Home Recording: Thy daunting task before thee
It was miserable for me, really. Actually, it was misery mixed with painful hope. I had something “good” for a musical recording I was working on, but I did not have something “great.” Well, maybe some will disagree, but after 10 hours playing doctor at the mixing board and 100,000 variations of percussion (okay, I’m exaggerating by 50,000 or so), I have to say that I did accomplish something: I went from the realm of “good” to “better.” Here is my point:
Whether you’ve come to this conclusion already on your own, but tend to forget or lose sight of it, I’m here to remind you that the very best thing that you can do is “take a break” from it and listen to it the next day when you are a whole new musician with a different blend of musical creativity in your head.
Yes, I’ve been close to disgusted and unusually hard on myself (which really isn’t all that unusual). However, I did actually “have to” utilize “a slant on the strategy” I wrote about in this previous article as a method of slowing down an analog track that could not be slowed down anymore within its current mode. It took hours. This was one variation on a prior lesson I wrote about that I hoped I would NEVER have to do again. One thing is certain though: it works; so should you. The only way to make it happen and turn that “good” into “great” is to take the time and “spend the time,” finishing your soon-to-be polished recordings in an ergonomically comfortable environment designed for the “short attention span.” Dale Carnegie would even agree, despite the arduous or frustrating circumstances you might be working under. The very greatest of accomplishments have been completed during the worst of times and circumstances. By the way, I am not saying you have a short attention span :-), but many creative people do, and I have my own moments.
Again, thank you for these continued comments. It is really my hope that musicians and music-related websites leave genuine comments from their actual “craft” of making music and writing songs. I am grateful you have taken the time to read.
More to come.
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