The Musician's Bill Of Rights Upon Entering A Recording Studio

[Musformation.co]

Hey guys,
We wrote an article on what bands should expect from a recording studio in order to try to show bands what to expect and what to not tolerate from a producer/engineer. If any of you are going into a studio you should check it out beforehand. Check it out

http://musformation.com/2009/06/the-musicians-bill-of-rights-upon-entering-a-recording-studio.html

Jesse Cannon - Musformation.com- Daily Musicians News/ Tips/ Gear/ Business/ Gossip

[ACA]

good article, agree with 99% of it entirely

[Musformation.co]

would love to hear any disagreements, we really wanna refine this and take everything in!
Jesse Cannon - Musformation.com- Daily Musicians News/ Tips/ Gear/ Business/ Gossip

[brandnew741]

Everything sounds good there. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

[hungovermorning]

It does assume that you're recording in a digital studio, but it's a very good primer for bands who have never been to a studio before. One thing to point out, is that if the engineer starts doing things you don't want him or her to do to your recording, walk away. Remember, they're working for you.

[remoteCONTROL]

We had a bad experience recording on the other side of the country so it was tough to just walk out on the situation. The main problem was them triple booking the studio. It was us (unsigned) trying to get recording time over Valenica and Four Year Strong finishing their records. We ended up getting a studio upgrade (watermusic.net) for no extra charge (the house staff there is AMAZING and professional btw) so it kind of evened out the craziness but we still didn't really get what we paid for. In the end, we moved the project to Casey Batess studio back home and met Allen Combs who pretty much singe handedly saved our record. We learned a lot from that whole experience and now hve a different aspect when producing projects of our own.

[xmicxcorex]

So much of this matches up to the experience my band had when initially putting together our EP (which we later scrapped entirely due to the addition of a real drummer---drummers are hard to come by in this area, so we were programming them for the time being). I can't say any of it was a bad experience, but a learning one for sure.
A lot of the band didn't mind the unclean environment or the copious amounts of weed being consumed by our "producer" but I also was the one who took up the business end of the band (now sharing duties with the new drummer). I don't care if a person smokes weed, but there were times that I could hardly see my guitar at my waist let alone be capable of focusing on click-tracks, other cues, etc.
I agree with most of this, however, I want to point out that in my experience, the band/artist can present just as many of these issues as a producer/engineer and that fact should not be overlooked.

[Animalhill]

So much of this matches up to the experience my band had when initially putting together our EP (which we later scrapped entirely due to the addition of a real drummer---drummers are hard to come by in this area, so we were programming them for the time being). I can't say any of it was a bad experience, but a learning one for sure.
A lot of the band didn't mind the unclean environment or the copious amounts of weed being consumed by our "producer" but I also was the one who took up the business end of the band (now sharing duties with the new drummer). I don't care if a person smokes weed, but there were times that I could hardly see my guitar at my waist let alone be capable of focusing on click-tracks, other cues, etc.
I agree with most of this, however, I want to point out that in my experience, the band/artist can present just as many of these issues as a producer/engineer and that fact should not be overlooked.
That was literally my favorite part about recording our full-length. There was so much smoke (among other drugs) in the room I could literally see no one else while recording my guitar tracks. So much fun.

[Mynor]

Amazing article. Agree completely.

I was just in the studio today and it helps me realize how good of a home studio I've been going to.