Brian Casel from Serve The Song posted a great little reminder to musicians: dig through your old material and try a new approach. This past week I reorganized my iTunes library, making sure I kept all of my own recordings. It was really fun seeing how far I have come in terms of writing and production and it really got me in a good mood for the entire week. Please check out the post.
Cliff Goldmacher over at Serve The Song recently posted a great article called Recording Your Indie Album: a Pre-Production Checklist. This is a blog I read frequently and would encourage all songwriters, band members and alike to check out. You can read the article here.
In operating a home studio, you will eventually enter a situation where you are working solely with a singer/songwriter. If you have never done this before, it will highlight the difference between simply being an engineer and a being a producer. In band situations, most of the time you can get by just taking orders from the band, and let the members deal with the arrangement and instrumentation while you try to “capture the moment.” Read the rest of this entry »
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