Training - The CD Recording Process / Pre-Production

Pre-Production            Production          Post Production

What you will learn:

  • The chronological process of recording a song or album project
  • How to organize a serious recording effort
  • Do I need a producer?
  • Can I record this myself?
  • How much is this going to cost me?
  • How to allocate your recording budget
  • What are the roles of the various people involved in my recording? (producers, managers, engineers, players)
  • Picking material
  • Picking a tempo
  • Picking the correct key
  • Picking a producer
  • Production values for each song
  • Session players - mine or theirs?
  • Picking a recording facility
  • Arrangement
  • Charts
  • The numbers system
  • How to best utilize the equipment you already have (optimization)
  • How to recognize the sound, uses and abuses of various studio effects
  • How to capture the best signal possible
  • Making the work tape

What you will not learn:

  • How to wire your home studio
  • How to use midi equipment
  • How to get session players to show up on time
  • How to borrow money to fund your next CD