Rob Chiarappa: Taking Songs From Demos to Full Productions

Nov 13, 2024

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Rob Chiarappa is an award-winning producer, mixer, and songwriter based out of New Jersey.

Rob works out of the world-renowned Barber Shop Studios in Hopatcong, NJ as his home base but has relationships with studios in major cities around the globe to make records happen in most places.

Rob’s objective is to treat each project uniquely and work with artists to reach an end result that best represents their creative vision being as “hands on” or “hands off” as the artist is comfortable with.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

Why small basement studios can yield better results
The role of a producer
Taking control of your own vision for your tracks
Dissecting the gold in a demo
Finding the “pocket” of a song
Overcoming demo-itis
Things to pay attention to to help produce your own songs
Fulfilling the vision of the artists vs. your own
Developing songs from the ground up
Getting paid fairly for your services
Should you take songwriting royalties?
Why Metric AB is the best plugin of all time

To learn more about Rob Chiarappa, visit: https://robchiarappa.com/

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