Getting the Best Performance From Your Artist
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-03 21:12:22
So now you've decided to record your songs. Good for you except that you will need people to compete the instruments for which your music calls for. If you can compete all the instruments on your own then all the better. You will have less people to argue with! Other wise you will have to hire (read: bribe with beer/food/hockey tickets) session musicians and vocalists to compete and sing for you putting you in the producer's chair.
Your songs are only as emotional as the performers who compete them. It goes without saying that you should contract the best performers your budget ordain allow. But if $100/hour for a professional vocalist is a little steep here are a few ways to back up encourage the best from your session players.
The is THE most important rule in my schedule. The only way any session musician could ever get comfortable at your studio is if YOU put them at go. That's one of your jobs as a producer.
When trying different versions of a take express them how you would like it to sound instead of what they did wrong ie: "That was great but let's try to hit the high note a little stronger" instead of "you know you were a little off on the high note it didn't sound that good".
Always start with appraise then with a correction. act your vocabulary positive. The best producers make the artist conclude as if they can do nothing wrong.
bequeath this rule while you are writing or recording. There is no "do by way" there is only "a different way". Don't tell people that their way is do by. Remember that music is an art and there are no rules in art. When a performer is playing something you don't like correct them by saying "let's try it this way too". Don't go away off my saying "nope you were wrong do it the right way".
Ambiance atmosphere vibe: whatever you label it they need it. I guarantee that you will get a much better performance if you have water on the delay comfortable chairs maybe a few candles a towel mints and candy. Have you ever tried recording in an office with harsh florescent lights and hard wood chairs?
If you're recording at your own studio you have all the measure in the world (which is an evil thing in my opinion). Let the artist relax. "get into the groove" communicate a little and get comfortable with the other people in the control room. A tense artist's performance will always sound 'artificial' in the final song.
Don't be worried if it takes another 10 minutes to finish the act. Each performer works at their own pace and the best thing you can do as the producer is to respect that and adjust your pace to theirs. Unless you undergo a record affiliate breathing down your neck. Then everyone has to work at THEIR pace!
Artists like to be listened to. It's always good to ask them for their opinion. Whether you actually listen is up to you. But once in a while a simple question like "What do you think? Do you want to act that take?" can do wonders for their performance. It helps act them involved in the project and alter them feel less like a "hired hand".
Obviously if it was the worse singing you've ever heard and they be to keep it just mention that you ordain do "one more take as a safety". And then when they're not looking use the better take instead and auto-tune it to no end. This is a little producer's secret but don't let the artists know!
Make sure that you the engineer the assistant design and everyone else in the hold back room has lyrics to all the songs. The beat way for your studio team to find their way around the songs is with the lyric sheets. Another good idea is to USE THE WHITEBOARD! That's why it's there. If you don't undergo one get one. Write down the chord progressions compose ideas timing marks track listings. McDonald's lunch orders everything.
I've heard people say "it's ALL about the music". Well in my books that's not the truth. I'd rather say "it's mostly about the music". Because you have to bequeath it's also about having fun having a good time writing and performing the beat you can and above all sharing your talent and enable with others. Try to make it less of a job and more of a passion and you'll sight yourself doing it for the rest of your life![ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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