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£40 for a Harley Benton acoustic! Comedy price I know, but it's a great tool to have when working on songs for people.

It's just too trebly, I prefer the more musty sounds of Californication. I'll stick my neck out though and say that OHM is their best produced album.

Make sure the kit sounds good before you start, tune it up the best you can. Try and eliminate any squeaks or rattles.

It's like that in most sports, but don't think that it applies to music. In music you're not limited in your ability by age!

A few more guitar shops and less supermarkets would make the world a better place ;)

Has anyone mentioned I'm With You by Red Hot Chili Peppers? It makes Californication sound undistorted.

Do it, get them, you'll start heading in the right direction so much quicker.

I mainly mix through a pair of flat-response monitors and then test it out through in-built laptop speakers, external laptop speakers, headphones, earphones, my stereo, car stereos and a boombox. Better than all that though is time, taking time away from the mix and coming back to it with fresh...

Come on mate, you're 19 . . . it's never too late!

One song after another in the same project file is the way to go if you're looking to do demos with the same selection of instruments. That way of doing it reminds me of when I was in a band and we recorded with Iain Wetherell, when his studio was still fully analogue. He recorded the songs one...

That looks great, love Voxes.

I wish cellars were more commonplace in the UK, I don't think I've ever been in a newish house with one...let alone lived in one. rickertd's place looks great!

You can get away with using the same sound for rhythm and lead, depending on what you're playing, though there's no excuse not to experiment. Using the same sound for two rhythm guitars - now there's a no-no!

In fact (going back to the thread title), drummers do influence the arrangement of songs, simply because we look at songs structurally, in terms of bars, beats and general numbers. After a song's been written, the writers will take it to the drummer, who will be the first to suggest maybe...

Damn, this is an old thread. Martins right? ;)

There are a few albums I've heard that haven't even been remastered, despite being billed as such. All that's happened is that someone's just amplified the volume of the tracks and chopped off everything above 0db. You can do that yourself at home with Cool Edit to a "quiet" album and save the...

. . . or alternatively, one overhead and the other inside the kick.

What I would say to the OP is to completely immerse yourself in recording and recorded music for a while, before even trying to record something you'd consider releasing. Trawl through the net, watch videos, print things out, make notes and experiment with all the tips that are out there until...

In the bands I've played in and the songwriters I've worked with, I've found many ways to add little nuances to the structure of songs - by not actually playing a thing. There are loads of places in songs where you can insert a short break (drop the drums out and let the guitars ring) and have...

Talking about tempos though, have someone who hasn't heard the song yet listen to it and tell you if it's too fast or not. I've been in bands where we had all the tempos locked down, but we were so close to the music that we still recorded some songs too fast or slow.