Musician to engineer: "Could we have more band in the phones? Translation: "The singer is too damn loud in the phones!" Singer to engineer: "I can't hear myself." Translation: "I don't want to hear anyone but myself." Musician to guitarist: "Can you hear yourself okay?" Translation : "You're too damn loud in the phones!" Bassist to band: "Can everybody hear the drums?" Translation: "The groove is entirely absent." Drummer to bassist: "Can you hear the kick drum?" Translation: "The bass player is rushing." Bassist to producer: "Could we have more steel/fiddle/accordion in the phones?" Translation: "I will punish the band for rushing." Musician to producer: "Could we have more piano in the phones?" Translation: "The singer is out of tune." Musician to writer: "This song has nice changes." Translation: "It's amazing what you can do with two chords." Musician to producer or artist: "This song sounds like a hit." Translation: "This song sounds like another song." Producer to band: "It's a feel thing." Translation: "I know the song sucks, but the artist wrote it." Musician to producer: "I don't think we'll beat the magic of that first take." Translation: "Please don't make us play this piece of shit again." Drummer to band: "Should we speed up the tempo a couple of clicks?" Translation: "Do you all intend to keep rushing?" Musician: "Could we listen to one in the control room?" Translation: "I'm hungry and I need another doughnut from the booth." Producer to band: "Let's take a break and come back and try one more." Translation: "I need some artificial stimulants to help me get through this session." Musician to producer: "Were we booked for two sessions today? Translation: "Another 3 hours of this and I may have to kill myself." Producer to band: "We're supposed to be done at six, but we've got only one more tune - could we skip our dinner break and work straight through?" Translation: "You'll be done at nine, and you'll be quite hungry." Artist to producer: "This song really sucks." Translation: "I didn't write this song." Producer to artist: "Trust me, it's a good song. Radio will love it." Translation: "I own the publishing on this song. Morons will love it." Singer to musician: "Can you play something more like (so-and-so) would play?" Translation: "I really wanted (so-and-so) on this record, but he wasn't available."