15 Preproduction and Preliminary Stages: Embracing Reality and Defining the Materials of the Project
The preliminary stages of the project will define the musical ideas of the project, many qualities about the music and the recording, and move toward making the proper production decisions to best capture or realize those ideas. The realities of artistic, technical, logistical, and conceptual concerns will all be considered and addressed.
A recording project will start with identifying the music to be recorded. This may seem obvious, but it is not so simple as the statement implies. In an album project, this will often include how the songs in the album relate to one another, and perhaps some thoughts of song sequencing. Some songs will fit ...
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