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Hi! My name is Jesus Cardoso, and I’m going to explain a little on how to put together
a recording session, in the case that your recording let’s say a rock band. The setup
is very simple. You have drums, one or two guitars, the bass, and the vocal. The way
that you want to prepare to your session is make sure that you have enough time in the
studio to record everything. If you book time into a studio, especially if it’s a popular
one, you might actually lack the time to finish your recording and that could carry a lot
of trouble because probably there’s going to be someone waiting outside of the door
by the time that you’re done with your hours. It is key for you to know your people. If
you know the band and you know that they’re not really used to the whole recording scene
and they might be great on the stage, but on the studio they take their time, always
make sure that you’re generous on the time and the studio. Not only for them to record,
but also for the engineers to set every single microphone and to put all the sound correct
before the takes start rolling in. Once you actually get through the booking of the studio
and you get enough time, try to record the whole band together. It’s a very personal
choice, but it’s what works the best most of the times because bands are meant to always
play together. Bands are these groups of people that work in a single environment and they
connect to each other. Talking about this, instead of recording all the instruments,
which would take much more time, it’s best to put them all together, let them communicate,
let them do their magic all at the same time, and then finish the studio time as fast as
possible in the recording and get to the mixing.