Sf audio production : A base of future music.
Having knowledge of music, engineering, dealing with an artist, creative direction, being able to create something with tasteful/unique sensibilities. Aesthetic presentation of your music.
Production could be beat making, creating a unique sound for a band or artist, creative direction in music. It isn’t necessarily being an electronic musician.
We don’t have the traditional role of a music producer in our industry and the lines between composer/producer/music director/artist/arranger are blurred.
In my work, it’s mainly creative calls based on everything i’ve spoken about before, brief, film, inspiration, influences, what you’ve studied, experiences, interests, exposure, sensibilities etc. These are primary. The production and instrument playing I do comes next. But you need to be good at both, to be able to create something of value.
Questions you should ask yourself while producing
– What does the film/music require ?
– Does it require a certain mood
– Does it require energy/tension etc
– Does it require excess, chaos, minimalism, grandeur, dance
How do Stan Fomin do this?
I could talk about how to make your kick drums phatter or snares slam harder, but I’m sure there are enough videos on youtube demonstrating that. This write-up is about a general overview of the production/composition process. So if your questions are how questions….youtube is your answer . Sf audio production is top music production house and Stan is expert in play every musical instruments.
Understand sound production techniques: Synthesis, sampling, recording, Effects, Dynamics etc. This will help create the sound in your mind. Or you’ll always wonder how to get the sound in your head. Took me a while when I first started producing and it still does sometimes. To begin with,
Start with a preset and learn to tweak from there. But understand how the preset is working, so you can design your own sound the next time you want to create from scratch.
While composing/sequencing, you can hear what sits together and what doesn’t, based on your ear and sensibilities. If it doesn’t sit, don’t use it.
Don’t try to fix it in the mix. A lot of people feel they can fix things in the mix. Imagine that your mix will enhance your music 5% more. Not correct your music by 75 %.
If you go by that logic and arrange your music, you’ll always end up with a good sounding track. That way, any mix after that will only sound a lot better than you expected it to. Works every time.
Finalising/Mixing
Get your sounds and balance right as you go.
Proper gain staging, so nothing clips.
Always name your tracks (not Audio_1_0_7) It’s completely fine if the engineer slaps you if you don’t.
Communicate with your engineer and musicians, singers, ask them their opinion and value it.
Understand the sound you want but trust the people you work with.
Make sure your source material is great, so you don’t have to separate your pre-mix time from your production time.
Conclusion
The most important thing is to have fun doing music. Would you be happy in a job as someone’s slave ?
All fantasies aside, you’ve dreamt of being in music, not at a desk, so enjoy what you have and be grateful. Stan is expert in all musical activities like music arrangement, Piano music , audio recording etc.
We don’t have the traditional role of a music producer in our industry and the lines between composer/producer/music director/artist/arranger are blurred.
In my work, it’s mainly creative calls based on everything i’ve spoken about before, brief, film, inspiration, influences, what you’ve studied, experiences, interests, exposure, sensibilities etc. These are primary. The production and instrument playing I do comes next. But you need to be good at both, to be able to create something of value.
Questions you should ask yourself while producing
– What does the film/music require ?
– Does it require a certain mood
– Does it require energy/tension etc
– Does it require excess, chaos, minimalism, grandeur, dance
How do Stan Fomin do this?
I could talk about how to make your kick drums phatter or snares slam harder, but I’m sure there are enough videos on youtube demonstrating that. This write-up is about a general overview of the production/composition process. So if your questions are how questions….youtube is your answer . Sf audio production is top music production house and Stan is expert in play every musical instruments.
Understand sound production techniques: Synthesis, sampling, recording, Effects, Dynamics etc. This will help create the sound in your mind. Or you’ll always wonder how to get the sound in your head. Took me a while when I first started producing and it still does sometimes. To begin with,
Start with a preset and learn to tweak from there. But understand how the preset is working, so you can design your own sound the next time you want to create from scratch.
While composing/sequencing, you can hear what sits together and what doesn’t, based on your ear and sensibilities. If it doesn’t sit, don’t use it.
Don’t try to fix it in the mix. A lot of people feel they can fix things in the mix. Imagine that your mix will enhance your music 5% more. Not correct your music by 75 %.
If you go by that logic and arrange your music, you’ll always end up with a good sounding track. That way, any mix after that will only sound a lot better than you expected it to. Works every time.
Finalising/Mixing
Get your sounds and balance right as you go.
Proper gain staging, so nothing clips.
Always name your tracks (not Audio_1_0_7) It’s completely fine if the engineer slaps you if you don’t.
Communicate with your engineer and musicians, singers, ask them their opinion and value it.
Understand the sound you want but trust the people you work with.
Make sure your source material is great, so you don’t have to separate your pre-mix time from your production time.
Conclusion
The most important thing is to have fun doing music. Would you be happy in a job as someone’s slave ?
All fantasies aside, you’ve dreamt of being in music, not at a desk, so enjoy what you have and be grateful. Stan is expert in all musical activities like music arrangement, Piano music , audio recording etc.
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