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Prerecording is a very important and very cost saving or cost effective method when
you go to record a project. Now prerecording essentially means you're going to record the
entire album on your own. You're probably using a four track or maybe recording into
your computer via an inbox or something or on a keyboard. Some keyboards like the Triton
allow you to put drum sounds and add any number of string or horn simulated sounds so that
you can hear how this whole album is going to sound in a rough form before you get to
the studio. Maybe if you do this process and you find oh maybe the horn section doesn't
sound so good on the beginning of this tune maybe try a string section instead. Mess around
with the different possibilities so that when you get to the studio you're very confident
about all your ideas, how you want the song arranged and where you want these instruments
to be. This is also very integral when you're writing other parts. So you can hear all the
parts played together and perhaps the guitar part and the piano part that you wrote don't
really sound too good together but they sound good on their own. This way you'll be able
to make that assessment before you get to the very expensive studio.