In my experience in recording studios, I really feel strongly in favor of having "someone else" record me (instead of doing it myself). It allows me as an artist, to get into the perfect frame of mind for taking songs to new levels. I feel it's almost mandatory.
There needs to be a calmness and peace before doing each "take". And being the red button presser AND the artist detracts from the creative energy that flows as i get into the proper space in my mind. This is where my vision is the most potent and pure.
I LOVE, the Music Studios and their "Sound Engineers". Being involved and present during the process of creating something beautiful is remarkable. The next time you get a chance to watch someone creating, give yourself the gift of losing yourself in curiousity and wonder. Be in the space of someone who's expressive nature leads to filling silence, with love. That tip alone can help you to create yourself. Even if you don't have a creative bone in your body. Trust the unknown. Give in to the gift of creating!
SO WHY DO ARTISTS, "DO WHAT THEY DO?"
When individuals choose to leave an almost immortalizing legacy by what they write - that is an extraordinary act. It's above humans just, "being." It allows them to think about themselves the way God does. It helps us to understand the power that we have in this world. You might not have heard it explained this way before so, open your mind to the possibilities and see what thoughts come up as new ideas. You might be surprised. :)
THE PROCESS OF BIRTHING A SONG:
Once a song is created, it's born in the light of fragility and delicate in nature. It's vulnerable man! - protect it!!! Get them to a safe place in a studio as quickly as possible, where you can be yourself with them. THINK OF A STUDIO AS YOUR MUSICAL TEMPLE.
This is where I've asked some of the most heart-felt, deep questions about myself and the song topic at hand. This approach seems to take you to a "secret location" in your mind in the song-writing process.
It's the key to finalizing each song. To truely give words the coloring chords and melodies that they deserve! They're actually very simliar to a newborn infant. As we annotate them within the world of recording, we raise them up to be able to become valliant examples of purity - an honest novel of that emotion and place in our lives.
Even anger is a healthy emotion; hate, in my opinion should never be allowed in a song. That's just mimicry going against the brilliance of true creation. If it takes away from the good in the world - it degrades the livelihood of beauty in music. And when it conveys love in the message, it counteracts the fear-based songwriting that others write from. Love is the driving emotion and goal of every human, being. Lenny Kravitz discovered this secret when recording his 1st CD. Let's let love rule!!!!
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