Determine whether your recording sessions will be more of a live performance, with minimal overdubs, or will you be building the songs with many overdubs. If you have your music well rehearsed before the recording sessions, you can save time and money. If you do a lot of overdubs, it is important that you consider whether you will be able to perform the recording live. This is may not be a consideration if you are doing EDM or one of its variants like Progressive/Trance. Discuss with the engineer what recordings best match the result you are going for. Make a list of your favorite artists.
Provide as much as you can to your producer, band members, and engineers when it comes to chord charts, and lyrics. If you have the ability, it doesn’t hurt to write our any arrangements you may have worked out. The more information the better. Demo your material. Something as simple as guitar and vocal will be enough to help everyone be on the same page. This will show you, your band members, musicians, engineer, and producer how you envision the songs. It is best if you have your arrangements worked out before you arrive at the studio.
Make clear, in advance, what role you want your engineer to play. Do you want him to provide suggestions as to the arrangements or the music? Do you want him to just engineer? If you lay out your expectations then it will help all who are involved and will make things run smoother. You can overcome any misunderstanding and will also make for a mellow, laidback, and friendly recording experience.
-Adrian
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