Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 129 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

In the same idea, artist will give the clients multiple samples with one being terrible to help them select the better options.

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  • [–] 83 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Except sometimes they selected it and thus hilarious examples of modern art and corporate identity were brought to light

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  • [–] 63 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    This doesn’t always work. Sometimes clients pick the terrible option. T_T

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  • [–] 29 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    That's why you always hide a duck in it

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  • [–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That is how the actual talented people at Apple treated Steve Jobs. He was a fucking moron.

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