Pre Production before Recording

What is Pre Production? Well in my opinion it’s one of the most important parts of recording. I find when I’m producing a song demo for a songwriter or recording artist, when we sit down an hash out the arrangement make plans on the instruments we want , just basic planning of the recording our tracks come out so much better. Taking time to meet with your producer or whoever you have working with you on your session’s is the key to a successful recording . Pre producion is key.

From rock star to country newcomer: an interview with Brett Detar

Here’s a great interview on 2-17-2011 from Brett Detar discussing his new solo album an how he ended up recorded it with Ultra Audio Productions.

Please read the entire interview here at NO DEPRESSION.
http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/from-rock-star-to-country

“Without a doubt,” he says, “This record came out of the most painful time of my life. It wasn’t that there were any horrible tragedies or anything like that. It’s just that when you’re fighting to find yourself or you’ve lost who you are– it’s a weird thing to be on tour for 10 years with the same group of guys, to be on that roller-coaster constantly and then all of a sudden have that stop. I got out of high school and went on tour and into the studio. When that stopped suddenly, I lost a lot of my belief in myself and lost a lot of my confidence. I didn’t feel like me. So a lot of the record is based on that struggle to find myself again.”

Detar initially reached out to Peter Young, the longtime drummer for Loretta Lynn, and asked him about the possibility of recording an EP. After hearing Detar’s songs, Young assembled an excellent group of studio musicians and recorded the EP in his studio. However, Detar was so impressed with the final result that he decided to expand it to a full album.

Detar says that, although he wasn’t really concerned with what the old Juliana Theory fans would think when he was recording Bird in the Tangle, he has nevertheless been overwhelmed by the reception thus far.

“Truthfully, I’m surprised by how many old fans liked it,” he says, “I’ve had people e-mail me and say, ‘I’ve never listened to music with a banjo in it in my life and I didn’t want to, but I gave it a try because it’s you and now I’m going back and discovering some of the old stuff.’ So if I can help some people get into some cool music, then that’s awesome.”

Although it is available in a beautiful vinyl packaging, Detar has also decided to release the record as a free download.

“My record is free to download at www.brettdetar.com,” he explains

Ultra Audio Productions finishes up new CD..

We recently wrapped up a new Cd by songwriter Phillip Lee Eyer. It was a diverse mix of songs, from powerful rock tracks to acoustic based country flavors. Look for his new tunes up on the website.

To master your songs or cd project?

Well we all know that most indie songwriters or recording artist are on a tight budget when it comes to recording. So the final stage of the recording process seems to get over looked many times. ” Mastering “. Mastering is the final stop of the recording process, the sheen, the icing on the cake. In today’s world it’s all about pump up the volume. How hot to make the final mix. Solutions….You can put a mastering plug on the mix buss of your nuendo or protools rig and find a nice preset setting and boom…it’s loud and sounds better than the straight mix, or you can go to a mastering studio with guy’s that have the right gear and ears that can make your recordings really sound like records. I recently went into Independent Mastering in Nashville,Tn. I’ve used them on several different projects and songs. These guy’s know there stuff and are very reasonable for there work….. Check out there link here ,there’s lots of great information on why to mastering your songs or Cd projects is the most important part of your recording budget.

http://independentmastering.com/

Using the internet for musical collaborations

As a a freelance independent music professional I’ve found out that the internet is a very powerful resource . In today’s world as the music scene has become a haven for the independent songwriter ,recording artist, bands and musicians, we all have to blaze their own trails now.Myself , working as a indie producer/recording engineer and drummer, I turned to the internet back in 2003. I’ve been able to develope cyber relationships with many talented musicians and songwriter/ artist across the globe to collaborate with on recordings and as a way to promote my production company .

I started two online related companies to help my musical career.The first one Nashville Drum Tracks , where you can get real acoustic drums for your songs and the second is my record production company Ultra Audio Productions. This type of thing has exploded in the last few years where more and more players are finding out that they have to use the internet as part of there networking .

My expeirence has been great and has kept me very busy these past few years….I’m using more new things as well…like this blog, using Skype to communicate to clients, having special recording offers available to help people get their music recorded. Anyway you look at it, it’s an independent world for many of us. Collaborating via the world wide web is really working..Make contact today with someone, you never know who you just might meet !

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Peter Young’s Ultra Audio Productions provides versatile and creative production solutions for you and your recording budget. We strive to aid songwriters, musicians, recording artist’s in the art of musical creation. We are a full service music production studio based out of Nashville,Tn recording high fidelity commercially competitive recordings in this increasingly independent recording industry.