Quick tip 90 Punctuality
So you have saved your hard-earned money to go in to the studio to record your greatest (first) album. This is something that once it is released, will represent you for years to come. You sat down with the band,…
May 8, 2015
Quick tip 89 Click track
Posted at May 7, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Here’s another important recording related quick tip. Unless you are attempting to record live, it is vital that you record a song to a click track. This is a metronome that will keep you in time. I’d hazard a guess…
Lonely soldier
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Lonely solder on a battlefield can be a dangerous thing. Not because he is going to take on an army on his own, but because everyone will underestimate him. And the longer he is left on his own, the more…
Quick tip 88 Recording process
Posted at May 6, 2015 by
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The past two Quick tips were all about preparing for the recording process. Today’s Quick tip is about the recording process. Way too often I see bands going in to the studio not knowing what the process is going to…
Stop talking about things and get it done
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How many nights in the past have you spent in a bar talking about how you are going to be doing this, that and the other thing? How many of those things did you do? When I set out to…
Quick tip 87 Prepare your instruments for the studio
Posted at May 5, 2015 by
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Yesterday I talked about how pre-production can save you money in the recording studio. Another thing you need to do before going to studio, is to make sure your instruments are in the best possible condition. Guitar and bass players,…
Read Between the Lines rehearsal video
I think it’s time for another rehearsal video 🙂 This time it is a video of us playing a song that was the tittle track from my second album “Read Between the Lines”. Once again, it is a work in…
Quick tip 86 Pre-production
Posted at May 4, 2015 by
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Let’s face it, recording studio time is expensive. As soon as you walk in to the studio, the bill starts running. There is a reason for this as well. You see quality recording equipment is expensive. Even though you can…
Passion
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Most forms of art require skill. To be great at what you do, whether its is music, painting, sculpture, writing, photography, cooking, or what ever it is that you do, you need to have a high level of skill. This…
3rd of May Blog update
Posted at May 3, 2015 by
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The Summer’s been put on hold this week in Dublin. We have had pretty much every kind of weather during the week, and all of it topped with just damn cold wind. It seems you just can’t predict anything to…
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