I'll even lay down a rough solo and vocals. I build up enough guitar tracks to get a feel for the dynamics that I want. I pretty much always start my recording with a rhythm guitar track. I'm much more ruthless than I used to be. It was a good mental exercise to do that. But on my last song, I ended up editing out 30 seconds total in three different sections, to keep it moving. I always have an arrangement in place before I start recording. Sometimes I'll dump lyrics that I really like but don't work for this song, so I'll just save them for later. If any part isn't flowing as it should, I look for ways to dump the offending section and replace it. ![]() I try not to get married to any part of a new song. Sometimes I'll start with the lyrics and add the music to fit. Sometimes it'll start with a guitar riff, and I'll add a chord pattern, then write lyrics. Or better really dont do both…but since ive been successful recently with the arrangement stuff I noted above, it hasnt been as bad.Īnything that should be cut, severely high or band passed?Ĭheck on all systems, great to ****, take notes here Note, part of the flow is to take a long break, days, weeks between mixing and mastering. If that is useful, and if anything doesnt make sense please ask. Ill paste for you my mixing /mastering checklist. I had funky pedals and hardware synths before there was such a thing as ‘in the box.’ It is just more what I like, what I am used to. I dont really have an objective good reason for that. Mostly I start with pedals or hardware synths for the things many people might do with plugins. When you are your own producer, you have to be honest with yourself and not be afraid to say "yea, that sucks, try something else" lol. I've changed stuff, and gone back and started again, different tempo, different feel, if it doesn't seem to be working. It was nice but it really didn't do anything for the song. I just cut out the outro lead track to a song I've been working on that I recorded the guitar parts a while back. I usually have it down where I have a basic arrangement when I start recording, but I'm flexible, and will edit later as needed. I've even called my cell number from my phone and left myself voicemails. There is nothing better to smooth out the rough spots on a song than having to sing is a couple dozen times (or more, maybe many more). I then will sit down and work on it, copy the words into a document, and go over and over and over it. ![]() Then as I progress, I'll record the other lines I get as I go. When I am writing, I may have a verse or a few lines or a chorus or whatever, and want to get it down before I forget it. Then added a chorus and delay until I got what I wanted.Ĭlick to expand.I use my phone all the time. I just plugged my electric into my Atomic Amplifire's Vox patch, grabbed a slide and played the part. Usually, it happens once I start recording because I'll get a sense that the song or part needs something.įor example, on the song below, I heard a "whale cry" kind of thing in the middle 8 (around 2:31) but couldn't find a synth patch that was doing what I wanted. I only think about it in a general way when I'm coming up with the song. How you think about sonics / plugins / hw when you are just coming up with the song? ![]() If by ornamentation, you mean other sounds, that can happen on the fly or as a planned thing. When do you start to add ornamentation to the song? I definitely make sure my basic tracks are everything I want them to be before I record anything else. I definitely have all of the music/arrangement before I record. That's generally when I start to record.ĭo you write simplistically, and then think about "engineering" once you decide you have a song that you want to record? ![]() They I hash them out with an acoustic or unplugged electric until I have an arrangement with a chorus. The workflow I'm interested in is from when you come up with the idea for a song to when it's ready to share.ĭo you use all your equipment at every stage? I'm particularly interested in those who have hybrid setups or a decent amount of hardware.
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