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.
Pro Tools LE comes standard with a single track version of Beat Detective, which is what I will be using for this video. A Multi-track version of Beat Detective comes standard with Pro Tools HD, and is also available for LE users as part of the Music Production Toolkit, which can be purchased for a couple hundred bucks. If you don’t want to spend the money and have comparable results with the standard software, here’s what you can do. Read the rest of this entry »
Ed Ackerson is a producer / engineer, songwriter, musician, instigator and facilitator. Owner of Flowers recording studio, Ed has worked on a wide range of major label and indie projects nationally and internationally. For further information visit: EdAckerson.com
There are plenty of things you need to do before going into a recording studio. Here’s the breakdown of a recent post on the subject. You can read Ed’s full article here.
1. Know what you want to sound like.
2. Know what you actually do sound like (realistically.)
3. Record and listen to yourselves.
4. Go to a studio/engineer that will understand you.
5. Be open to change.
6. Don’t bite off too much.
7. Budget realistically.
8. Don’t be cheap with your studio selection.
9. Party with care.
10. Keep things in perspective.
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