What To Expect On Your First Visit To A Recording Studio?

Not as hardcore as you might imagine...

One of the best things about being in a band is playing live in front of a lot of people that enjoy your style of music. The live experience is one of the driving forces that inspire many people to take up instruments and learn to play with friends from a young age. Once you have been playing live as a band for a while though, there will come a point in time when it becomes apparent that you need to record your material. This may be as people have been asking you for a copy of your music, or it may be because you need to have a demo to send to venues to get more gigs. Either way you will need to get to a studio and get recorded. Here is an idea of what really happens when you get in there.<br><br> You may be expecting there to be a producer and a team of technicians there waiting for you to turn up and have everything ready for you including refreshments, but for people on a typical budget this will not be the case. The most likely scenario is that you will have one sound engineer, a few hours recording and a few hours of mixing in a room where you have to bring your own drums, amps and other equipment. You will also need to bring all your refreshments and will not get any musical advice or encouragement from the sound engineer who will normally have no knowledge of your material other than that you have a few hours to record something.<br><br> In order to be prepared, for what to some is a shock to their previously naive rock and roll personas, the best thing a band can do is be as tight as possible playing your songs as you can. This goes for cover bands and tribute bands too. This way you will at least be able to get something recorded instead of wasting your time making mistakes. It can be a good idea to practice playing whole songs on individual instruments on your own in front of each other before you go, to try and get rid of some nerves that always arrive when the red light goes on and all eyes are on you, it's a long way from playing wedding discos! The pressure is really on.<br><br> Sadly when you visit a recording studio for the first time it may burst some bubbles for people, but it will help to build your experience of playing as any serious band or musician should expect to record at some point.

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