Thursday, July 14, 2011

How to Make a Recording - make a list

Nothing happens in my life unless it is imagined, planned and scheduled.  This includes making reeds and practising.
Though I have written a long article about the recording process, I find the bare bones list to be more interesting;  each project is a bit different in it’s nitty-gritty details.  And this list can be translated to fit any recording project --- expanded to fit a massive-budget pop recording project and slimmed down to one cellist recording the Bach Suites and using her toe to press the start button.
And no matter how many times I make this list, I always forget something.
Pre-production
Distribution contract
Record label/Internet label
Grant applications/Fund raising
Arrangers/copyists
Music rental/creation/mailing of parts
Contracts
Collecting addresses/payment info for musicians/venue/instrument rental
Make reeds/practise

Scheduling 
Rehearsals, sessions, keyboard tuning, flight arrivals/departures
Books drivers & assistants
Rent equipment
Confirm venue - check equipment & access
Family 
Make reeds/practise
Booking 
Venue/Fellow Musicians
Page  turners (more important than you might think) 
Engineer/Producer
Instrument rental /tuning
Instrument repair/maintenance
Travel/Hotel
Order cane
Make reeds/practise
Recording Sessions
Confirm assistants (drivers, librarian, production)
Confirm photographers/videographer
Bring extra parts & scores (librarian)
Bring cheques (or mail after sessions)
Sound check/Ustream clip
Food 
Make reeds/practise
Post-production
Editing/Mixing/Mastering
Graphic designer/photographer/videographer
Printing of CD and Cover
CD release
Make reeds/practise
Publicity
Blog/Ustream/Twitter etc
Interviews
Advertising
Make reeds/practise


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