RECORDING BASICS COURSE

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  • "It feels like a valuable college-level course. When people realise how in depth it is, they’d gladly pay the price!"

    Alex Vearey-Roberts (tenor)

  • "Clear, interesting, and in-depth. It really opened my eyes about how much there is to learn when it comes to recording!"

    Sarah Labiner (soprano)

Demo recordings have become a permanent fixture of the classical singing landscape.

Some places won’t even grant you an audition without seeing / hearing a recording of you performing first. Getting demos recorded professionally is an expensive proposition, and not everyone can afford to do it every single time a company asks for them (especially if they insist on specific composers or pieces). So out come the portable recorders and smartphone cameras and we do our best to capture a faithful representation of what we can do… But recording isn’t what musicians are trained for, by and large, and we learn through trial and error that getting a demo to sound good isn’t all that easy.  This series of videos is designed to teach you how to get the best results from a basic set of audio recording tools.

FAQs

  • 3 core videos taking you from basic concepts, through the practicalities of choosing a venue and where to put microphones, to how best to shape the sound in post-production


    Musical examples recorded with actual singers in real-life situations, illustrating all the most important aspects we touch on (including microphone comparisons, mic placement comparisons, different types of venue acoustics, and editing software and tools)

    Case study videos - watch me edit different voice types in different acoustics using various affordable pieces of software

  • Well, if you can afford to get professional demos done a few times a year, or you’re confident in what you’re doing with a Zoom recorder, or you’ve never been asked to send in a recording, then no, you don’t.