How to prepare

There are several things that you should check before coming into the studio.

1: Make sure that your instruments & accessories are in proper working order.

2: Check that all your cables work without ground hums or loops.

3: Make sure there are no Hums, buzzes, rattles, or other sounds that don’t belong on the recording.

4: Plan out all your effects associated with your instruments, like guitar effects & keyboard settings.

5: Replace your strings on your guitars a couple of days before the session & break them in before the session. new strings will stretch & go out of tune frequently until they are broken in. Bring extra strings!! Some people have been known to put their brand new strings in boiling water to stretch them a little before putting them on their instruments. Of course make sure they are dried COMPLETELY to avoid any rusting.

6: Take the time to tune the drum heads (both upper & lower heads!!)

7: Check the drums & hardware for squeaks, rattles, & other sounds that don’t belong, i.e. the bass drum pedal and the Hi-hat pedal, Head lugs, cymbal wing nuts, & any other type hardware associated with your session.

8: It will help to know what tempo you want your material played at, especially if we are using a sync or click track.

9: It’s good idea to have notes on all your material, arrangements, lyric sheets, chords, leads, etc. I don't care if you have sung the songs 3000 times, bring the arrangements. I will want them to track & punch-in the songs with you & you just might have a lapse of memory once you start tracking the tunes.