RECORDING TIPS:

1. Make a list of the songs you want to record.

2. Prioritize the songs so you can get the most important ones done.

3. Start the recording session with one or two easy songs to build everyone’s confidence and get to like what you hear.

4. Have charts and important notes available for the recording session.

5. It is not important for the vocal or instrument to sound good by itself as long as it sounds good in the mix.

6. Listen to the mix from another room with the door open.

7. Don’t fall in love with a sound. Using the same reverb, the same bass sound, or the same singer for all your projects destroys creativity. Always search for new tools to get the message across.

8. Trust your ears. If it sounds the way you want it to sound, then it’s right.

9. Capture the moment - don’t work a good idea until it’s stale. Try to record your song, solo, or idea in a few takes while the idea is still fresh.

10. Sometimes a bigger guitar tone can come from a smaller guitar amp. Lots of people swear by a small tube amps in the studio. For example, Jimmy Page’s mighty solo on "Stairway to Heaven" was cut on a small Supro amp.

11. It isn't necessary to play loud during the recording session. Being too loud will cause the sound of one instrument to be picked up by other microphones which can cause phase problems, overloading the microphones causing distortion, and will reduce the ability to work with individual recording tracks because of leakage.

12. Plan what you will like to do at a session with certain instruments. For example, should the bass guitar be recorded directly, by microphone on the bass amp or both.

13. Have a producer elected, hired or agreed to who will handle the recording process. Too many persons involved with the production will cause some or many problems.

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