dobro
Well-known member
I'm gonna cross-post this, cuz it's legitimate in this case.
I've learned something about putting recording projects together: don't sit on it too long.
My best results are when I keep at it and take it a long way to completion the same day/same week, rather than leaving a lot of time between the different stages of writing, recording and mixing.
The advantages: if I record the song shortly after I write it, it's still got that freshness and, for lack of a better word, wonder. The magic's still there. And when I listen to the various tracks I recorded the next day, it's a lot easier to select the keepers the cull the others. And all that careful listening generates ideas for arrangement and other tracks. Plus it's a *lot* harder to pick up the trail months down the road when I find out that I have to redo a track for some reason.
And then there's the mixing: that's when I *really* listen carefully and learn all sorts of stuff. It's at that stage usually when I notice the tracks that I thought were okay but which actually need to be redone. And like I said before, it's easier to redo a track when your chops are up, and harder later on. I know you have to leave time between recording and mixing. I know that. But don't sit on it too long.
I've learned something about putting recording projects together: don't sit on it too long.
My best results are when I keep at it and take it a long way to completion the same day/same week, rather than leaving a lot of time between the different stages of writing, recording and mixing.
The advantages: if I record the song shortly after I write it, it's still got that freshness and, for lack of a better word, wonder. The magic's still there. And when I listen to the various tracks I recorded the next day, it's a lot easier to select the keepers the cull the others. And all that careful listening generates ideas for arrangement and other tracks. Plus it's a *lot* harder to pick up the trail months down the road when I find out that I have to redo a track for some reason.
And then there's the mixing: that's when I *really* listen carefully and learn all sorts of stuff. It's at that stage usually when I notice the tracks that I thought were okay but which actually need to be redone. And like I said before, it's easier to redo a track when your chops are up, and harder later on. I know you have to leave time between recording and mixing. I know that. But don't sit on it too long.
FRESH EARS RULE! 
