The depths of the impact that advancements in home recording
technology have made on the music industry cannot be overstated. This is
because a recording is in almost every case, the best tool a band has to get
discovered. But the problem a lot of bands and musicians run into while
recording is that they sometimes don’t fully understand the scope or more often
they understand the importance too well and go a little overboard putting extra
effort into areas they don’t need to like a getting a perfect take on the first
try. This often leads to overlooking much more important, but seemingly smaller
decisions like microphone placement or which tracks to use. But the true test
of your recording chops is that you have to be prepared to listen to your song
over and over for hours on end. This is the best and probably only way to make
good decisions and the key is to maintain objectivity. If you and everyone else
knew that a certain song was your hands down best, that fact is not changed in
the process of listening to it a hundred or so extra times. You might get sick
of it but people who haven’t heard you before haven’t had to opportunity to
feel the same way. This is the easiest and in some ways mistake to make. You
may only have one shot at a would-be fan’s eardrums so offering them something
that you like mostly because you aren’t sick of it yet isn’t the best move.
Enduring through this part of the process can potentially make or break it for
you so if you don’t think you’re up to it….get yourself up to it. Follow the
link below for more comprehensive nuggets of recording wisdom:
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