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Forget Record Companies - Record Your Own CD
by J. Edwards
These days, getting signed to a record label is becoming increasingly difficult. Many bands are striking it out independently and recording and releasing their own CDs.
In a nutshell, there are two ways to record your own CD. The first method is through recording your CD in the privacy and comfort of your own home. Installing Pro-Tools and recording on a computer is an option for many artists. The advantage to this approach is that the recording options are endless-music editing tools allow guitar solos to be tweaked and polished, as well as making it easy to add many lawyers and fixing pitch problems. This option is also cheap-paying an engineer in a studio can get very expensive. However, unless you have a full-blown studio already set up at your house, recording a full band is very difficult. Recording live music with real musicians can be a problem.
The second approach, which will be the focus of this article, is to record your CD in a rented studio. The big disadvantage of this approach is the expense: studio time is very expensive. Preparation is absolutely essential if you are using a studio and paying by the hour.
Recording In a StudioUsually, three or four takes is enough to get a song down. As mentioned before, make sure to prepare thoroughly before walking into the studio and know all the songs by rote. After recording several takes of a song, you can go back to the engineer and producer and listen to all the takes through the studio monitors. You can then decide which take you liked best. If something bothers you, then take the time to redo that part. Don't be alarmed if the guitar is too low, or if the drums are too loud. These problems will get fixed down the mixdown. If you are using Pro-Tools, the engineer will also fix pitch problems or timing issues on the spot.
Combination recording
Some musicians combine studio recording and at-home recording sessions to get the best from both worlds. This method still saves time and money at the studio. Keyboards and sequences can be recorded at home, the track/data being brought to the studio later on. You can then add on the vocals, drums, and guitars at the studio. The data can be tweaked at home when you're finished. And so on.
Mastering your Music
Mastering the music you've recorded is an essential step of the recording process. The data is sent to a mastering studio, where the mastering engineer arranges songs in order, inserts fade-outs where appropriate, compresses music to minimize jagged edges, and raises the volume. Mastering takes approximately $400 to $1,000 and four to eight hours to complete.
The studio process will cost approximately $5,000 to $6,000. This means that if you sold a thousand CDs for fifteen dollars per CD, you will earn $10,000 in profit. Always think carefully before deciding to record your CD in a studio.
Written By John G. Edwards.
Copyright 2007 Synthetic Rhyme, LLC. All Rights Reserved. http://iezine.com
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Written By John G. Edwards
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