Comments on: The Temptations of Producing/Recording vs. Songwriting

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:35:10 +0000

In reply to Katie.

Thank you, Katie, for reading and writing!
Best wishes,
Tony

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:55:48 +0000

Oh Gosh! This seriously rings true for me! I love both songwriting and producing and sometimes it is hard to seperate one from the other, but Writing a song from sratch is honetly the most fulfillig thing you can do! Creating something out of nothing like you said! It´s magical! Thx for sharing this post!

Cheers,
Katie

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 16:52:54 +0000

In reply to Evangeline.

That’s true. It’s just part of the game now.
Thanks,
Tony

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 05:48:20 +0000

Seems you need to produce to get any attention. Many sights that sell music require the written music as well as a good quality sound clip.

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 04:41:20 +0000

In reply to Dennis Conroy. Sounds good, Dennis. Thanks for commenting! Tony

By: Dennis Conroy

Dennis Conroy — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:17:34 +0000

If, like me, you have your own ProTools set up, it very easy to get sidetracked from the tried and tested songwriting methods, ie., instrument, pen and paper.

I’ve gone through the recording as you write phase and am happy to say I’m back to basics. Finish the song with pen and paper then start recording it.

By: Tony Conniff

Tony Conniff — Wed, 27 May 2020 05:52:36 +0000

In reply to Lawrence Beck. Always great to get the benefit of your experience, Larry!

By: Lawrence Beck

Lawrence Beck — Tue, 26 May 2020 00:42:59 +0000

Hey Tony. Great piece on Producing/Recording vs Songwriting. It is definitely something we all have to deal with. And me – yes, i’m guilty. So here are my thoughts and my fix. When you really get involved in the endless, time consuming experimentation necessary to achieve just what I would call “competence” on industry level recording/producing software such an Pro Tools or Logic, you have to spend unbelievable amounts of time playing with the program. And, if you get there, to maintain competence and grow as an engineer/recorder/producer and stay sharp, you have to continue to do it a lot. Really a lot. And does your songwriting suffer? Absolutely. In fact, the endless time spent re-recording, remixing, etc etc etc, can easily result in your never writing another good song. You are simply not putting in the time required for that to happen. It’s a dilemma… and a tough one. IMHO, if you’re really a songwriter, I believe you have to consciously devote most of your time to songwriting and spend just enough time recording and producing so that you can make decent demos in a home studio to demo your work to other musicians for input. If you happen to write a song that deserves serious recording and production work because you really think it may have hit potential, then you hire a pro (like you, Tony), and record and produce it with someone more skilled than you at making a release quality demo. Best bro…. Larry B.

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