On Sunday, I started recording some songs that I’ve been writing for ages. It’s really hard work, and today’s the first day I’ve had off. When I say hard work, I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t enjoy it.
It is hard though, writing songs that are actually good. I’m finding every song I write comes in at under three minutes – is this a problem? I’d like to make them last longer, but I don’t want to spread them too thinly. Also, some of the songs recorded don’t sound like they do in my head. I’ll admit I’m not the greatest producer or engineer, but I’m getting better and learning tricks.
I’m using a 32 track digital recorder and a condensor mic for basically everything. The sound quality is brilliant, but the interface isn’t the greatest thing for creating loops and stuff – I do think that having limits does help you be more creative and find alternate solutions. It also means your playing has to be far more accurate, but it does drive me insane doing ten takes, getting near the end and screwing up. I don’t like cutting and pasting things up cos it’s cheating, plus very hard to do with what I have as I’m not the most technically proficient of fellows.
Anyway, wish me luck. I hope I’ll be finished by Sunday. An album in a week would be good.
July 2, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Good luck!