Prepare for your experience
General
- Dress smart and look good – We may be taking a photograph and/or video of you
- Plan your route and arrive on time. We’re happy to welcome you 15 minutes before your session starts
- Find our location easily by Searching for Audio Sorcery Recording Studios on your smartphone SatNav
- Don’t forget your reading glasses
- Bring food if your session is longer than 5 hours
Singing
- Choose your songs in advance from our Backing Track library
- Listen to our Vocal Tips and Exercises by professional vocalist Jake Boyle
- Practice makes perfect – find karaoke versions of songs on Spotify or YouTube for rehearsing
- Make notes about your songs. Where to come in and where not to sing. Breathing points through complicated passages
- Bring the lyrics on a iPad/tablet device or printed on paper
- Stay clear of caffeinated tea/coffee and milk. Bring a suitable drink to get the best from your vocal cords. Perhaps make your own honey and lemon drink, or bring warm water, decaffeinated tea or herbal/green tea (peppermint/chamomile)
- Don’t eat just before your singing session
Instrumentalists
- Bring your tuner to the studio for any stringed instruments
- A fresh set of guitar strings sound so much better when recorded
- Bring lyric sheets with added key/chord notes throughout. Helpful for us if we’re to add any additional parts – bring copies
- Bring any leads you’d normally connect your equipment with
- Bass amplifiers aren’t generally necessary as we DI (direct injection) the bass guitar straight into our mixing console
- Fresh drums sticks and heads. We’ll help with tom tuning if required