I honestly didn't expect this much attention, but it just keeps happening so I must be doing something right.
I learned so much about recording and about singing on records from Ken Nelson.
I think you have to control the materials to an extent, but it's important to let the materials have a kind of power for themselves; like the natural power of gravity, if you are painting on a wall, it makes the paint trickle and it drips; there is no reason to fight that.