Insights
Music production and session guitar insights from inside the work.
Practical answers for artists, producers and musicians before the session, during arrangement and across remote collaboration.
MUSIC PRODUCTION
What Does a Music Producer Actually Do?
A practical guide to what a music producer does before, during and after recording, from song development and arrangement to performance and delivery.
Read articlePRE-PRODUCTION
How to Prepare a Song for Professional Music Production
How to prepare a demo, lyrics, references and project brief before approaching a music producer, without wasting money polishing the wrong things.
Read articleREMOTE SESSION GUITAR
How Remote Session Guitar Recording Works
A practical guide to hiring a remote session guitarist: what files to send, how parts are recorded, what stems you receive and how revisions normally work.
Read articlePRODUCTION & ARRANGEMENT
Music Producer vs Arranger: What Is the Difference?
Music producer vs arranger explained: where the roles overlap, what each person decides and when an independent artist may need one person to do both.
Read articleHIRING SESSION MUSICIANS
How to Choose a Session Guitarist for Your Recording
What to look for when hiring a session guitarist: feel, tone, interpretation, file delivery, communication and the ability to serve the song instead of overplaying.
Read articleARRANGEMENT
Guitar Parts That Serve the Song: Space, Register and Restraint
How professional guitar parts support a recording through space, register, rhythm, dynamics and restraint instead of simply adding more notes.
Read articleFrom experience
Questions worth answering properly.
Practical notes on production, arrangement, remote collaboration and session musicianship, explained from inside the work.
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