Recording Music

How to Edit a Guitar/Bass Within ProTools

By Stewart Cararas

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We often attribute the "tightness" heard on a commercial pop/rock album to the precision of the performers. What is often overlooked is the editing required to make this a true reality. I spend quite a bit of time meticulously editing every ... more »

How to Establish a Record Label

By TyCohen

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This article brought to you by Ty Cohen, for more free information on this subject visit http://www.TheUltimateRecordLabel.com Establishing a record label is a simple procedure when you know what to do. It is just a question of organizing ... more »

How to Extend the Life of Guitar Strings

By Stewart Cararas

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It's no secret that guitar and bass strings never seem to last very long before succumbing to the elements. Whether it's finger grease, sweat or your little sister who chose to play your guitar after eating a plate of brownies, the strings are ... more »

How to Find a Local Recording Studio

By MelanieF

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Any local teenage band needs a place to record that offers both decent quality and reasonable prices. This could be found in your own town or somewhere nearby, most of the time. If the need arises to travel to a recording studio at a far ... more »

How to Find Quality MC’s/Rappers for a Hip Hop Track

By UHFTycoon

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So you’ve produced a solid instrumental beat and you need some quality vocals for the track. The thing is, you need a lyricist who can contribute his talents to your track without monopolizing it or shying away from it. Here’s the best way to ... more »

How to Follow Pre-Production Procedures in Home Recording

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Following good pre-production procedures in home recording will make beautiful music your final product. Getting things ready is the most important part of the actual recording process. Adequately prepared music, musicians and technicians all ... more »

How to Follow the 2008 Awards Season

By Ynot

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All of the major entertainment awards, with the exception of the TV Emmys, take place early in the year. For 2008, nice, round-figure anniversaries take place: Oscars' 80th, Grammys' 50th and the Emmys' 60th. Here's how to mark your calendar for ... more »

How to Get a Hip-Hop Record Deal

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Getting a hip-hop record deal takes hard work. Some people think all you have to do is make a demo tape and send it to record companies. An unsolicited demo tape usually ends up in a pile of demo tapes where no one will hear it. There are ways to ... more »

How to Get Floor Sound Isolation in Recording Studios

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Isolation in your recording studio needs to be at the front of your mind. Improper isolation will result in rumble, bleed and unwanted resonance in your recordings. One of the places you need to consider isolation is in your floor. Rumble and ... more »

How to get help with recording in Pro Tools

By KreAtiv

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In this article you will learn where to get answers concerning Pro Tools. An industry standard music production program used all across the globe. From the Professionals who make the software and from music professionals with all types of experience... more »

How to Get the Right Head Room on Pro Tools for Recording in a Home Music Studio

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Signal to noise ratio is an important consideration in home studio recording. In the days of analog tape recording, good signal to noise ratio was achieved by keeping the signal hot and minimizing head room. More than likely, you are using ... more »

How to Handle Free Music Contracts

By TyCohen

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This article brought to you by Ty Cohen. For more Free information on this subject visit http://www.MusicContracts101.com. It is easy to find Free Music Contracts, but what exactly are they? These agreements are forms that have the basic clauses ... more »

How to Improvise Music

By laura g

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Are you a classically trained musician who would like to be able to play in situations without sheet music? Or maybe a beginning musician who wants to go straight to playing and skip learning to read music? Mastering musical improvisation is a ... more »

How to Install a Home Recording Audio Compressor

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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A home recording audio compressor improves the quality of your audio by weeding out the fluctuations in the audio signal. It minimizes tones that are too soft or too loud, giving you a cleaner sound so you can pump up the volume. If you want your ... more »

How to Install and Activate Adobe Audition 2

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Adobe Audition 2 is hailed as one of the most sophisticated and user- friendly professional sound editing programs. Getting the most out of Adobe Audition 2 requires that you know how to correctly install and activate the program for optimal use... more »

How to Install Microphones in a Professional Recording Studio

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Studio microphones are specially designed for optimal audio pick-up. Studio quality microphones are a big investment and need to be fully integrated into the recording studio system. In addition, the microphone is the most important part of a ... more »

How to Isolate Sound in a Home Recording Studio

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Isolating sounds in your recording studio results in clean tracks that are easier to place in a mix. Unfortunately isolating sounds is difficult to accomplish, especially in the home studio. Here are some easy and affordable options to help you ... more »

How to Know the Difference Between Music Recording and Mixing

By Stewart Cararas

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Bob Clearmountain is often considered the first recording engineer to branch off into a specialty position known as mixing. Prior to that, most engineers mixed the records themselves. Because this is a relatively new occupation, there is some ... more »

How to Know the Types of Demos

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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The demo is the only thing producers, agents and record executives have to judge your music. You need to find the best method of producing a demo and in order to do that you need to know the record demo types... more »

How to Learn the Nashville Studio Number System

By scottedwardp

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In the "old days" of recording music in studios, musicians and singers worked from sheet music with complete and comprehensive arrangements of the songs they were recording. Nashville musicians and singers created a simple, yet ingenious, system ... more »

How to Load Samples on an Akai MPC 2000xl Drum Machine

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Technology has completely changed the game when it comes to recording music. No longer are you limited to what a human drummer can or can't do in the recording studio. Now there are machines like Akai's MPC 2000xl, which allow you to load beats ... more »

How to Make a Music Loop

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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A music loop is a section of music repeated over and over. Professional DJs, whether in clubs or radio, use loops mainly when they need to speak over the air for long periods. Making a loop can require recording and re-recording in a ... more »

How to Make Personal or Gift Music Mixes

By AlanK

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Some people listen passively to albums or the radio. Others want to play DJ and mix songs from different sources for specific moods or personal statements. Music enthusiasts have been creating mix tapes since the late 1960's, when the consumer ... more »

How to Make Your Own Rendition of "Just A Gigolo" And Make It Your Theme Song If You Are A Temporary Employee

By AngelBean

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Remember Van Halen from the 1980’s with David Lee Roth with the long hair and how he was singing “I Wish They All Could Be California Girls” and he hit that blonde in the head that was standing by the door? I mean, he really clocked her good, ... more »

How to Manage Bass in Your Mix

By Stewart Cararas

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From mix to mix, bass management has consistently been the most difficult aspect. Most people have trouble taming this beast. I will offer a few tips to make your mixes more well balanced, while still retaining the rump shaking boom... more »

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