It's important to be ready for the studio, it can be a stressful enviroment for those who are not prepared, so here's a few tips to make sure your experience is easy going and fun.

Since there's many different things you should know, we'll break it down into particular jobs in the studio.

Everyone

• Take full advantage of being 30 minutes early for set up and relaxation.  YOU WILL BE HAPPY YOU DID.
• Be well practiced and know your material before you come in.  Or this will be an expensive practice. 
• Be nice to your engineer but do not be afraid to tell him if anything is wrong.  We are here for you and your happiness is our main priority. 
• We recommend you bring your own set of headphones; we have plenty of connectors and adaptors but everyone is generally more comfortable in their own headphones.
• Think about who you bring with you.  We realize that friends help relax the atmosphere and provide great outside opinions, but too many or the wrong ones can slow down the process and end up costing you more. 
• Relax.  Enjoy.  Have Fun.

Vocalists

• Have your lyrics memorized.  Don't read from a piece of paper as it can make noise.
• Don't drink sodas, or acidic drinks like juice before you arrive, it will make your voice scratchy.
• Do a few singing excersizes before your session so you're not paying to warm up.
• Don't move around while you're in the booth, it will cause your voice to cut in and out, plus it can be noisy.
• Turn your cell phone off, it causes interferance with our equipment and can ruin a track.
• Try to book your singing sessions in the morning as your voice usually sounds better.
     

Drummers

• We do have a house kit if you would like to use it.  Most prefer their own kit and that is great too.
• Get comfortable playing to a metronome.  Everything we record is with a metronome.  Key to a good recording.
• Tune your drums, if you don't know how our engineers can help, or even better have it professionally done.
• Be consistent with your strokes.  Don't hit your drums hard once and soft the next time, it will sound much better.
• Always count off the start of a song.  Even with a metronome, the other musicians will need to know  
  when to come in.
• Make sure your hardware is not rattling or making noise.
• Bring extra sticks, you never know.
   

Guitarists/Strings

• We have house amps and speakers available.  Talk to your engineer about the sound you are looking for.
• Tune up!  Tune every chance you get, you don't want a bad track because you were out of tune.
• Put new strings on your instrument, it will sound much better than old ones.
• Make sure your electronics are not buzzing.  If they are, have them checked before hand.
• Know your riffs.  The better you know what you're playing the faster it will move.
• Bring your own cables, you don't want to rely on used ones.
• Warm up before you go in for your tracking.