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When you have written songs, the next step is to explain your vision to the producer. I often advice singers who are at the stage of recording their first important body of songs and we have a few pre-production plans in place to help give direction to a producer….
1. Write out for yourself a list of your favourite ten songs in your record collection.
2. Is the instrumentation generally live or midi?
After you have established this, I find that singers as a general rule tend to fall into one of two main camps:
3. Do you prefer the guitar/bass/drums band sound?
4. Or the sound of piano/keyboard bass/violins etc?
5. Assess what kind of live performer you would like to be.
6. Do you have any additional requirements – eg. a DJ onstage with you, choroegraphy, does the drummer need to play to a click etc?
7. Are you intending to play with a live band or to a backing track? This may affect how you record your songs as the audience will know & love the album’s sound.