![]() The second is a set of videotapes, each around sixty minutes in length, made with a Portapak video camera in a studio in Southampton, New York, over the following winter, 1968–9. The first is a set of 16mm films, typically each around ten minutes in length, made in San Francisco in a studio in Mill Valley that Nauman sublet from his former teacher William T. Bruce Springsteen, Mike Skinner and Justin Vernon did this so can you.Between 19 Bruce Nauman made a set of films and videos of himself performing monotonous actions in his studio. Time to get those ideas down and shared with potential collaborators in whatever way you can. Even if you wanted to record in one of the best studios in the world, at the moment you can’t. Who knows where it might lead? The whole world right now seems (and needs) to be getting back to basics. Although online collaboration for live jamming with other musicians isn’t really available right now due to delay issues, you can still use apps like Skype or Zoom to speak face-to-face with other musicians, producers and songwriters just to riff from one another in real time. Or use an app like Abbey Road’s Topline to get those ideas down and in the bank for when you can get back in the studio. So you can’t get to your usual studio, then use one of the countless free DAWs out there, from Pro Tools First or Studio One Prime and teach yourself how to record on your laptop, just using the onboard inbuilt microphone if need be – why not? There are hundreds of YouTube videos covering every aspect of the recording process, many of them aimed at complete beginners. I know we have other very important concerns, but I hope you can take solace in the fact you can also be creative right now, where ever you are and with whatever equipment you currently have at your disposal. There are many more examples of important and brilliant works of art being created in isolation and with less than ideal equipment, so you should be encouraged and take inspiration from this fact. And Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker is no stranger to working in isolation, having developed this year’s The Slow Rush in seclusion. The recordings were never intended to be released but after encouragement from friends and some help in the mastering process For Emma, Forever Ago was self-released in July 2007 and Bon Iver was introduced to the world. "I had nothing but the sound of my own thoughts, and they were really loud when that's all that was going on," Vernon later said on his near-complete isolation. The album was focused on the breakdown of a relationship. He recorded the entire album in the cabin, on an old computer, throughout the winter of 2006 into early 2007. One can take further comfort in the fact these important works of art have been created at home, using a mixture of surprisingly primitive equipment and inspiring resourcefulness.īon Iver’s Justin Vernon wrote, recorded and self-released his debut breakthrough album For Emma, Forever Ago, in his dad’s hunting cabin in the woods of Wisconsin. Putting aside the bigger implications, difficulties and concerns this unprecedented situation has put us all in, I would like to try and offer some small comfort to all aspiring songwriters and producers that some of the most beautiful, exciting and inspiring work ever recorded has been created in moments of complete personal lock down and (although admittedly voluntary) social distancing. The current climate and extreme importance of social distancing and staying at home will have put many in an uncomfortable and unfamiliar scenario – many amongst them will be musicians and songwriters. Chances are whoever you are and wherever you are, at this moment in time you might be experiencing an Eleanor Rigby moment (to quote The Beatles lament for the lonely). Mirek Stiles, our Head of Audio Products (and a former recording engineer) explores how some of the most inspired creative work was created in isolation.
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