Hearing the glitches *before* the talent leaves

[FrankHudson]

Originally Posted by Gordon Currie

I believe in separation of audio and music concerns.

Therefore, for anything more than a quick demo, there must be two people listening intently during recording.

Engineers generally focus on audio issues (distortion, level changes, hitting the mike, plosives) as well as ensuring all inputs are as expected and the performance is actually being recorded

The (de facto) producer focuses on musical issues (solid rhythm, correct chord changes, lyrics, pitches, dynamics, and of course the energy and feel).

With (at least) two people focusing on different yet complementary aspects, the chance of an unfixable problem goes WAY down.

There's a whole lot of value in that. One the limitations I'm constantly knocking up against is that in my current Project I'm most often the producer, the engineer, the composer, the session booker, the utility session man, and too often the singer.

No one makes a big enough hat rack to hold all those hats.

[Chipotle]

FWIW, the video for the project has dropped. While I'm sure the pros can nitpick (tbh I'm happy to hear suggestions), I think it turned out pretty well. Recording the guitar was the easiest part! Recording a HS choir live without headphones, inconsistent kid soloists, cleaning up wonky piano parts... it was a lot of work. BTW, if you missed the post in Show & Tell, the sheet music & reference tracks are downloadable free! Please pass along to any music educators you might know. https://www.wengercorp.com/miosm/

[b1j]

What a thoroughly marvelous video. The world needs more of this. Thank you for bringing it to me. I’m gonna go wash my face.

[DupleMeter]

Very nice! The kids did an awesome job!!