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PREPARING FOR YOUR MASTER RECORDING SESSION - A Primer The more prepared you are for your master session in Nashville, the smoother it will go. Following these suggestions will help you prepare - mentally, physically, and artistically - for your big day. We want it to be fun and fulfilling - as well as exciting! Why Prepare? It will save you time in the studio; it will ease your nerves and help ease any pressure you might feel; and it will help you enjoy the process to the fullest. And the better you understand the business, the more you'll naturally focus on recording. Before Nashville - A Primer [Your Artist Careers Inc producer will select relevant items for you.] I. Be Smart: This is a work trip. Leave the sightseeing, clubbing, and other business for another time, or for the day after you've completed your recording. II. Read: Rapaport, Diane Sward; How To Make And Sell Your Own Record. Prentice Hall; 1999. SEE "Career Sourcebooks" III. Homework: Call a retirement center or nursing home in your town or city. Ask them if you can come sing to their residents. Book the date, choose your material, and play the show. (Note: Do this assignment even if you play the Hyatt Regency for $2000. There are very important reasons.) (Report your results to your Artist Careers Inc producer.) IV. Homework: Call the most expensive bar/club in your town or city and do the same thing. (You may be rejected. Ask them what you need to do to get booked there. Feedback to your Artist Careers Inc producer.) V. Homework: Plan your Nashville itinerary. Check the details with your producer. Here are some critical points: ARRIVAL DAY - Arrive your hotel no later than 5pm the day before you start meetings and recording. REST from 6pm to bedtime this day. Drink plenty of clear fluids and rest - rest - rest. RECORDING DAYS - Get to your sessions and meetings on time. Do your normal warm ups, and no more. This is not the time to strain your voice or hands. DEPARTURE DAY - Do not depart until a full day after your sessions are scheduled to complete. Why? The unanticipated often happens, and if you are slowed down and have to spend an extra hour or half day working, and you have to leave town, it will cost much more to return in a separate trip than just finishing up by laying over a day. So be smart and plan an extra layover day, just in case. Chances are you won't need it, and you can sight see and enjoy the city - with your recording behind you! VI. Preparation: Record, with your track, into any tape recorder (such as a hand-held.) Sing to your track, record it, and listen back. Analyze your singing and improve on it. (Repeat forever.) VII. Mental Preparation: Once you step into the studio with your producer, you are putting yourself up against every Nashville act you've ever seen or heard. That's (one reason) why you rest! VIII. Mental Preparation: The high integrity gear and studio monitors, coupled with everyone's attention to minute detail, may give you an "under a microscope" effect. Antidote: Prepare your material by singing/playing it in diverse situations and under lots of distracting conditions. For example, sing your song driving; on the bus or train; walking; working out; with your stereo or usual machine; loud with your machine; incredibly softly with your machine; while in a noisy crowd; walking on the street while you dodge traffic. IF YOU LOSE CONCENTRATION, PAUSE, OR STOP, YOU LOST. Do it again and again until you're "tight" and completely focused. IX. Your producer: Your producer is your guide, session manager, and confidante. He's been through this before. Let him/her know what's going on in your world. (Note: If you can't trust your producer, find another one. You need to be able to talk to him.) X. Reality check: Pick your favorite current artist, and look at the record. Note the name of the record label and producer. Call the record company and make an appointment to see the VP or producer. (Minimum achievement is getting the label on the phone. Report your results to your Artist Careers Inc producer.) XI. Homework: Interview a music professional Ask your producer for a contact in Nashville with whom you can speak and ask questions. Ask the person what they did in their first master session. See what they recommend for you to do. See what they're doing now and what pointers they can give you. (Feedback to your Artist Careers Inc producer.) XII. Homework: Interview a music professional in your town Same as XI above, except find a music pro in your area on your own. Use the yellow pages phone book. (Why?) (Feedback to your Artist Careers Inc producer.) READING REFERENCE LIST (In no particular order) Passman, Donald S; All You Need to Know about the Music Business. Simon & Schuster; 2000. Called "the industry bible" by Los Angeles Times. Avalon, Moses; Confessions Of A Record Producer - How to Survive the Scams and Shams of the Music Business. Backbeat Books; 2002. Rapaport, Diane Sward; How To Make And Sell Your Own Record. Prentice Hall; 1999. SEE "Career Sourcebooks" Baker, Bob; Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook. Spotlight Publications. 201 self-promotion ideas for songwriters, musicians and bands. Baker, Bob; 197 Promotion Tips, Tricks and Resources for Independent Musicians. Spotlight Publications. A collection of ideas, tricks and resources to help you promote your music. CAREER SOURCEBOOKS: Career sourcebooks for artists, singers, and songwriters. Includes songbooks and source book collections. |