Post by strangeways on May 31, 2016 20:03:24 GMT -6
Hey all,
So i've taken the plunge at this point and gotten myself out of the restaurant industry and have committed to doing strictly audio work (recording bands sporadically and freelance audio post production for web). Now i'm certainly not getting rich, but i'm staying afloat and finding more ways to finesse the art of soliciting bands to record with me.
Seems like building a network of musicians to recommend you only goes as far as a band finishing their records. I've got 3 projects in limbo and long gaps between start and finish of an ep or album. Mostly it's band finances keeping them away. Or they're doing vocals on their own. Or both. But there's that ever growing gap of current work to show off.
Anyone been in a similar situation? More specifically, are you hesitant to show off "works in progress" to potential clients? I feel like a fair amount of my biggest eureka moments in getting sounds is in the mix process. So that problem bass track that doesn't work in the roughs sits fine after fader tweaks and a little eq come mix time. I get well captured sounds during tracking with no eq/heavy compression and i reserve toneshaping and heavy trickery for when all the elements are there to listen to.
I guess i'm just wondering at what stage are you comfortable playing stuff back as a means to entice a band? Do you hold it close until you've dialed it in enough to show it off? What do you consider almost mixed, especially when it's missing elements? Any sage advice?
Anyway, thanks in advance to anyone chiming in. I've been doing this audio thing for about 15 years as a casual service, and i'm never really sure i'm doing everything right, especially business wise.
D.
So i've taken the plunge at this point and gotten myself out of the restaurant industry and have committed to doing strictly audio work (recording bands sporadically and freelance audio post production for web). Now i'm certainly not getting rich, but i'm staying afloat and finding more ways to finesse the art of soliciting bands to record with me.
Seems like building a network of musicians to recommend you only goes as far as a band finishing their records. I've got 3 projects in limbo and long gaps between start and finish of an ep or album. Mostly it's band finances keeping them away. Or they're doing vocals on their own. Or both. But there's that ever growing gap of current work to show off.
Anyone been in a similar situation? More specifically, are you hesitant to show off "works in progress" to potential clients? I feel like a fair amount of my biggest eureka moments in getting sounds is in the mix process. So that problem bass track that doesn't work in the roughs sits fine after fader tweaks and a little eq come mix time. I get well captured sounds during tracking with no eq/heavy compression and i reserve toneshaping and heavy trickery for when all the elements are there to listen to.
I guess i'm just wondering at what stage are you comfortable playing stuff back as a means to entice a band? Do you hold it close until you've dialed it in enough to show it off? What do you consider almost mixed, especially when it's missing elements? Any sage advice?
Anyway, thanks in advance to anyone chiming in. I've been doing this audio thing for about 15 years as a casual service, and i'm never really sure i'm doing everything right, especially business wise.
D.
