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[@RenegadeRolls]

Great advice here thanks Adam, especially on knowing your arrangements - some bonus advice from a guitar player who had a baptism of fire the first time recording at a proper studio: 1. Learn ALL the guitar parts - often rehearsing or playing live I'd only perform the lead lines: in the studio there can easily be three or four guitar parts (rhythms, harmonies, countermelodies...) happening simultaneously... you need to know them all and be tight enough on them to double-track. 2. Make sure you are playing in time and know what it feels like. I'd always played along with a metronome when practicing and thought it sounded good, but in the studio I discovered that my timing wobbled all over the place ahead and behind the beat. Record yourself at home (with Reaper of course if you're a fan of this channel!) and see how your timing matches up to the beat. You should aim to be just on or very slightly behind the beat. It's easy to see the transients from a clean DI. Do it as often as you can and save the producer a world of sadness editing! 3. Be prepared with all the things mentioned in the video and you might find you have time to spare in the studio that could lead to moments of creativity and genius: a vocal harmony here, a drum fill there and suddenly your song will shine... but there will only be time to experiment if you're ahead of time.

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely marvellous video Adam! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful information

[@brianmatthews232]

Excellent advice

[@evertschut]

Sometimes Adam, you're just downright funny. But so true!

[@royalwalter]

you described the pain already

[@dannyboystudios6604]

Great tips for saving time and money for the artists. Thanks Adam.

[@vasotoe]

Very well said Adam

[@yourdogsnews]

I was playing in a band that was really eager to get into the studio and get stuff recorded. I had already been playing for quite some time at that point and knew we weren’t ready. We hadn’t done any demo recordings, hadn’t considered any of the things you mentioned here, but even worse, the performance level of the band wasn’t there in my opinion. They didn’t want to hear this and got upset with me when I told them this. The week before we were scheduled to be in the studio we did a show that was recorded and when they heard the recording panic set in. “We going into the studio next week and we need to fix all this. You are the guy that knows, help us fix this”. My response was only, you should have listened to me the month before and done the work then, its too late now, the money is down things are in motion and its going to sound how it sounds. It was an expensive lesson for them.

[@adamsteelproducer]

Yep. So many bands get wrapped up in the now that they don’t want to look at the bigger picture. It’s usually those bands that don’t make it beyond maybe one EP or album at best…

[@atlantaguitar9689]

Being old has its benefits by which I mean long before home DAW setups You damn well knew your songs before going into a real studio else it would be very expensive. You also had to book in blocks so if u didn’t have your act together you had to come back another time

[@NuclearHeadshot]

As someome with a sliver of studio time, yeah first time recording is usually not gonna go well. It's like you need that cold slap in the face to realise just how much you need to prepare. Of course, in the case of my last band, our leader and drummer wanted to record 7 songs in a single day. He didn't even nail a single song, and we knew he wasn't ready to record. But hey, I recorded it in my home so we weren't burning cash. I apparently also took too long recording the guitars at home (while he couldn't keep time for a full song) so he wanted to boot me. Rest of the band sided with me, now he can play his sporadic and unintentional 27/32 time signatures by himself.

[@mageprometheus]

Bostin. I thought Layland Sklar's strings were as old as he was. 😄

[@domcours]

Made this mistake, and probably about 5 variations of it. Over and over again... the "practice to a metronome" part was a particularly expensive one 😅

[@AKartes]

Great video, Adam. I forget who said it, but an audio engineer said once that working with musicians was like herding cats. The communication thing I think is the toughest part, because so many musicians are outcast types who don't like being told what to do.

[@toecutterjenkins]

I go through this with my own band, i have a fully functional studio in my basement, so we can record a song and listen back to it for a week and make changes. I wrote a very chill song on bass about some experiences i had on mushrooms, and my guitarist kept playing it way too heavy. I eventually just played the part myself. Now there's a heavier song, and he won't play it crunchy, ugh. 😂

[@justaguy3665]

Can speak from experience, id rather my bandmate tell me "you should try that heavier, i think itll sound better" than play my part for me and act like nothing happened. My drummer played a couple parts for our album for me and i was pissed because that wasnt how i played the part. If hed just told me he thinks itd sound better i would have just done it like that.

[@billiehaycraft4064]

Ok, advise needed. When you say steaming, are you talking about head over a bowl or being in a steamy bathroom type thing? Also, how do you balance resting the voice and rehearsing the song/songs at the same time?

[@adamsteelproducer]

Steaming- that can be simple as head over a bowl of hot water, or as far as getting a steam nebuliser that vaporizes water for you to breathe in. It’s a strange feeling that needs getting used to… As for resting etc, think of singing like any other workout. There’s only so much you can do in a day, rest periods help, regular practice in the days/weeks leading up is great as long as it’s not pushing the limits, more each day unless you strain and need to rest up. Just like any other muscle

[@billiehaycraft4064]

@@adamsteelproducer Thanks for the advice 🙏. The songs im planning to do next im ok with, but you know i get nervous in the studio, just trying to do all i can to help.

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

@@adamsteelproducer I used to be in choirs and one women always brought 'Bee propolis' in an aerosol for the throat. I found the effect quite profound even if you have a cold . Its a common trick I suppose these days it could also be a placebo thing

[@michaelogden5093]

But my mom say's I'm an "Artist". I'm going to have her give you a call.

[@HealthyGuitarPlayer]

Hey man, i really like your style. I would really like to have a conversation with you even just like 15 minutes . Let me know if thats possible please.

[@WokeUpScreaming]

I think some lesser experienced musicians see their favourite bands going into the studio for months to write an album and think that's what they're going to do. But the bands who do that do because they can afford it. You have to know your music back to front, inside out and have a really good understanding of the whole arrangement. Make sure your instruments are perfectly set up with regards to intonation, tuning, tones and new strings etc. Also I've found some bands get hung up on experimenting on overdubs long before they've got the main bulk of all the music down, even though they have set limited time in the studio.

[@JTguitarlessons]

True. Signed bands also do a lot of their actual writing in the studio, because that's their environment for it. So they book that studio for essentially the entire process. That's also their full time job, so it makes sense. We've got to think outside of that part lol

[@kaislivesoundchannel4706]

I have an insta profile where I talk about these things all the time.

[@legacyShredder1]

If anyone wants to spend their money writing lyrics in my studio, you're welcome here.. lol

[@vikingsofvintageaudio7470]

First!

[@Stefan-]

Last !

[@UncleBenjs]

First lol Edit: second

[@vikingsofvintageaudio7470]

Hehe 😅