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7. “My demo is good enough to be a master recording.” Poor tuning, timing and recording quality can prevent any part of your demo from graduating to be a master recording. Often times it’s these imperfections to which you become attached and fixing them may appear to wreck them. You start to pull the thread and watch what you once loved unravel into a big mess. Mixing inferior tracks with professional ones can draw attention to how bad those demo tracks really are. 8. “My demo isn’t good enough to be a master recording.” Not necessarily true. While just having your demo professionally mixed and mastered could do the trick, many times a few elements may be the starting point for what will become the definitive version. Sound quality is becoming less of an issue, as many entry-level digital recording devices capture audio at record-quality sample rates. Digital editing and cleanup can improve your scratch tracks so they hold their own amongst other high quality elements. 9. “Demoitis is not real. It was made up by insecure producers to externalize their musical shortcomings and ultimately undermine the artist’s credibility.” These days there’s a name for any so-called condition. Some parents will cling to the medical justification of ADD for their out-of-control kid rather than admit that they’re just bad parents. Is this the case with demoitis? Is it possible that frustrated producers of yesteryear made up this distinction to draw attention away from their own inadequacies? Probably but that doesn’t mean it’s not real. 10. “There is no cure for demoitis.” Despite countless attempts to cure this disease, demoitis is more prevalent than ever before. The number of home demos created has risen immensely, increasing the number of reported cases of the disease worldwide. While homeopathic treatment using mind-expanding exercises may help considerably, in most cases, instances of demoitis decrease with more recording education. Yes, with a better grip on the anatomy of a great recording comes a greater insight into how to recapture what you love about your demos while upgrading the parts that hold it back from being “record quality”. It takes a truly open mind and a genuine desire to serve the song—not your ego—to eradicate the kind of behavior that holds on to details that would be irrationally relevant to only you. Good to go While Matthew Good may lay claim to the definition of demoitis in the Urban Dictionary, I contend that the definition should be broader and extend to other instances of irrational close-mindedness, well beyond music. For example: “Margery’s demoitis acted up again as she didn’t care for Bertha’s new pecan loaf recipe at the church bake sale.” My hope is that when we’ve eradicated demoitis off the face of the planet this usage will be all that’s left of this debilitating disease but I’m having a hard time believing that. I’m still pretty attached to its original meaning. Frank Gryner’s (gryner@recordingmag.com) obnoxious brand of noise can be heard on records from Rob Zombie, The Crystal Method and The Matrix Soundtracks. He is the more reclusive half of the artist development team of ‘Gryner and Stever’ and can be reached at myspace.com/frankgryner.
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Recording - March 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording - March 2010

Recording - March 2010
Fade In
Talkback
Fast Forward
Become A Recording Songwriter
When You’re The Band
Cakewalk V-Studio 100
The Evolution Of A Song
Blue Bottle Rocket Stage Two
Demoitis—An Epidemic That Affects Recording Songwriters
It’s Your Music—Know Your Rights.  Chapter 1: Copyright
For Your Bookshelf
Audio-Technica AT2035
Readers’ Tapes
Plug-in Outlet
Recording’s Guitar Column
Recording’s Vocal Column
Once Over—Reviews In Brief
Advertiser Index
Fade Out
Recording - March 2010 - Recording - March 2010
Recording - March 2010 - Cover2
Recording - March 2010 - 1
Recording - March 2010 - Fade In
Recording - March 2010 - 3
Recording - March 2010 - 4
Recording - March 2010 - 5
Recording - March 2010 - Talkback
Recording - March 2010 - 7
Recording - March 2010 - Fast Forward
Recording - March 2010 - 9
Recording - March 2010 - Become A Recording Songwriter
Recording - March 2010 - 11
Recording - March 2010 - 12
Recording - March 2010 - 13
Recording - March 2010 - 14
Recording - March 2010 - 15
Recording - March 2010 - When You’re The Band
Recording - March 2010 - 17
Recording - March 2010 - Cakewalk V-Studio 100
Recording - March 2010 - 19
Recording - March 2010 - The Evolution Of A Song
Recording - March 2010 - 21
Recording - March 2010 - 22
Recording - March 2010 - 23
Recording - March 2010 - 24
Recording - March 2010 - 25
Recording - March 2010 - Blue Bottle Rocket Stage Two
Recording - March 2010 - 27
Recording - March 2010 - 28
Recording - March 2010 - 29
Recording - March 2010 - Demoitis—An Epidemic That Affects Recording Songwriters
Recording - March 2010 - 31
Recording - March 2010 - It’s Your Music—Know Your Rights.  Chapter 1: Copyright
Recording - March 2010 - 33
Recording - March 2010 - 34
Recording - March 2010 - 35
Recording - March 2010 - For Your Bookshelf
Recording - March 2010 - 37
Recording - March 2010 - Audio-Technica AT2035
Recording - March 2010 - 39
Recording - March 2010 - Readers’ Tapes
Recording - March 2010 - 41
Recording - March 2010 - 42
Recording - March 2010 - 43
Recording - March 2010 - 44
Recording - March 2010 - 45
Recording - March 2010 - Plug-in Outlet
Recording - March 2010 - 47
Recording - March 2010 - 48
Recording - March 2010 - 49
Recording - March 2010 - Recording’s Guitar Column
Recording - March 2010 - 51
Recording - March 2010 - Recording’s Vocal Column
Recording - March 2010 - 53
Recording - March 2010 - Once Over—Reviews In Brief
Recording - March 2010 - 55
Recording - March 2010 - 56
Recording - March 2010 - Advertiser Index
Recording - March 2010 - 58
Recording - March 2010 - 59
Recording - March 2010 - 60
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Recording - March 2010 - Fade Out
Recording - March 2010 - Cover3
Recording - March 2010 - Cover4
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