Home Recording Tips

     The home recording section is categorized into two sections.  Basic home recording and advanced home recording.  There are also some resources for those who are planning to build their own home recording studio.  

     It is a great advantage having everything ready and handy at all times.  Inspiration does not make an appointment.  You must be ready to record when you are inspired and not the other way around.  We have all felt the frustration of getting all the gear together and hooked up at the studio and then ... blaaaannnk .... nothing comes out ..... it ends up being more of a rehearsal session than an inspiration session.  

     On the other hand, how many times have you been sitting around with a guitar and suddenly went into a zone.  Your fingers are just peeling off the licks and your ear is hearing every cycle of sound.  You can tell if a string is out of tune by even one vibe.  Yap ... been there many times .... only problem was that I wasn't ready to record.  

     Now that I have developed my "home recording den", I keep everything ready to record.  When I get in a zone, I walk in and flip on some switches and I GOT IT !!!!  If you think it sounds good while you are in the zone, you should hear it after it is recorded.  I listen to it as if it was someone else.  It sounds too difficult, too smooth, too professional to be me.  I don't even recognize it sometimes.  It is very worthwhile recording it because listening to it can bring you back to the 'zone'.