• Take it one song at a time. One great tune is better than six that you're not happy with. Forty takes, who the fuck cares.
• Yes, new strings are good, but NOT the night before. I have murdered a guitarist for that very reason.
• Wear diapers - it saves time.
• As for mastering, don't worry about that yet. You'll know whether or not it needs it when the mix is in your hands. (Most likely it will, just to get the level up to the gross peaks that are expected these days.)

Have a blast!
-kracor

glad that helped. it goes without saying that as long as you realize all of the sessions limitations, you can't go wrong with steve. it should also go without saying that under the same circumstances greg or russ would do an equally stellar job. but i said it anyway; so there.

oops, just read you already made up your mind so i took down everything i said. good luck!

i'd rather one diamond than six half baked garage tracks,take your time there's a reason some bands take four years to make a record!

radiohead recorded "lucky" in one day for warchild,and thats a pretty straight forward song and by that stage they'd three albums worth of experience in pro recording studios
i think a song a day will do them justice
two if you really have your shit together

One thing I have done which I think saves time and also makes for a better tracking session, is to not go in and listen after each and every take. Once I am warmed up & loose, I think I play better if I stay in the room and keep playing song after song. It is usually pretty obvious which takes are keepers, and you just move on until they are all done, or when everyone really needs a break. I will put my trust in the engineer to let me know if they hear something wrong. If you are as well rehearsed as you say you are, you could get all the rhythm tracks done in just a couple hours. This will leave more time for the vocals, which seems to be the big time-taker-upper.

Just my $0.02.

I just want to say, the stuff I've heard done by Greg sounds excellent.

if two days and 3K gets you two songs i'd probably kill myself unless i was a trustfund kid

cenafria wrote:I just want to say, the stuff I've heard done by Greg sounds excellent.

Super thanks.

Always overestimate how much time things will take.
A good thing to do when you are planning a scrunch session is to demo it out with a 4-track/m-box/garageband or whatever. Set aside a weekend and try to get everything done to your liking (not just done). Finish it with performances that you are proud of. This will give you an idea of how long it will take you to do it in the nice studio. Things like vocals and odd overdubs can be a surprise time eater when you pay more attention. If you can make a demo that you’re happy with in that time, then you should be good shape.

Bennett Williams wrote:Just my $0.02.

Quick tip:

You can hold down the Alt key on your keyboard, and type 1, 6, 2 on the number pad (on the right side of your keyboard, not the numbers along the top of your keyboard), and the ¢ symbol will appear!

Just my 2¢

Martin Billingsworth wrote:

Bennett Williams wrote:Just my $0.02.

Quick tip:

You can hold down the Alt key on your keyboard, and type 1, 6, 2 on the number pad (on the right side of your keyboard, not the numbers along the top of your keyboard), and the ¢ symbol will appear!

Just my 2¢

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this is what i get:

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hi greg.