A red light means “go,” but only in the music business. In every recording studio, the red light means “musicians at work.” The red light means it is time to be serious. The red light means this is a “take.” It also means that money is at stake. In the music business, like all businesses, time is money, and this is especially true when you are recording. A young drummer’s first time in a recording studio can produce any number of reactions. For example, it is easy to be intimidated by the thousands of dollars invested in equipment in even a modest studio. One look into the control room is enough to impress most young drummers. On top of that, the studio presents firsttime drummers with several new challenges and demands. The first such challenge is that the sound and acoustics present in a studio are usually quite different from […]

July 1985 Issue