How do you make yourself record?

[DarkAxel]

Did anyone here release his own stuff? like RELEASE release? On his own? PM or write here if you're here, please

[skullservant]

I put out my stuff pretty regularly in small-ish editions

[bigchiefbc]

jrmy did, under the name Crotchthrottle. And it's fuckin TITZ.

My band is about 80% done with a full album. Done totally in Cubase on a Macbook Pro.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

...I've been blessed with good deals. Really, I have. But now we're going to publish stuff through a label of our own anyway (unless some really cool label wants the album during the process). Looking forward to see how it goes.

in brief:
write - demo Yourself - practice - demo with band - practice - record - release.


Usually I do home demos of songs first, after I've played them around a while, given then a rest, and taken them up again to see if they're any good. Then I want to do a demo with the band. Perhaps just record some live takes, if they deliver.

Book time for recording. That's a good way to get shit done. In timely manner. It helps keeping the schedules and motivates people, unlike recording home when feeling like it. If YOu do it with Your own recording gear, You might still want a producer from outside the band to help making tough decisions from a different perspective, and a steady timeline to hold to. Take it from somebody who has been on three projects that have got stalled for more than six months: things get delayed even without Your help.

Then comes waiting, time to practice, perhaps, a bit. If song structures are demanded a change on the fly, practicing guarantees You can make it happen in minutes better than not practicing.

And the hard part, while waiting: choosing the songs, what will be left out, decisions over song order and what ever problems should arise with concepts. Even if it's for recording the drums and a few pilot tracks on them. Perhaps You can do the extras on that perhaps on Your own.

When the day comes, don't let Yourself get the red light fever, be prepared to record the shit for the album like a boss. Make a mix of a song and offer it to labels and tell You are prepared to release it with or without their help.

My band is about 80% done with a full album. Done totally in Cubase on a Macbook Pro.

Awesome! I'm not myself the best person to stay in schedule if I do the shit on my own time. But with some framework, I DO get shit done.

[unownunown]

MOTIVATION IS JUST LIKE A PATTERN OF BEHAVIORS GUYS
LAZINESS IS SICK INERTIA
START DOING SHIT TO KEEP DOING SHIT

[SPACERITUAL]

MOTIVATION IS JUST LIKE A PATTERN OF BEHAVIORS GUYS
LAZINESS IS SICK INERTIA
START DOING SHIT TO KEEP DOING SHIT

fuuuuuck that....

[Wes Mantooth]

I usually get ideas for songs like certain sounds or tones I want to use or certain moods to convey then I just record a more improvised piece, listen to it and pick out stuff I want to use in an actual song.

I'm working on some pieces for my project Eel Fist and I found some parts and tones here that I will definitely be using when it comes time to make something a little more professional.

[Bassus Sanguinis]

MOTIVATION IS JUST LIKE A PATTERN OF BEHAVIORS GUYS
LAZINESS IS SICK INERTIA
START DOING SHIT TO KEEP DOING SHIT

Have You read Spinoza?

[blankfield]

I find that when I do the "hit record and practice/noodle/fuck around to review later" thing I inevitably find something I like but have a really hard time figuring out how or what it is I played upon review. Like writing tab for your own shit. It frustrates me to no end and I think it's the reason I never get motivated to hit record in the first place.

GAH!

[bigchiefbc]

I find that when I do the "hit record and practice/noodle/fuck around to review later" thing I inevitably find something I like but have a really hard time figuring out how or what it is I played upon review. Like writing tab for your own shit. It frustrates me to no end and I think it's the reason I never get motivated to hit record in the first place.

GAH!

That's actually a good point. In general I can figure out later what I was playing if I go back and fuck around with it, but it is probably a lot easier on bass than on guitar to figure it out again by ear. I think if I were really having a problem doing that, than I would probably set up my camcorder and video record my jamming as well, so that I could actually see what I was playing.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I find that when I do the "hit record and practice/noodle/fuck around to review later" thing I inevitably find something I like but have a really hard time figuring out how or what it is I played upon review. Like writing tab for your own shit. It frustrates me to no end and I think it's the reason I never get motivated to hit record in the first place.

GAH!

Which is why I ALWAYS have a notebook and pen handy when I'm noodling so I can tab cool things out before I forget them, note down cool pedal settings and things. I have the same problem with never writing as with recording though, so most of those ideas stay as one or two parts I jam on every so often and never become songs...

[blankfield]

I find that when I do the "hit record and practice/noodle/fuck around to review later" thing I inevitably find something I like but have a really hard time figuring out how or what it is I played upon review. Like writing tab for your own shit. It frustrates me to no end and I think it's the reason I never get motivated to hit record in the first place.

GAH!

Which is why I ALWAYS have a notebook and pen handy when I'm noodling so I can tab cool things out before I forget them, note down cool pedal settings and things. I have the same problem with never writing as with recording though, so most of those ideas stay as one or two parts I jam on every so often and never become songs...

I've done the notebook thing too. Then I have the problem of remembering/recreating rhythm, tempo, etc. over the chords/notes that are written. I naturally have a horrible memory for this type of stuff but am generally good with creating on the fly. I dig bigchiefbc's idea of a video camera. I may have to try this method. Now to find a video camera.

[theavondon]

Releasing stuff on your own is pretty easy, actually.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I find that when I do the "hit record and practice/noodle/fuck around to review later" thing I inevitably find something I like but have a really hard time figuring out how or what it is I played upon review. Like writing tab for your own shit. It frustrates me to no end and I think it's the reason I never get motivated to hit record in the first place.

GAH!

Which is why I ALWAYS have a notebook and pen handy when I'm noodling so I can tab cool things out before I forget them, note down cool pedal settings and things. I have the same problem with never writing as with recording though, so most of those ideas stay as one or two parts I jam on every so often and never become songs...

I've done the notebook thing too. Then I have the problem of remembering/recreating rhythm, tempo, etc. over the chords/notes that are written. I naturally have a horrible memory for this type of stuff but am generally good with creating on the fly. I dig bigchiefbc's idea of a video camera. I may have to try this method. Now to find a video camera.

Oh god yeah, if I write something with any rhythm more complicated than straight quarter or eighth notes I have to write out the rhythm. The video camera idea is a really cool one.

[jrmy]

jrmy did, under the name Crotchthrottle.

Welllllllllll that wasn't really SELF released, per se, as it was done through a local RI label. I recorded it, did the art & had it manufactured myself, but they do the promo & distro, which is what always strikes me as "the hard part."