Workflow - Songwriting
- Create the musical idea (guitar or piano or vocals)
- Write the lyrics (poem)
- Write the music (chords for verse, chorus and bridge)
- Arrange the intro, verse, chorus, bridge and ending
- Match the lyrics to the music and adjust key for vocalist
- Setup the drum track or use drum machine for recording using correct tempo
- Play the bass guitar to the drum machine or metronome
- Play the rhythm guitar to the bass track and drum machine
- Play the keyboards to the guitar tracks and drum machine
- Sing the vocals while listening to all of the audio tracks using headphones
- Play the lead guitar to the drum machine, audio and vocal tracks
- Upload all tracks except drums to the PC
- Create drum track on the PC according to DAW drum tempo
- Download the drum track from PC to DAW
- Mix tracks on DAW
- Master tracks on DAW
- Create CD using DAW
- Review on different CD players and re-mix and re-master if necessary
- Copy master CD to PC
- Add track artist information to CD
- Create CD from PC using LightScribe to add artist image and text to CD
NOTE: There are many ways to write songs but this is the basic workflow that we
employ. We use this approach because it is more productive and conducive to our studio.
Please see Workflow - How to Record
- Create the musical idea (guitar or piano or vocals)
- Write the lyrics (poem)
- Write the music (chords for verse, chorus and bridge)
- Arrange the intro, verse, chorus, bridge and ending
- Match the lyrics to the music and adjust key for vocalist
- Setup the drum track or use drum machine for recording using correct tempo
- Play the bass guitar to the drum machine or metronome
- Play the rhythm guitar to the bass track and drum machine
- Play the keyboards to the guitar tracks and drum machine
- Sing the vocals while listening to all of the audio tracks using headphones
- Play the lead guitar to the drum machine, audio and vocal tracks
- Upload all tracks except drums to the PC
- Create drum track on the PC according to DAW drum tempo
- Download the drum track from PC to DAW
- Mix tracks on DAW
- Master tracks on DAW
- Create CD using DAW
- Review on different CD players and re-mix and re-master if necessary
- Copy master CD to PC
- Add track artist information to CD
- Create CD from PC using LightScribe to add artist image and text to CD
NOTE: There are many ways to write songs but this is the basic workflow that we
employ. We use this approach because it is more productive and conducive to our studio.
Please see Workflow - How to Record
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Workflow - Songwriting
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