You are warmly welcome to Astia-studio’s blog. On this page you have all the preparation related blog posts. By reading these posts you will learn how to prepare for the session more efficiently.
In addition you’ll gain knowledge on how to play more solid and tight as a band, how “locking-in” will help you along with many other important factors.
As a guitarist you surely must know how hard tuning a guitar can get. Sometimes you may press the strings too hard it can cause annoying detune. With this series I hope to help you with tuning-related issues, as I share my studio and live experience from the past quarter of a century. So let’s […]
As a guitarist you surely must know how hard tuning a guitar can get. The G string especially is always a bit out of tune when you play chords after using a tuner. With this series I hope to help you with tuning-related issues, as I share my studio and live experience from the past […]
As a guitarist you surely must know how hard tuning a guitar can get. But what to do when the tuner says your guitar is in tune, yet the ear disagrees? With this series I hope to help you with tuning-related issues, as I share my studio and live experience from the past quarter of […]
As a guitar player you surely must know how hard tuning a guitar can get. Especially if you play with aggressive touch and pluck the strings hard. With this series I hope to help you with tuning-related issues, as I share my studio and live experience from the past quarter of a century. So let’s […]
As a guitar player you surely must know how hard tuning a guitar can get. Enter the tuner to save the day, yet sometimes it may be the opposite. With this series I hope to help you with tuning-related issues, as I share my studio and live experience from the past quarter of a century. […]
You are most likely familiar with getting ready for recording. Are you among those who before the album session take a break from playing live to get a proper rest before recording? With the proper rest you have more energy to continue the music hobby, or wait, what… This time I want to share with […]
This time I’ll tell you how a band who recently visited me managed to improve their playing to much more solid and tight. They even ended up reviving the joy of music on a whole new level! By reading you will learn how you too can make great positive changes. I hope my writing will […]
The guitar player is usually responsible not only for the riffs but also the composition. The bass player diligently learns the riffs and plays the parts according to both the guitar and the bass drum patterns. Did you know that it is one of the reasons that makes your music sound not so good? This […]
Did you know that how tight you play affects the sound? The tighter you and your band play, the better your music sounds. Playing solid together is something that no editing can create. And such cheating that we call editing is revealed at the live show anyway, so why even bother? By reading this post […]
As drum recording is one of my most dearest topics, I want to help you improve the sound of your drums. The importance of the drum sound is one of the biggest factors that can either make or break an album. Not many drummers are satisfied with how their drums sound after mixing. All the […]