Hello

As i don't really know how to ask this question i'll just give you an
example :

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

I've been thinking about this lately. I got a homestudio, with 2 samplers, a
Mac G4 with Digital Performer with a big sample bank, 2 analog synths, 2
fx/reverb boxes, 3 dual compressor/gate, a Soundcraft 24 mixboard, a few
guitars with an amp, a bass, a good mic.

In my case the process would be this :

- 1. Prepare everything. Feed the samplers to their max with sounds i feel
would fit the track. Prepare the sequencer, get the guitar ready to be
recorded if needed...
- 2. Compose the structure of the track. Try to lay down the 3 mins as they
would flow, with rythmic and melodic hints. drums/rythm & chords/melody.
- 3. Arrange. Record the arrangements. Everything that goes through my head,
record as much material or ideas as possible. Then select what stay and what
doesn't.
- 4. Finalize. Fill here and there. Fix that guitar part. Add that cool
reverse cymbal sound.
- 5. Mix. When the tracks feels ok from its start to its end, mix the track.
Then do a quick "mastering" with T-Racks and burn the CD.

Now i'm interested i knowing how YOU work.
Any advice to "work fast" is appreciated too !

the non-songwriter!

stay off the internet and in the studio - with lots of coffee . . .; )
Steve

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Hello

As i don't really know how to ask this question i'll just give you an
example :

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's
website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

I've been thinking about this lately. I got a homestudio, with 2 samplers,
a
Mac G4 with Digital Performer with a big sample bank, 2 analog synths, 2
fx/reverb boxes, 3 dual compressor/gate, a Soundcraft 24 mixboard, a few
guitars with an amp, a bass, a good mic.

In my case the process would be this :

- 1. Prepare everything. Feed the samplers to their max with sounds i feel
would fit the track. Prepare the sequencer, get the guitar ready to be
recorded if needed...
- 2. Compose the structure of the track. Try to lay down the 3 mins as
they
would flow, with rythmic and melodic hints. drums/rythm & chords/melody.
- 3. Arrange. Record the arrangements. Everything that goes through my
head,
record as much material or ideas as possible. Then select what stay and
what
doesn't.
- 4. Finalize. Fill here and there. Fix that guitar part. Add that cool
reverse cymbal sound.
- 5. Mix. When the tracks feels ok from its start to its end, mix the
track.
Then do a quick "mastering" with T-Racks and burn the CD.

Now i'm interested i knowing how YOU work.
Any advice to "work fast" is appreciated too !

the non-songwriter!

stay off the internet and in the studio - with lots of coffee . . .; )
Steve

"non-songwriter" wrote in message
...
Hello

As i don't really know how to ask this question i'll just give you an
example :

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's
website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

I've been thinking about this lately. I got a homestudio, with 2 samplers,
a
Mac G4 with Digital Performer with a big sample bank, 2 analog synths, 2
fx/reverb boxes, 3 dual compressor/gate, a Soundcraft 24 mixboard, a few
guitars with an amp, a bass, a good mic.

In my case the process would be this :

- 1. Prepare everything. Feed the samplers to their max with sounds i feel
would fit the track. Prepare the sequencer, get the guitar ready to be
recorded if needed...
- 2. Compose the structure of the track. Try to lay down the 3 mins as
they
would flow, with rythmic and melodic hints. drums/rythm & chords/melody.
- 3. Arrange. Record the arrangements. Everything that goes through my
head,
record as much material or ideas as possible. Then select what stay and
what
doesn't.
- 4. Finalize. Fill here and there. Fix that guitar part. Add that cool
reverse cymbal sound.
- 5. Mix. When the tracks feels ok from its start to its end, mix the
track.
Then do a quick "mastering" with T-Racks and burn the CD.

Now i'm interested i knowing how YOU work.
Any advice to "work fast" is appreciated too !

the non-songwriter!

In article writes:

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!


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In article writes:

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!


--
I'm really Mike Rivers )
However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!

Now, now there you go injecting professionalism into things.
Phil Brown

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!

Now, now there you go injecting professionalism into things.
Phil Brown

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1100624617k@trad...
In article writes:

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!

I agree. I've got one jingle client who comes in with a full band and
tracks two in two hours. We'd probably ahve the whole thing edited and
mixed in an hours or two after that, but he take them home to mix in
the box so that he can make endless mix refinements for the client. I
was really surprised to hear from him that he'd prefer to avoid
ProTools completely if it went from teh endless cleint requests.

For speed, you can't beat a good band.

(Mike Rivers) wrote in message news:znr1100624617k@trad...
In article writes:

You need to finish that track that would be used for this company's website
intro. It must be around 3 mins and the guy needs it tomorrow.

What are your tricks to get the job done as quickly as possible without
having to compromise with the quality of the result ? How do you process ?

Hire good musicians, rehearse them for an hour, and push the Record button.
Done!

I agree. I've got one jingle client who comes in with a full band and
tracks two in two hours. We'd probably ahve the whole thing edited and
mixed in an hours or two after that, but he take them home to mix in
the box so that he can make endless mix refinements for the client. I
was really surprised to hear from him that he'd prefer to avoid
ProTools completely if it went from teh endless cleint requests.

For speed, you can't beat a good band.