Category Archives for "Project Organization"

My guest on this episode is Trevor Reilly, the guitar player, (co-)producer/recording engineer and main songwriter in the band A Wilhelm Scream.

Are you feeling overwhelmed every time you're starting a mix? Do you go back and forth a lot, constantly questioning your decisions?

Let’s assume you’ve already written a song and you can play it. Alone or as a band. 

How long does it typically take from there until you have a finished, mastered product that you can release?

Benedikt has just joined/co-started a new band and they’ve gone through the process of setting up a simple system that lets them collaborate well (remotely). We decided that we should share that with you!

November 2021 - Q&A - Part 3!

November 2021 - Q&A - Part 2!

It's time for another Q&A episode!

Hiring amazing session musicians can take your productions to the next level or even save sessions that would otherwise lead to very poor results.  

 Also, as a self-recording musician you might be in a perfect position to offer playing on other people's records! If you're a great player AND a skilled recording engineer, maybe a session musician career might be a path you'd want to explore.

How intentional are you when you're adding layers to your songs?

What does your typical project layout look like? 

• Which colors do you use on which tracks? 
• What about the routing and your bus structure?
• How do you make sure you never lose any takes?
• How do you keep track of all the magic moments happening in a session, so that you can move on quickly and then reliably come back to find them?
• How do you navigate your session quickly and switch between tasks?
• What about going back to previous stages of the session, archiving files and accessing mixes, stems, masters, demos etc quickly and everywhere?

If you don't have a good answer to any of these questions, this episode is for you.

Listen now and learn to set up your session and workflow like a pro!