OK, you’ve don’t your pre-production homework. You know the repertoire you’ll record, you know who is going to engineer and who is going to produce, and you have a good idea of the sound concept for your album. You’ve listened to a lot of examples of great recordings and settled on a few that you like, and you’ve shared those with your engineer and producer. Everyone is on the same page. Now, let’s talk about the venue and timing of your recording.
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In this multi part series, I will aim to explore the ins and outs of recording a full length album. This series is geared towards those musicians seeking an overview of the process, and serves to define the process as a whole, who should be involved, and what their roles should be. My hope is that if you are thinking of recording your own album, that you enjoy the process and hire people that will help you showcase your art at its highest level.
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Why should you include concert video when you hire an engineer to produce an audio recording of a concert?
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As a musicians, we often hear the term “producer” used in reference to new recordings, new artists, and even new sounds in a particular musical genre. It’s evident that producers are an essential part of the recording process, and in an artist’s or ensemble’s development. I mean, there are Grammy's awarded for Producer of the Year in both the rock and classical music worlds… So, what does a producer actually do? And how does that affect me as a recording artist? I’d like to answer some questions, specific to the classical world, that have come up in situations I have been in.
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