Get a Record Deal - Mix and Master to Manufacture

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 15, 2010 -- Get a Record Deal - You do not have to have read the preceding five articles in this series, what is a Working Band to Do? In order to benefit from read this. It may be that you had your demo recorded already and did not need the other independent artist; it may simply be that you are interested in the process.

Somehow or another - in a process that combines love, luck, and a lot of hard work - you got some of independent artist songs recorded for your band demo. Now, it will matter somewhat in the marketing of it, but not at all in these production steps, whether it was a recording of a live show or a set of tracks recorded in a studio.

At this point, the question to be answered, the decision to be made, is: Is the mix tape ready to master? Mastering is the last step before production, and it needs to be done professionally, at a cost (for three songs) of somewhere between $100-500. It is not a good idea for the recording/mixing engineer to master the CD, nor is it wise for any other amateur to do it. Since it may cost as much as all your studio time did, it is an important decision that you cannot afford to make incorrectly - or, for that matter, make correctly more than once.

The mixing phase, where the producer and the engineer balance all the recorded tracks in each song played, adjust EQ, apply reverb and other effects, choose the best guitar solo overdub or cut-and-paste one together from several different takes - in other words, get all the parts working together to make one, organic whole. Whole books are written about this one subject, mixing, so it is far, far beyond the scope of this kind of article. If the Muses are smiling on your project, you will have hooked up with a competent pro or a gifted amateur who excels at mixing.

Okay, so you have your finished mix. Actually, there is a great two-dollar word meaning next to the last that should be used in this situation, since no one else but the producer and engineer have heard the mix tape at this point and someone may point out something that needs to be fixed or tweaked. So, call it the penultimate mix. Really: Call it that when you get the group and a neutral observer or two together for a listen. Okay, guys, this is the penultimate mix here…

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http://www.trackbuzzer.com/music-consultant/

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