Its a new week and am back with a new article to help
you in your career development. Most Up and coming artistes make
several mistakes when producing or making their contents. But before I
list out ways to enable us have a great musical material, let me
clarify the idea that this article is aimed at helping one produce a
legendary and recommendable song and not a hit song. Though quality of a
material has a role to play in making a song a hit single, promotion
is the foundation. That being stated, let's consider these few
facts...
1. Change Your Mindset
Most
Up and coming stars are inexperienced when it comes to music production
and sound engineering. They belief it's the work of the producers and
sound engineers and not theirs. But the truth of the matter is, the
producer and sound engineers are pre-paid (that's they are paid before
they work or before the material succeeds or fails) but you're not.
Thus, your success depends so much on the success of the material
unlike that of the producers and sound engineers.
Secondly,
it is your work not theirs. A contractor or project manager is
accountable for every single error found in the project he is managing
irrespective of who he called to work for him. Thus ensure you have a
knowledge about production and ensure your producers reproduce the
sounds you had in mind when composing your songs. Don't settle for
less.
2. Get Acquainted With the Beat
Many
Up and Coming artistes produce wack materials all because they fail to
listen to these beat over and over again before recording. Note, the
more you listen to a beat, the more acquainted you get and the better
your recording.
When
next you go to the studio to make a song, after the producer is done
producing the beat, pay him and take the instrumental home. Play it
over and over again until you can marry it with your lyrics and also be
conversant with all sounds on the beat. The more sounds you memorize on
the beat, the better chance you stand in making a quality music.
Music is a spirit, and until your spirit agrees with the beat, you can
produce another spirit or pass across your message properly as
expected.
3. Don't Let Your Sound Engineers Boss You
Yes,
don't let them boss you. You can't send your materials to sound
engineers and sit at home while they do the job. You got to be there.
The same way you have and lay for studio sessions while recording or
producing, is the same way you should have sound engineering studio
sessions.
Being there when your songs are mixed
and mastered enables you to ensure your ideas about your material are
delivered. Let the sound engineer only add or remove sounds you two
agree should be removed or added. Take control and ensure you treat
your song as your work.
Remember,
your whole career could shut down when there is a mistake in any of
your materials. Always be sure your brand is highly protected.
.........Article Written By Onyema Courage @iam_kulqee On Twitter/Instagram
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