It’s no secret that the landscape of the music industry is
changing drastically. Case and point; I have probably already started several
entries in the past month or so with an almost identical sentence. The change
that’s probably most beneficial to musicians is the development of home
recording technology. It’s easy to get excited about this technology when you
first obtain a program but there are a number of steps you should take to make
the most of your time and the money you spent on the program or legal risk you
took by downloading it.
A great place to start is with a good microphone. It doesn’t
need to be the one Radiohead uses but it helps to think about it like your
audience. If the audience is good, attentive and interested, you’ll have a good
show and make a good impression. If the audience is drunk and have ears full of
who-knows-what, the results will be discouraging. Other details to concern your
self with in this vein are microphone placement and eliminating background
noise.
Another good tip is not to be sloppy. Make sure you’re in
tune, the recording levels are right and mind your mistakes. Not everything can
be ‘fixed later’ (during mixing/post-production) stage. In fact, most things
can’t. Mixing and post-production can make what you’ve recorded sound as good
as possible but it can’t change what you’ve recorded. For more tips, click the
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