Nadine Coyle Quotes

It doesn't matter if you record with a microphone on a laptop or at a friend's house. Now it's more of a danger of things sounding too high-fi than sounding too low-fi.

When I first started recording music, we would record in the closet with socks on the mic.

I do have a little setup at home. I use Pro Tools and a Neumann mic. Neumann's are my favorite.

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.

I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.

When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.

I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.

Having my own studio at home is a dream, as I have a totally sound-proof room I can escape to when I need to write, and I have an impeccable room to record in.

Being able to have a home studio is the greatest thing ever.

I lived in a pretty big house, and we had a guesthouse, so when I was 14, I built a studio in my bedroom, which was pretty big. It was two rooms connected, so I turned the second into a studio and ran the mic in my closet.

The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You're inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers.

Technology has allowed people to make records really cheap. You can make a record on a laptop.

I can record auditions from my office in my home.

We recorded several of Kenny's songs in the living room of my home.

I had this fascination with four-track recorders when I was in high school.

I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.

I'm still amazed by the process of recording.

I'm a huge fan of home recording. I think it levels the playing field. You don't need $100,000 to record a studio CD.

I've been in a recording studio enough times to know that it is not the best place to multitask. Doing a couple of takes of a song and running out to check your email to talk to someone about video production really is not good.

The room is the most important thing about recording.

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

When we were first recording, I was wearing a bag on my head.

I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.