JoeyHendrickson

Logic Pro is an easy DAW, so I use it. Pro 9, includes "Time Stretch" for editing. Super easy

I never use click when I record my own songs. But when I'm engineering tracks for others, I ask others to use a click. Why? Most of them are used to recording vocals and guitar separately. Most clients expect it and think you're slacking if you don't suggest it. When editing a song, digging into production, etc. it's true that having a grid you can go by eliminates time and stress. It also sets you up for more digital manipulation. So, I ask clients to use click. But for my own recordings, I usually record live with acoustic and vocals and keep recording until the take is perfect. With a few years of practice, you get used to finding the feeling you need, go to that "place", and tap into your best performance in the studio. For me, a click would mess up the mood. It would take away the subtleties. It would vanish the purities. It would be incredibly difficult to follow when I'm trying with everything I am to express the stuff that needs to be felt intrinsically, for the music to become valuable to the listener. For me, the intangible stuff is what makes music valuable. Playing perfectly to click doesn't mean your song will make money. In this way, rhythm is a very fluid thing that I believe should be harnessed, not completely confined to a BPM. You'll know when you're off rhythm because you'll feel odd. But if a performance doesn't feel odd, it was the right rhythm, whether or whether not it syncs to a steady tempo.