Recording: The first time
January 23, 2008Recording a song can never be fun, especially if it is your second time on a recording studio. You always feel anxious on what will happen inside that studio. Will you ever be that good in playing and not feel nervou. And you will always have this idea that will my drummer hit the right drum heads and not the rims, will the bassist strum the right chords and the lead guitarist will get the adlib right and not off tune.
But anyways, here is a sort of advice for you who are planning to record their song and it’s their first time inside a studio. You got to have to consider and take not of the following. First, you have to know your song, it means that you can play your chords with your eyes close. This means that you really are familiar with your own song, with this you can shorten the recording time. Recording rates are not that cheap, so you must use your time wisely inside that studio. Second, you must able to master the melody of the song, the most biggest responsiblity will be the vocalist. If he sang the song out of tune and record it instantly, your song really suck bad. Third, you must have an executive producer during your recording session. Producers really meant a lot inside that studio, they help ran the recording session smoothly and they also give advices on whats the mixing of the instruments. And last is you have to be on the mood, being on the mood really helps alot in recording. If your not on the mood, the recording session will go bad, you will not be able to play that good and you’ll always be feeling disoriented.
So those are some recording tips i find usefull, and also dont forget and don’t be shy to ask advices from the producers and the sound engineer. Advices really meant a lot especially if it enhances your band performance inside the studio.
That’s is, enjoy recording.
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