I am a recording artist currently working with David Franz (Underground Sun) on a record scheduled to be released in September and I must chime in with the —So TRUE! I’m glad you posted this note that seems so obvious but really isn’t. Sometimes when recording artists and producers are “on the go with a moment” you let things slide and figure you’ll get it later. However, the more efficient way to work is to try and catch the snags before they catch up with you and your project. At the end of a work day in the studio the artist gets to walk away with at least a best case scenario recording and the producer has that much less to worry about when the time comes to further evolve the track. Even when I’m recording a “scratch vocal” my goal is always to try and offer the performance as the keeper. In the long run it ends up saving a ton of time for everyone involved.
Nice post Jesse!
Iyeoka
Poet, Recording Artist
By Jesse Cannon on February 5, 2010 12:51 PM |
About a decade ago I can remember reading an interview with god of recording Steve Albini, in which he dispensed the advice “fix it now, not later”, when making a record. Ten years or more later I think of that saying on a nearly daily basis. With years of thought I realize this may be one of the most important philosophies in making a good record and the more I get better with it, the better my records become.
In time I have realized when I haven’t followed this mantra there has been times when I have thought about the mistake I heard in a song for more time then it takes to fix it. Not good. As an added need to fix it as soon as possible, is it is usually easier to fix any mistake right when it happens, rather than later on. We all know that the idea of fixing things in the mix is the saying of an amateur, but the real reality is the faster you fix every flaw the easier it is to work and the happier you are with each and every record you make. Isn’t that what it’s all about?
original post found here
http://musformation.com/2010/02/recording-tip—fix-it-now-not-later.html
