Recording Analysis

Introduction

This book investigates how the process of recording a song transforms it. The process of recording constructs a rich experience that combines the music and lyrics of the song with captured performances; in addition, it imparts its own sonic signatures to deliver carefully crafted records. The recording is as much a part of the record’s artistic voice as the music or the lyrics, and it is common for recording elements to add significant dimensionality to recorded songs. This dimensionality is at the core of this writing.

The goal of Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song is to articulate how the unique dimensions (elements) of recorded sound contribute to recorded music—how they add essential substance and expression ...