Recording Method
- Write song lyric
- Put it to music
- Record a basic track (Nowadays, generally using MIDI piano)
- Add in a drum part (Thank you Drums on Demand!)
- Add in other parts, arranging as it goes
- Add enough that it is declared to be a finished backing track
- Burn to CD-RW
- Play repeatedly in car
- Note errors
- Correct errors
- Record vocals
- Listen to vocals, cry, and curse the quality of the vocals
- Re-record the vocals
- Repeat #12
- Settle on best of the vocal parts
- Repeat #7, #8
- Repeat #12, 13
- Repeat #15
- Do a final mix
- Repeat #7, #8
- Redo final mix
- Settle