Many solo artists take their spare riffs and beats and put em all together to make music. Some focuss strictly on solo stuff. Many are succesfull. And most of em' also record solo as well. Many better than others. The first step would be the program you use. There are some free ones; Audacidy, and Wave Recording. Some cost a buck or two; Pro Tools, and Fruty Loops. Many use even the better ones, and still have poor sound quality. It could be something major like bad instruments, or it could come down to a short in your mic imput. The first thing you should check, is your mic. You can get a good one at radio shack. but make sure it works properly. You dont want a "airy" sound to it. you want a full sound. (if your looking for alot of digital effects, you should go with Pro tools, or Fruty Loops). you want to record in a room or area that is COMPLETELY quiet. Because you mic will pick up everything. DRUMS. If possible, you should have more that one mic for this, if not then put the mic close to the kick drum. You dont want it to be close to the simbles because you will have a horrible "SHHHHHHHHH". If you still get the "shhhh" then just do your best to tone down abit on the simbles. Guitars (and bass). If you have some sort of noise supresser (a nessesity if you are using overdrive or distortion), then it is good to have the mic right next to the speaker, but if you dont have one, then put it at a distance so the mic wont pic up all the spare noise. Keyboard. If you like the sound of your keyboard more through a keyboard amp, then its fine to mic the amp. if you dont care, you can mic the keyboard speakers (if you have em). Wind Insteuments. The most important part of recording wind instuments is making sure breaths arent loud enough for the mic to pic up. other than that just record close to the mic and it will be good. non-electric, and acoustic. to get a full bright sound, it will take proper mixing. just record close to the insrument. Mixing and Engineering. This is the MOST IMPORTANT part of recording. There are many different ways of doing this. You can make the music sound completely differnent just my mixing and engineering. It can be Glossy and Bright, or Dull and sharp. Or Both! You cant be told how to mix your project. You have to try the different programs and see witch one is best for your style and genre of music. Youll prolly get the "airy" sound at first. Use a digital "noise remover" in the program. If it doesent completely take it away, then mess around with other effects to get rid of it. But its fun, to make your own music and record it. or record with others. but, the best of luck thanks. if you have any questions email me. sk8sk8nkx@gmail.com
so there is no extra sound?
They go into a studio, record their demos, and have their record companies priduce them onto cd's and albums.
George Strait
Michael Jackson and Carlos Santana
There are different royalty streams depending on who is playing/selling the music. A record store, for example, sells the CDs, then pays the label, who pays the artist. Itunes pays the label. There are other places to sell music. Video games have music. Commercials have music. You should have a contract with anyone who uses or sells your music for profit
anywhere a music artist is looking
so there is no extra sound?
Under an exclusive license to a record label, the artist typically retains ownership of their music, including the rights to the composition and lyrics. However, the record label has the exclusive right to distribute and promote the music.
The quality of the music, a lack of promotion by the artist and record label and scandals surrounding the artist.
They go into a studio, record their demos, and have their record companies priduce them onto cd's and albums.
Tavares sang 'Don't Take Away The Music' back in 1976
for personal pride and lack of ambition to make money off their love of music
Pianist Mike Ledonne was the artist who released the Fivelive record in 2009. He wrote 3 of the 8 selections on the album. He is well known in the contemporary jazz music area.
George Strait
no you send it to their fanmail address
Each artist will have their own contract with their record company so the details will differ for each one but in general it probably will not make a lot of difference where the music is purchased from as the artist will receive a royalty payment for each purchase.
George Strait has had 57 number one hits