This is a breach of the fragile the engineer/artist relationship.

Next you will be bringing in your own session musicians because the band isn't 'cooking'.

steve wrote:It's just a regular song, like you'd hear a rock band play.

"It will just be good music, played well by men."

Sounds like the name of a psychedelic band that would play at a dance in junior high...except that the principal made them change their name for the event.

I mean, when they ask and you just say stare blankly and say, "Jeez, guys...I don't know," that's about 50 times worse. I'm taking it that the tune didn't jazz or thrill you.

Say it reminded you of the Mall of America on it's opening day for some reason.

They asked for a name, you provided one.

Now they know better...

...or they'll just ask you to name all the songs...

...and the record.

P.S. For future reference, "Brutal Teabag" should probably be kept in mind.

steve wrote:I named their song "Mellow Stampede."
Was that mean?

Nah, don't let it worry you. It's not a big deal.
Sometimes it's hard to be nice.

i like the idea of a mellow stampede.

Steve V. wrote:They asked for a name, you provided one.

"Brutal Teabag" should probably be kept in mind.

This can't be the first time that a band asked "What do you think of our song/music?" in a roundabout way.

Certainly, a name like "Brutal Teabag" would allow one to keep their distance. Makes it obvious that you're more interested in expanding the vocab.

steve wrote:I asked the band for the name of the song they just recorded, and they said "You make one up, it's up to you."

I named their song "Mellow Stampede."

Was that mean?

If that's the first thing that rolled across your brain, then no, it's not meaning. It just sounds a bit silly after the fact.

If they asked, and you spent a second thinking in your head, "what's a douchebag song title for this douchebag song?"; then yeah that was mean.

So what were you doing?

I'm guessing you're just overthinking it.

You could have meant "Marshmallow Stampede."

I think this is a great song title.
Think of it along the same line as Vanilla Fudge, Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin.