This weekend my artist Jean Batiste and I had a scheduled 4 hour studio session. We did 6 songs in the first 3 hours and left the 4th hour open for the engineer to do a quick mix on the songs and do whatever else he needed to do. The significance of this story? Basically this is a lesson for artists that may be going into a studio for the first time and for those artists who think studio time is all fun and games. Forget about the Youtube videos you see where artists are buggin' out in the studio, drinking, etc. Those dudes have money to reserve a studio for a month so they can do whatever. If you are the average (broke) artist, you can't. With this said, I have come up with a few tips that may help you use your studio time wisely.
1. Only go to the studio with essential people. Artist, producer, and maybe the manager. The more people the more distracting things can become for yourself and the engineer.
2. Memorize your songs. Cuts down on the number of takes.
3. Go straight through the recording process. Have songs mixed and bounced at the end of the session.
Although this list is not extensive, every little bit helps. So now check out one of the "6 In 3" tracks we are working on.
Jean Batiste Studio Session
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