Here is my last blog for you who have followed me (Thank you by the way).

In analog you have positive and negative energy pulses. In digital you have ones and zeros. Basically, you cannot have one without the other. Think about it …can you have an up without a down, a right without a left, a good without a bad a happy without a sad. The answer is obviously no. To restate …you can’t have one without the other.

Here is “the other”:

Artistic people are generally “a little different” from polite society. They will most likely present as being sensitive, introverted and reserved. Some come across as pretentious all-knowing people who are some gifts to all mankind. They feel you are there only to serve them.

Sensitive people use passive aggression as a control tool.  Dr. Scott Wetzler, a clinical psychologist and author of Living with the Passive-Aggressive man, observed: “A joke can be the most skillful passive-aggressive act there is.”

Passive-aggressive behavior isn't considered a distinct mental illness. However, passive-aggressive behavior can interfere with relationships and cause difficulties on the job.

When you introduce that type of behavior into a "vibe" sensitive environment the aggressiveness component becomes amplified, it can easily become destructive. 

Maybe we as recording studio professionals tolerate this behavior because we know that in our business we are only allowed to say “NO” once.

So, at the end of my career as well as the end of this blog series let me say what I've always wanted to say to passive aggressive people but did not dare during my time on the other side of the glass:

I'll leave on this note ...dang, this has been fun and at times ...magical:

Babes, it's Symmetry Babes!