THE MUSIK-ZONE
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I'm not going to try to tell you how to write a song, how to get a band together or any of that. I have to assume you already know how to do that and that you've practiced and rehearsed until you're blue in the face and that you are ready to actually lay down tracks and produce music.
If you already use a professional recording studio, you may find this of minimal relevance, but do be sure to read those lessons on how to prepare your music for online distribution and sales, because that is probably not included in your studio sessions. This is more for the growing number of musicians who record in their own home studio. They say we use the "left brain" and the "right brain" - one side for creativity and one side for the technical stuff. Most artists are strong in creativity but weak in technicalities. In fact, very few people are able to achieve a workable balance between the two. Creative people get frustrated when confronted with technical details, and the technical people can't comprehend what goes on in the creative mind. Part of your preparation is to gain at least a working knowledge of both without sacrificing either. This is more of a personal, mental/emotional training than mere book learning. People have different ways of learning things. Our schools are dismal failures because they use a "one size fits all" approach that simply doesn't work. It's like expecting everyone to wear the same size shoes.
Very few people these days learn by reading (which happens to be the approach most schools impose). For example, when you get a new gadget, do you really read the instructions? Or do you just plow in and try to make it work? You need to identify what type of learning procedure works best for you! Personally, I do read the instructions, but I like to actually see how to do something (like in a video) and follow that up with hands-on practice. So I use three of the above five approaches. If you belong to a band, you may be able to pool your approaches and your abilities so as to complement each other. One will be stronger where another may be weaker. Get together, talk it over, decide which approaches work best for which persons and then work together! Be a team!
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