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Songwriter and Music Resources

Capture the Performance

Although we can pay more attention to the mechanics of recording, getting the actual expression and essence of the music is the most important element.

It is better to have an awe inspiring performance with some background noise than a perfect recording of a middle-of-the-road, half-hearted performance.

Ideally, you would have both!

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Music Recording Tips

Recording demos should be a straightforward task of documenting the composition. This stage allows some experimentation with different arrangement types and instrumentation to give the composition the appropriate "sound".

Demos need not be completely finished products with all countermelodies, harmonies and everything else down to the compression ratio on the lead vocal, but should convey the chord structure, melody, important harmonies and basic color of the composition

Complete recordings can be achieved with either free recording tools or recording suites that work on either PC or Mac.