Record and Release a Song In 8 Weeks – Guitars & Bass

When it comes to recording guitars and bass in your song, make sure you have a plan and a purpose for each instrument. As we’re making our way through this series and as I’m recording my song, I already have a tempo setup and some virtual drums in the session. Now it’s time for me to capture a better acoustic guitar performance (to replace my scratch...

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Record and Release a Song In 8 Weeks – Virtual Drums

Recording drums for your song has never been easier. You don’t need a drum set or even know how to play drums. (Lord knows I sure don’t!) Instead, you can turn to a program like EZ Drummer from Toontrack (one of many virtual drummer plugins) to create realistic drum performances for your song – all with a few clicks of your mouse. In this second part...

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Record and Release a Song In 8 Weeks – Musical Ideas

So I’m working on a new song and I want to bring you in on the process. Over the next 8 weeks I’m going to be doing a brand new series showing you how I write, record, mix, master, and release one of my singles – and I want you to join me! In fact, we have just 8 weeks left until the New Year so I can’t think of a more perfect moment to carve out...

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3 Ways To Write Songs

Songwriting is one of the most exciting things you could ever do. And as it relates to music production, it’s the most important part of the process. Bad song = bad recording. Now, I’ve been writing songs for 25+ years and I’ve written some really good ones and some really bad ones. And along the way I’ve landed on 3 main methods of writing songs...

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What Vocalists Get Wrong When Recording Vocals In A Studio

Great vocalists know that singing live in a performance is completely different to singing on a record. But unless someone’s shown you just how different performing live is to performing inside a studio environment… it’s tough to figure that out by yourself. That’s why in today’s guest video, vocal coach Chris Liepe breaks down the crucial differences...

Oct 2020

3 Keys To Unlocking Perfect Takes

Can you achieve the perfect vocal take? Believe it or not, yes, you can. However, that requires understanding 3 keys of how perfect vocal takes really happen, and how to use them the next time you’re recording your vocals. Check it out below:   The post 3 Keys To Unlocking Perfect Takes appeared first on Recording Revolution.

Oct 2020

5 Tools To Get More Clients Into Your Home Studio

I’ve got a guest video today from a friend of mine, Ryan Waczek. He’s a producer, songwriter, and engineer who makes a living from his home studio, and I’ve asked him to share his best tools for getting clients into his home studio… That you can use today! Here are the links to what Ryan refers to in the video: Free Music Marketing Workshop: ►►...

Oct 2020

Watch This Before You Buy More Plugins and Gear

If you’re like me you can’t escape the onslaught of new plugins and gear coming out each and every month. Whether in a catalog, email promotion, or YouTube ad – that shiny new thing is calling your name and the temptation is hard to resist. But I want to share something with you before you make that purchase. I’m not convinced any new gear purchase...

Oct 2020

4 Ways To Make $1000 a month

Wishing you could add an extra side income using your music and audio skills? It’s now more possible than ever in large part thanks to both better tools to find clients online and more people making music than ever before. Today I want to share with you 4 ways to make $1000 a month or more using the studio and the skills you already have. Pick...

Sep 2020

4 Laws of Acoustic Guitar Recording

When it comes to recording acoustic guitar even the best and brightest of us tend to get confused. We end up recording acoustic guitar tracks that sound either overly harsh or terribly boomy – or somehow both! I want to help you out. Today I’m sharing my 4 “laws” of acoustic guitar recording. Consider these tried and true starting points for getting...

Sep 2020