An audio engineer, who is a buddy of mine made me a proposal that no aspiring musician can say no to.. My friend stated: ” Why don’t you visit recording studio and let us make a record.” “We can work on it up to the point that you find it acceptable. Take all the studio time you need.” In return, we decided that after I printed the record, I’d give him a part of the sales. This gift was a result of friendship and at the same time a desire for more experience.

For 2 days at a month every month I spend two hours driving to his studio and spend my evenings there sleeping on his makeshift bed while I record during the day. During the off times in the studio, I used it writing songs for the record. During those recording periods, I’d watch how he set up the microphones, how he would try different things, and switch gears if they didn’t work. I observed him during the mixing procedure, and I watched him resolve problems on the fly. As he toiled with the recording he would describe to me the whole process and patiently answered my questions.

Unfortunately, the record didn’t do well in the market. However, what I mastered during that experience and others like it has carried me through many different jobs and projects since that time. In those moments when I do not have a sound tech handy, I am no longer completely lost; I can work with the equipment on hand to figure out what I need at the moment. Additionally, my ear was prepared during that experience to hear when a set of recorded tracks is not blended well, and even more significantly, what I can do about it. Rather than just realizing something is wrong with an audio mix, I can hear more distinctly what is incorrect with it.

Wanting to be a sound engineer is the last thing on my mind and I have no desire to become one. The essential point, though, is that what I learned in the recording studio was learned by doing – through a combination of mentorship and experience. This is because audio engineering is largely learned exactly that way – by someone displaying you the ropes, and through practice and experience.

My friend with the recording studio had in fact been to school, and he had learned a lot of methods he probably would not have picked up on his own. Nevertheless, I find it interesting that even after obtaining that education, my friend was compelled to offer me unlimited free studio time so he could gain experience running his own studio – even after going to school for it. Despite the advantage he got from his education, my friend still finds it insufficient and he wanted more experience.

The results are more important regardless of where you got your education. This is what I realized in the recording studio.

A buddy of mine who was an audio engineer once offered me what could easily be every aspiring musician’s desire. “Come to my recording studio and make a record,” he said. “We’ll tackle on it until you’re satisfied with it. You can take all the time you need to create the record.” As a thankful gesture we agreed on a sales cut after I get the record printed. This gift was a result of friendship and at the same time a desire for more experience.

For 2 days at a month every month I spend two hours driving to his studio and spend my evenings there sleeping on his makeshift bed while I record during the day. In fact, I ended up composing most of the record in the course of off times in the studio. During those recording periods, I’d watch how he set up the microphones, how he would try different things, and switch gears if they didn’t work. I watched as he went through the mixing procedure and as he made remedies for problems that come up at random. As he toiled with the recording he would describe to me the whole process and patiently answered my questions.

The record by itself actually did not go anywhere. However, what I mastered during that experience and others like it has carried me through many different jobs and projects since that time. At times when a sound technician isn’t available, I no longer worry because I know I can handle the equipment personally and get the results that I want. Additionally, my ear was prepared during that experience to hear when a set of recorded tracks is not blended well, and even more significantly, what I can do about it. Rather than just realizing something is wrong with an audio mix, I can hear more distinctly what is incorrect with it.

I’m not a sound engineer, and have no dreams to be one. The essential point, though, is that what I learned in the recording studio was learned by doing – through a combination of mentorship and experience. The reason lies on the facts that in order to learn and comprehend audio engineering you need someone who will show and clarify to you the whole process along with practice and experience.

My friend with the recording studio had in fact been to school, and he had learned a lot of methods he probably would not have picked up on his own. Nonetheless, I found his motion of offering me unlimited studio time in order to gain more experience on how to run his studio compelling because this is regardless of the fact that he spent years studying this particular line of work. Despite the advantage he got from his education, my friend still finds it insufficient and he wanted more experience.

The results are more important regardless of where you got your education. This is what I realized in the recording studio.