Greetings to all who love creating music and to all who love the magical world of the recording studio. Whether you are the one performing the music or engineering the project, you know too well how listening back to all of your hard work is one of life’s great moments, or should be. What we hope to do in each issue of The Hub is to offer helpful tips to bring out the best of your recording experience and to share stories of other’s experiences whether they’re funny, eye-opening, or even disastrous.
I’ve owned and operated Outback Studios for twenty-four years now and have had an infatuation with recording music since the mid-sixties. My time spent in Texas and California surrounded by recording equipment from the days of reel-to-reels through cassettes and into the digital world has allowed me to work with such artists as Jeff “Skunk” Baxter of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers to Gary P. Nunn of Texas music fame to our own Mike O’Neill and his amazing guitar playing. During thousands of studio sessions I have stockpiled quite a collection of studio stories from those personal experiences and even some interesting stories from famous recording stars. I’ve also accumulated many tips which can truly make you shine when the recording light comes on!
That reminds me, Tip #1: you definitely want to be at your BEST when recording. In tune, healthy, and well rehearsed! Your efforts are being captured and they will follow you around relentlessly! Hopefully your music will be heard over and over again so I’ll wager you’ll want to record your very best and NOTHING LESS. Let’s get started…-Johnny Divine
