Songwriters: Drastically Cut Down On Song Demo Costs!
An excellent way to expand your songwriting horizons is to dabble in music production. The new breed of songwriters in the music industry definitely is more geared to writing and recording the songs themselves because of the following reasons:
1. Good music production equipment has sharply decreased in price to the point where it’s conceivable for a songwriter to learn music production and consistently create hits in their homes in certain genres like Dance music. Many industry pros believe the price of quality recording equipment will keep falling as the technology gets better.
2. It rarely makes sense these days to give away (US)1000.00 on a three-song demo when you can invest that money into creating a pretty darn good little home recording studio and eventually record it yourself.
3. No one has a better idea of how a song should sound than the actual songwriter, and music production gives you the leeway to experiment and get the most out of your song.
Most independent artists are actually recording their CD’s in their home studios to save on costs and because many swear they love the artistic freedom they have that’s impossible to achieve in a “time-is-money,” constricted major studio. The result is usually a more dynamic CD in terms of performance even though the sound quality is slightly inferior. Even then, after a CD is mastered, only a highly-trained sound engineer, music producer, or other industry pro can sometimes tell the difference in the slight quality loss.
Even major label producers and engineers record some tracks in their home studios and they save the more important tracks such as vocals and other live instruments for the studio work. This cuts down on costs tremendously when you figure they’re recording at (US)250. to 500. an hour!
So why not give it a shot?
Music production is something you can learn rather quickly but it does take some time to master. At the very least, you can probably start recording quality vocal/piano or guitar tracks in a few days once you apply the right information.
