RECORDING

RECORDING

Baz Golin did his first ever recording session back in 1972 as rhythm guitarist for a band called Little Zeke. He was still in high school in Chicago. The studio presented a different kind of challenge to budding musicians playing loud Rock'n'Roll.

He clocked a few dozen hours in the studio whilst still at University of Wisconsin in Madison. But it was Hollywood where he cut his studio teeth. Between original material of his own and his songwriting partners, and working for other songwriters and arrangers Baz developed some serious studio chops.Hundreds of sessions over thousands of hours, wearing many hats as a muti-instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger, producer and songwriter.

First, you have to follow the leader. If the producer wants you to play a set part, or play in the role of a particular kind of player (as in, gimme some Jimmy Page, or slap that bass like Larry Graham), you have to be able to deliver that 'thing' they want to to hear. And when the producer wants to give you space to be creative, to develop a motif that works with the song, you have to be able to deliver something interesting and do it quickly.

AUDIO

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In the studio, you don't have a lot of time to mess around with 'your sound'. Get something you like fast, and tweak it if the producer asks you to do it.

Mistakes? He's made a few. You have to approach the studio with a thimble of control and a magnum of reckless abandon. Play like you're not going to make a mistake. If you do, you can always fix it, or do it over. But dont' play it safe - give it some welly!

When working for someone else's project, you have to go with the producer - at least with what he or she thinks is the right way to go, first. It that doesn't work, you will be asked to try something different.

Baz enjoys playing many different styles of music and has been the studio utlility guy on scores of sessions. Agile on guitar, bass, percussion, vocals and even some keyboards, he's a versatile man. And speaking of scores, Baz is a deft hand at rhythm charts when you're working on the clock with reading players.