Last Friday, Simon successfully completed his first recording for his drum channel. The aim of the channel is to help him get work as a session drummer.
The session went very smoothly and the song was completed in one take. Compare this to Simons previous attempt, which took several hours and yielded no good takes. What did we do differently?
Simon set his kit up the evening before, after he had finished work. This gave him plenty of time to focus on getting the kit set up properly, tuning the drums and getting the kit microphones in place.
Because he had plenty of time, Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
We then took a leisurely hour and a half checking levels and making sure that all the drums were in the right place for Simon to play easily. One cymbal was too far out, so we adjusted the position. Missing cymbals is stressful!
All this took about two and a half hours.
Because he had plenty of time, Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
Simon decided during the week to focus on punk and alternative rock as his chosen genre to pursue. Because he was playing music in a genre he loved, he was calm and relaxed and looking forward to the session.
Simon arrived at the studio at 10am and had an hour to run through and warm up.
I arrived at 11am and by 11.45 we had a take in the can. It was the first take of the day.
Why did he get it right first time?
Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
Take your Time.
The session went very smoothly and the song was completed in one take. Compare this to Simons previous attempt, which took several hours and yielded no good takes. What did we do differently?
Simon set his kit up the evening before, after he had finished work. This gave him plenty of time to focus on getting the kit set up properly, tuning the drums and getting the kit microphones in place.
Because he had plenty of time, Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
We then took a leisurely hour and a half checking levels and making sure that all the drums were in the right place for Simon to play easily. One cymbal was too far out, so we adjusted the position. Missing cymbals is stressful!
All this took about two and a half hours.
Because he had plenty of time, Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
Simon decided during the week to focus on punk and alternative rock as his chosen genre to pursue. Because he was playing music in a genre he loved, he was calm and relaxed and looking forward to the session.
Simon arrived at the studio at 10am and had an hour to run through and warm up.
I arrived at 11am and by 11.45 we had a take in the can. It was the first take of the day.
Why did he get it right first time?
Simon was relaxed, calm and looking forward to the session.
Take your Time.
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