Making the right choices when starting a recording project!
Before you step into a recording studio, there are a few things that you
should know before you make a big mistake and spend hard earned money on a
project and be dissatisfied with the final product. Producer "Dino
Cuneo" has some helpful advise below.
So many groups step into a recording studio thinking that it won't take
too much time and much money to make a sellable product. Think again!
Most full projects cost between $3,000.00 to $25,000.00. Being
prepared can save you (THOUSANDS), so have your music
polished as you don't want to be working on writing parts in the studio, it
costs MONEY for the studio staff to be sitting around while you are figuring
out your parts, and when you get the bill you will learn first hand what I
mean.
Bring CDs of other bands that you want your final product to sound like,
for example; if you want a guitar to sound a certain way, give
the engineer a window into your mind by giving an example of a guitar part
of a song you like. Studio's love to have bands that don't know
exactly what they want, because that is money in there pockets. BE
PREPARED!
Try to have an hours worth of music for your CD as you want to be able to
substantiate charging $15 to $20 for your final product. Usually the
first 1,000 CDs you sell will pay for the cost of the
recording-mixing-mastering and CD replication. The second 1,000 you
will make your profit.
