Stages
Demo
Tempo, takes, charts and what to send. Getting the song out of your head without losing it on the way.
The demo exists to be listened to by someone who was not in the room, including you next month. That makes it a documentation job before it is a recording job: tempo written down, key written down, structure written down, and one take that survives being played on a phone speaker.
The entries here are about the parts of finishing that people skip — the vocal-first take, the count-in that saves twenty minutes later, the chart that lets a second person play the song without asking you a single question. None of it is about gear.
entries in Demo
- DemoTechniqueVocal-First Demo: Recording the Voice Before the Chords
人声优先小样：先录人声，再贴和弦
Record the vocal a whole step below the written key to protect the top notes · no changes at demo stage
- DemoTechniqueThe One-Take Demo: Five Minutes of Setup, One Pass, No Click
一遍过小样：五分钟架好，一条录完，不开节拍器
Whatever you can sing on the first take — usually a step below the written key · fixed at this point; no lyric changes in the demo