Recording Program Overview

This year we are offering a program centered on studio recording, and culminating in a production-quality CD developed by the group, called Flute Haven Journeys 2012. The Recording Program combines portions of the Weeklong Program with three days in a recording studio where you record and mix a CD.

The Recording Program is ideal for players who want to have a professional-quality CD that they can offer for sale, but are not experienced with the (many) steps needed to achieve that goal.

Example Tracks

Here are a few excerpts from tracks recorded by Bette Acker at the 2009 Flute Haven for her CD Genesis (available on the CD Baby page for Genesis). Accompaniment is by Ron Kravitz on Hang and percussion and Eric Miller on Guitar:

… and here are some tracks recorded by Kathleen Roeser during a recent Flute Haven:

Schedule

The Recording Program participants begin with a general music warmup and introduction to basic music forms. This runs concurrently with the Weeklong Program on Tueday evening and all day Wednesday.

During the days on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, you are in the recording studio. You progress from doing individual tracks to mixing overdubs and finally mastering on Saturday. During the evenings, you are part of the Flute Haven evening activities.

On Sunday, we all join for a closing session, and we all get a chance to hear your creations!

How the Recording Sessions Work

Flute Haven Journeys is a CD production of three to six flute players participating in the Recording Program, together with members of the Flute Haven staff that are available to provide overdubs and accompaniment as appropriate.

Throughout the process, you are part of all recording sessions, and get a chance to experience and participate in the process of creating a production-quality CD. This includes playing, recording, mixing, and mastering, as well as deciding on song structure, what instrumentation is needed, song order, titles, and (most important) listening.

In addition to recording, you get in-depth, hands-on experience with the technology, tracking and mixing the songs of the CD. This includes topics on field recording, recording technology, and the legal aspects of the music business.

Recording sessions begin with recording of solo tracks by each of the flute participants. Then, all tracks are reviewed in careful listening exercises by the group, and the direction of the CD project is discussed and laid out. This can include:

• Adding to or altering any of the solo tracks.
• Recording more tracks of flute duets.
• Laying down percussion, guitar, or other backing tracks to record over.
• Recording over a choice of dozens of available backing tracks (available free of royalty payments in this program).

During the process, Cornell, Clint, Ron and Eric and Lynn are all available for duet or overdub work.

The package design has already been laid out, and is modified to accomodate photographs of each of the participants. You can supply digital photos of yourself, or we can take appropriate photos during the recording sessions.

We also include a brief biography of you in the CD liner notes.

As part of the Recording Program, you have the option to use backing tracks from the collection of Native Flute Tracks, without paying royalty fees.

The Recording Program is limited to three to six participants, so please register early to assure a spot on the team.

Benefits of the Recording Program

Here's a summary of the elements that you recieve (or are done on your behalf) as part of the recording program:

1. 120 copies of your CD, Flute Haven Journeys 2012, approximately four months after the end of Flute Haven. If you choose to sell these CDs, even for $10 each, you can recoup more than the entire cost of the Flute Haven program.
   
   
2. Professional package design and production using an four-panel Digipak design on recycled board product, with full-color package, on-disc printing, UPC bar code, shirk-wrapped.
   
   
3. Glass-master replication (not a CD-R burned on a computer) using DiscMakers.
   
   
4. Professional pre-mastering, including ISRC codes.
   
   
5. The Flute Haven Journeys 2012 is a product of Manifest Spirit Records.
   
   
6. Registration for potential mechanical royalties with the Harry Fox Agency.
   
   
7. Publication of the music by Manifest Spirit Music/ASCAP, Second Spirit Music/BMI, and/or Rhythm Spirit Music/SESAC, as appropriate.
   
   
8. Registration for potential performance royalties with the three Performance Rights Organizations in the U. S. A. (ASCAP, BMI, and/or SESAC), as appropriate.
   
   
9. Registration with SoundScan.
   
   
10. Registration with the Gracenote/CDDB database and the FreeDB database so that track names and performers appear correctly on all digital download services.
    
    
11. The CD will be submitted for awards with these awards programs:
    
    
    1. The Grammy Foundation for the 2014 Grammy Awards.
       
       
    2. The Native American Music Awards.
       
       
    3. The Independent Music Awards.
       
       
12. Promotional copies will be made available to radio stations and dedicated programming such as Hearts of Space and Echoes.
    
    
13. Distribution through New Leaf, which serves retail New Age outlets.
    
    
14. Submission for on-line play with Pandora.
    
    
15. Submission for a listing on AllMusic.com.
    
    
16. Copies will be available on physical distribution services such as CD-Baby and Amazon.com as well as the Manifest Spirit Records web site.
    
    
17. The album will be available for digital download services such as iTunes, Rhapsody, Deezer, Napster, Spotify, and Zune.
    
    

In addition, you can purchase additional copies of the CD at any time in the future for $6 per copy ... well below wholesale prices.