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Post by ben on Jan 25, 2015 18:48:16 GMT -6
So, I know I've seen ads for studios that do this, though I'm hard pressed to find them at the moment, but I'm looking for a studio that can produce a song with a full band from a demo. The particular song I have right now would be country-crossover, and since many of you are located in Nashville, I thought it would be fitting to ask here before I venture anywhere else.
I just need one song tracked. I'll mix. I'm thinking it would be far less hassle for me to hire one of you guys than find a bunch of musicians, pay them for the day, hope they can play together well, etc. I know there must be a studio out there that has all this set up and bangs out songs all day for short money.
Any options?
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 25, 2015 18:50:17 GMT -6
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Post by ben on Jan 25, 2015 19:09:14 GMT -6
That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks man! Their demo's sound pretty sweet too.
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 25, 2015 19:12:20 GMT -6
Get on the mailing list...I think it has the list of players that are going to be there on certain dates.
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Post by ben on Jan 25, 2015 19:17:07 GMT -6
Will do. This is going to save me a lot of time. I just proposed to my girl with a song that I wrote for her, and want to get it produced by some really great musicians. A friend suggested that it would sound good as a country song, and that studio is exactly what I need. You rock.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 25, 2015 19:20:21 GMT -6
Will do. This is going to save me a lot of time. I just proposed to my girl with a song that I wrote for her, and want to get it produced by some really great musicians. A friend suggested that it would sound good as a country song, and that studio is exactly what I need. You rock. Congrats ben. |
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Post by M57 on Jan 25, 2015 19:44:31 GMT -6
Will do. This is going to save me a lot of time. I just proposed to my girl with a song that I wrote for her, and want to get it produced by some really great musicians. A friend suggested that it would sound good as a country song, and that studio is exactly what I need. You rock. Classy! Congrats, and of course you're going to share, right? |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 25, 2015 19:46:54 GMT -6
Nice! There are some great players doing one offs there.
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Post by ben on Jan 25, 2015 20:21:47 GMT -6
Will do. This is going to save me a lot of time. I just proposed to my girl with a song that I wrote for her, and want to get it produced by some really great musicians. A friend suggested that it would sound good as a country song, and that studio is exactly what I need. You rock. Classy! Congrats, and of course you're going to share, right? Absolutely. For now, here's the actual proposal a friend recorded on his cell phone  Not my best performance by any means, but I was so nervous! Proposal on YouTube |
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 25, 2015 21:51:54 GMT -6
That band that's in their promo video is local here in Cinci (Jamison Road). They've been trying to get me to play fiddle and steel with them for awhile now. Decent band. I would if I had time. Here's a link to what I assume was mixed and mastered there. The tracks sound like they are recorded really well but it's slammed and compressed to hell and back. Might want to mix it yourself. jamisonroad.com/shop#jump |
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Post by ben on Jan 27, 2015 1:10:11 GMT -6
That band that's in their promo video is local here in Cinci (Jamison Road). They've been trying to get me to play fiddle and steel with them for awhile now. Decent band. I would if I had time. Here's a link to what I assume was mixed and mastered there. The tracks sound like they are recorded really well but it's slammed and compressed to hell and back. Might want to mix it yourself. jamisonroad.com/shop#jumpThanks for the link! I noticed that about some of their samples. The compressed sound doesn't bother me so much as the "forward" sound of the vocals that's present on most of them. I like a vocal track that sits in the mix a little better, and my song will probably have a lot of background vocals. According to the web site, they only take about an hour or so to mix. You can only get so far in that little time. The only reason I'm considering having them do a mix of it would be to take advantage of their "Evening with A Publisher" offering, in which they let some Nashville publishers hear the finished song in its entirety. Do you have any idea if that's worth doing? Either way my intention is to do my own mix in the end. |
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 27, 2015 5:49:57 GMT -6
Honestly Ben, I doubt it would be worth it. These type iof places are trying to sell a dream that no longer exists in publishing. They mention some heavyweights on their site like Big Yellow Dog. Trouble is, Al Anderson can't even get his songs cut any more. Just trying to keep it real. The publishing scene is on lock down right now.
