Bob Olhsson wrote:

"Phil Brown" wrote...

Geoff Wood -nospam wrote:

Decide, prior to the session, who exactly is going to act as Producer.

Or hire one.

A VERY good idea.

Most experienced producers should be able to save you most of the cost of
their production fees.

Agreed. Those who've not been there and done that do not often
understand this, but it's reality. Kind of like the difference in time
it takes a selfbuilder to beget new housing from scratch versus the same
structure delivered by a contractor. If time isn't money, and sometimes
it is not, then DIY is keen; other times time is money and a producer
saves time.

You might also want to consider hiring an arranger
and session musicians instead of using your live band.

The operative word above is "might", IMO. Sometimes it's the obvious and
only hopeful route; other times it's a recipe for disaster, robbing all
the soul from the material's presentation, achieving near perfection
while destroying the soul of the beast.

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