From Demo to Delivery

Chapter 2

A. Pre-production

Russ Hepworth-Sawyer

In This Chapter

■   Introduction—What Is Pre-production?

□   The Demo

□   Is Pre-production Necessary?

□   Forms of Pre-production

■   An Introduction to Creative Pre-production

□   An Introduction to Song Development

□   The Reinvigorated Importance of the Rehearsal Room and Home Studio

□   Rehearsal Recordings

□   Parameters for Change

□   The Ability to Listen Objectively

□   Whittling Down the Material

■   Pre-production Is to Plan!

■   Project Management

□   Preparation and Organization

□   Team Work and Consideration

□   Resources Management and Financial Management

□   Communication and Logging of Information

□   Contingency and Time Management

■   Before the Production

■   Further Reading ...