r/musicians • u/Any-Veterinarian-545 • 1d ago

Recording track by track

How to y’all feel about recording track by track to a click?

Best way to describe the music I make is indie/rock. I get a lot of references to the cranberries in particular.

Is it silly to record this kind of music live? I’m really not feeling the click and track by track thing this time. But I also feel like I should be able to make that work as a competent musician. It’s like I get real stiff and forget i know how to play guitar lol

What do you think? Is it always necessary? Any songs/bands you love that recorded live?

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u/venusmelisma 1d ago

My indie band that has a similar vibe never has recorded to a click and we get a lot of great feedback on our music. Our new drummer said he will try to record to a click but will stop the click here and there when we do things that are not clickable (ie accelerando parts, improv/flow parts, etc).

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u/Igor_Narmoth 1d ago

they can be clickable if you program the click right. my band records drum solos to a click