Chapter 14

Hints and Tips

Craig Golding and Russ Hepworth-Sawyer

In This Chapter

■   Music Matters …

■   Get by with a Little Help from Your Friends …

■   Tuning!

■   Timing

■   Lyrics

■   Mix Evaluation

■   Mastering Is for Masters!

■   Further Reading

In this chapter, Craig Golding with Russ Hepworth-Sawyer offer some bits of wisdom before hitting the studio.

MUSIC MATTERS …

Every producer and engineer can offer a different range of skills, and whether you read music or not, being able to follow or refer to some kind of notation or lead sheet whilst tracking can make a big difference to a recording session. Whilst there might not be a particular necessity for a producer or recording engineer to have some form of notation or chord chart in front ...

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