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Post by ben on Jan 27, 2015 13:57:25 GMT -6
Honestly Ben, I doubt it would be worth it. These type iof places are trying to sell a dream that no longer exists in publishing. They mention some heavyweights on their site like Big Yellow Dog. Trouble is, Al Anderson can't even get his songs cut any more. Just trying to keep it real. The publishing scene is on lock down right now. Good point. If I'm understanding correctly from the website, the difference in price to have them mix v. mix your own is only about $75. Whatever they mix is eligible for the publisher session or free. For that price, I might like them to have a go at the mix for reference anyway. If that's not the case, I'm not going to waste the money. |
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Post by donr on Jan 27, 2015 16:06:10 GMT -6
Classy! Congrats, and of course you're going to share, right? Absolutely. For now, here's the actual proposal a friend recorded on his cell phone Not my best performance by any means, but I was so nervous! Proposal on YouTubeBen, that was a sweet proposal. I think you had a yes by the end of the first chorus. Best wishes. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 27, 2015 16:32:17 GMT -6
Well, it's still a good place to get really good musicians...there are A list guys doing this kind of stuff now to make extra dough. I mean, it's a factory, but hey - it is what it is.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 27, 2015 16:36:59 GMT -6
Honestly Ben, I doubt it would be worth it. These type iof places are trying to sell a dream that no longer exists in publishing. They mention some heavyweights on their site like Big Yellow Dog. Trouble is, Al Anderson can't even get his songs cut any more. Just trying to keep it real. The publishing scene is on lock down right now. Good point. If I'm understanding correctly from the website, the difference in price to have them mix v. mix your own is only about $75. Whatever they mix is eligible for the publisher session or free. For that price, I might like them to have a go at the mix for reference anyway. If that's not the case, I'm not going to waste the money. Well either way, you may not get a taker on the song BUT, it never hurts to make friends anywhere you go. You might hit it off with a publisher and strike up a friendship. That would be worth it. |
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Jan 27, 2015 16:39:16 GMT -6
Well, it's still a good place to get really good musicians...there are A list guys doing this kind of stuff now to make extra dough. I mean, it's a factory, but hey - it is what it is. Their "factory" is better than I can do JK, you know |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jan 27, 2015 16:41:01 GMT -6
Ah...I just read the "Evening with a publisher" thing...yeah...that's kinda meh...Unfortunately, sometimes these kind of things end up being the last place you want a publisher to hear your song. They already have a preconceived perception of what the majority of the songs are gonna be (maybe rightly so) and you probably don't want to get lumped in with them. But then again, I started with an ASCAP workshop...but it was 15 years ago...
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Post by ben on Jan 27, 2015 18:36:37 GMT -6
Absolutely. For now, here's the actual proposal a friend recorded on his cell phone Not my best performance by any means, but I was so nervous! Proposal on YouTubeBen, that was a sweet proposal. I think you had a yes by the end of the first chorus. Best wishes. Thanks man! |
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Post by ben on Jan 27, 2015 18:38:55 GMT -6
Ah...I just read the "Evening with a publisher" thing...yeah...that's kinda meh...Unfortunately, sometimes these kind of things end up being the last place you want a publisher to hear your song. They already have a preconceived perception of what the majority of the songs are gonna be (maybe rightly so) and you probably don't want to get lumped in with them. But then again, I started with an ASCAP workshop...but it was 15 years ago... Hey, ya never know. I won't be there to meet these guys most likely, so that sucks, but the more people that hear it, the better, I say. I'm not looking to be an artist, just a songwriter. |
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Post by levon on Jan 28, 2015 1:53:31 GMT -6
Songwriters are artists!
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Post by M57 on Jan 28, 2015 5:14:12 GMT -6
I was about to say the same thing, and it got me to thinking about shows like The Voice and America's Got Talent and their counterparts on the other side of the pond, and how the terminology has been turned on its head. Singers are now the artists, and songwriting is viewed more like a craft or skill ..like that of a brick-layer or electrician, than it is art. Of course you are right levon, and I'm not knocking singers, they are musicians, they are the performers who sell the songs, but just as not all songwriters are top-tier singers, neither are all top-tier singers world class songwriters. The proof is in the pudding. Just look at the state of the popular song right now. The machine demands formulaic monochromatic genre-specific product. The "Artists" (i.e. singers) are closer to the top of food chain so many of them end up as songwriters, which works - in part because as songwriters , many of them are decidedly NOT artists. They're more like - umm.. well, brick-layers, and the industry likes that. I'm not saying this arrangement is inherently wrong; I would like to think that the complete artist is the singer-songwriter, but right now, the industry doesn't necessarily support that paradigm. Sorry for the rant.. I got carried away ..and yes, just in case I've insulted anyone, brick-layers can be artists too. |
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Post by ben on Jan 28, 2015 13:20:48 GMT -6
True enough. I don't want to be on stage. |
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Not my best performance by any means, but I was so nervous!
