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What to Send Your Keyboardist Before a Session

Send a stereo mix of your song without heavy effects on the master, so the keyboard part can be played against what you will actually hear.

Include the tempo, key and any chord chart or lyric sheet you have. Even a rough chart saves guesswork.

Write a few sentences about the feel you want and the parts of the song that matter most. Mention anything you definitely do not want.

Tell us your deadline up front so the session can be planned around it.

Hire a Keyboardist

A few minutes of prep makes a remote session faster and gives you a keyboard part that fits your track the first time.

Instruments

Two classic keyboards, two very different moods. Here is a simple way to choose between them.

Production

Simple mixing ideas to make one recorded keyboard part feel full and finished.

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