{"id":230,"date":"2012-10-25T20:50:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T00:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakabrown.com\/home\/?p=230"},"modified":"2012-10-25T20:50:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T00:50:37","slug":"5-rules-to-preparing-your-performance-music-so-it-doesnt-sound-like-crap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakabrown.com\/home\/5-rules-to-preparing-your-performance-music-so-it-doesnt-sound-like-crap\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Rules to Preparing your Performance Music (So It Doesn’t Sound Like Crap)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Preparing your sound is a crucial part of your show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How many times have you handed your music to the DJ for your performance and, when you get on stage, it doesn’t sound quite right? \u00a0When your sound isn’t consistent, your performance suffers. Here are a few things you can do to help guarantee that everything goes smoothly from the first to the last second of your performance. This is intended to be non-software specific… and only a little geeky.<\/p>\n

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Rule #1 – Stay as close to the original as possible.<\/h3>\n

It’s inevitable that your music will go through several edits on the way to you deciding that it’s ready. When editting your music, you want to start with the highest quality recording possible, and always make your edits to the original source! Remember GIGO, which simply means “Garbage In, Garbage Out”. \u00a0The first thing you will usually do is import your music from CD, or you will already have the music in an mp3 format. MP3 is a compressed format, with a specified bitrate.<\/p>\n