The Little Things, by Producer, Jameson Reynolds...

It's not too often that the rest of our production staff gets to chime in on the Tate Music Group Studios Blog, but today, Jameson Reynolds, one of our producers, will be sharing his thoughts on recording and keys to a successful album.
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Working in the music industry, you get to meet all kinds of interesting people and see all kinds of diverse projects. Here at Tate we have such an eclectic collection of artists on our label and we get to work in all sorts of genres such as country, hip hop, pop, rock, dance, etc. Among the diverse types of music there seem to be a few underlying things. When the little things are done well, it just makes a project so much better.

Many times we come across a particular project with some sort of obstacle that we are trying to overcome. Maybe it is a song that is poorly structured and the arrangement doesn’t make any sense at all. It seems those are the times where one can tend to try and overcompensate for a poor arrangement by having multiple guitar solos or weird breakdowns, etc. Guitar solos are great and an awesome turnaround in song can really take a track to the next level, but if the arrangement is already sub par, then it is only going to drag the song down even more.

This is so true for anything when working on an album, solid arrangements, sound lyrics, a consistent rhythm section, and colorful leads, these are the little things that make an album. When all of these things are present then there is no need to try and overcompensate.

One of the great things about working at Tate is being surrounded by other producers who have learned long ago that it’s the little things that make an album great and that less really is more.

So whether you are writing, recording, or whatever you are doing, always remember that getting the little things done right the first time will go along way in getting you where you want to be.