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oli22
New member
Heading into a Sydney studio next week. Any last minute tips to get the most out of studio time? How can one make the session go as well as possible?
Bobbsy
Boring Old Git
Do your planning, rehearsing and jamming before you get to the studio. Be ready to go and know what you want to achieve (and be able to explain it to the engineer working with you.
Good luck!
Good luck!
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
What is the name of the studio?
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oli22
New member
Asharp in Riverwood. Know of it?
gecko zzed
Grumpy Mod
what Bobbsy says above ^^^
Plus:
go in there fresh, not tired, hungover or otherwise wasted.
make sure you know the starts and endings of your material.
make sure all your gear is in order
be prepared to take advice
Plus:
go in there fresh, not tired, hungover or otherwise wasted.
make sure you know the starts and endings of your material.
make sure all your gear is in order
be prepared to take advice
guitarplayr82
Well-known member
I think it's also important to practice the material the way you are going to record it. If you're recording a with a band and plan to record all the instruments at the same time, practice your songs that way. On the other hand, if you are going to track each instrument separately, you should probably practice each part by itself. Most of all, if you're using a click track, practice to the click track! Especially for drummers it can be hard to drum to a click track and stay in time, sometimes harder than drumming in time without a click track.
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Murdersgalore
New member
Unless you play Heavy Metal.
c7sus
Disenfranchised Member
Leave all the girlfriends at home.
witzendoz
Senior Member
All of the above,
Every member of the band should be so rehearsed that they could play the whole song without the rest of the band.
Arrive on time, I had one band that spent the first 2 hours phoning a missing band member that was actually playing a game of cricket that day but forgot to tell the band.
Bring everything you need (you would be suppressed how many times a band turns up and there is a piece of gear that has been left at home, at the last gig, etc)
don't take friends along, they make it into a party and distract the recording.
Don't take beer or drugs along, it's not cool and whatever you read in the mags, most big name acts don't take them along to the studio when they work.
Make sure your gear works, I have sent the first few hours repairing gear for bands many times.
New strings fitted the night before, not when you arrive at the studio.
New or good drum skins, tuned or close to tuned, no rattles or squeaks.
Bring good food and drink so less time is wasted when having a lunch break and eat before you arrive, I have had countless sessions that everyone arrives, sets up and then someone goes for a drive to get food cos they did not eat before coming due to running late, usually the person we need first. Everyone now sits around waiting.
And a couple of funny ones;
Know the name of the band, more than once I have asked the name of the band for file names only to be told, "We don't have a name yet we were going to call it blah blah but we are not sure" installs lot of confidence in the rest of the session.
Know the name of the songs, read comments above, however this name can change later if a better title come from the lyrics.
alan.
I checked out the studio's site, looks like a good setup.
Every member of the band should be so rehearsed that they could play the whole song without the rest of the band.
Arrive on time, I had one band that spent the first 2 hours phoning a missing band member that was actually playing a game of cricket that day but forgot to tell the band.
Bring everything you need (you would be suppressed how many times a band turns up and there is a piece of gear that has been left at home, at the last gig, etc)
don't take friends along, they make it into a party and distract the recording.
Don't take beer or drugs along, it's not cool and whatever you read in the mags, most big name acts don't take them along to the studio when they work.
Make sure your gear works, I have sent the first few hours repairing gear for bands many times.
New strings fitted the night before, not when you arrive at the studio.
New or good drum skins, tuned or close to tuned, no rattles or squeaks.
Bring good food and drink so less time is wasted when having a lunch break and eat before you arrive, I have had countless sessions that everyone arrives, sets up and then someone goes for a drive to get food cos they did not eat before coming due to running late, usually the person we need first. Everyone now sits around waiting.
And a couple of funny ones;
Know the name of the band, more than once I have asked the name of the band for file names only to be told, "We don't have a name yet we were going to call it blah blah but we are not sure" installs lot of confidence in the rest of the session.
Know the name of the songs, read comments above, however this name can change later if a better title come from the lyrics.
alan.
I checked out the studio's site, looks like a good setup.
Armistice
Son of Yoda
Most importantly... don't park your gear-laden cars near the Riverwood tower blocks... and there is nothing worth seeing at Roselands Shopping Centre... apart from that... what they said ^^^
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moresound
Loud Sun Studios
Armistice
Son of Yoda
No but Armistice does.
Not the studio, but I used to own a couple of pizza joints in that area... one of which delivered to Riverwood - you just didn't want to go into the housing commission towers there at night. Nasty. This was a long time ago, however.
I'm sure the studio's fine, but it's only about 200m from the houso estate.