Before you learn the foolproof process of what works, I want to first tell you about what things you should avoid. Knowing the mistakes of music production that others (me included) have made will further streamline your thought processes and…
In the world of music recording, having access to a full studio setup with multiple microphones is a luxury not everyone enjoys. Whether you’re a musician on a budget, a home studio enthusiast, or simply looking for a quick drum…
Egal, welches Instrument du spielst, wenn du im Studio dein Album wirklich gut aufnehmen willst, musst du gut vorbereitet sein. Und da das Schlagzeug die Grundlage der meisten Musikgenres bildet, ist die Schlagzeug-Aufnahme wahrscheinlich der wichtigste Schritt im Aufnahmeprozess.
No matter what instrument you play, if you really want to nail your album in the studio, you’ve got to come prepared. And as drums form the foundation of most music genres, drum tracking is probably the most important step of the recording process.
As a young musician first starting out tying to record instruments in my makeshift home studio, I had no clue what I was doing. I would just throw up a mic somewhere near the guitar, amp or piano I was…
Letztes Wochenende war ich für eine Proberaum Aufnahme nach Lüneburg gefahren. Das ganze Wochenende war ich in einem Raum voller Verstärker und Equipment im Industriegebiet eingesperrt. Ich war dort, um die neueste EP des Hamburger Trios LAZAR aufzunehmen.
Es ist vollbracht. Man hat monatelang an den Tracks gefeilt, die Struktur geschliffen, den Übergang zwischen Bridge und Refrain erarbeitet – und es passt alles. Eine schlanke Sechs-Song-EP. Oder ein Doppelalbum mit 24 Titeln? Ein acht Track Tour-de-Force in unter 20 Minuten?
It’s done. You’ve been whittling away at those tracks for months and months, slotting in those parts, getting that transition working between the bridge and the final chorus – and it all fits. A slick six-song EP. Or a 24 track double album? An eight track tour-de-force in under 20 minutes?
Last weekend I spent my time locked in a room filled with amps and gear on an industrial estate just outside Lüneburg in northern Germany. I was there to record the latest EP by Hamburg trio LAZAR, a very interesting instrumental post rock band whose music is constantly evolving from sweet, atmospheric guitar melodies to raw, pounding stabs of noise.
