How do you guys psyche yourselves up before tracking?

[Eschatologist]

Well? How do you guys put yourselves in he best state of mind for performance? Me, I do a FAT line of coke before each take.
















jk! But I do blast one of my favourite discs, particularly if it has the same vibe of the tune I wanna track. Sometimes I'll slam a Redbull...and coffee for particularly taxing tunes. What do you guys do?

 

[beyond dead]

well if thunder bay is anything like peterborough, then you might not have been joking about the coke! lol

seriously, I tell myself "if anyone criticizes my playing, I`ll blame the engineer. All my stupid musician friends will believe me!"

 

[Moonlight_Seeker]

hehe well imho doing a FAT line of coke before each take would cost way too much and I'm cheap like that. But when I was a total n00b I came with a lot of energy and adrenaline and blabla and then realized it was not the attitude to have at all. This kind of attitude is good for a sprint but not for a marathon and recording an instrument is more similar to a marathon. So instead of coke I would go with a speed hehe jk. Actually when I record I don't drink beer and nothing, I drink ice tea and when my brain is being all numb naturally then I might take a break and smoke some pot. But I go in with no adrenalin rush. Being "zen" is the key for me. No impatience, no rush, no AAAAAAARGH because there will be AAAAAAARGHS, etc.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Red Bull + Coffee. That's it for me

 

[beyond dead]

coffee for the win.

 

[Fox Mulder]

^

 

[Cryo114]

I (if I need to) tell myself that the need to prepair mentally is an illusion and then I just get on with it.

 

[ParsonsMatt]

Coffee

 

[Nebulous]

The night before tracking I will sleep with a click track playing on repeat.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Go for a jog - Win.

 

[Eschatologist]

The night before tracking I will sleep with a click track playing on repeat.

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

 

[El_Gato]

LOLOOL!!

 

[JeffTD]

The same way I prepare for any other day that requires a any kind of mental or physical stress.

-Wake up around 6:30am.
-Go for a run or bicycle ride.
-Shower/shit/brush teeth/deoderant/cologne/nipple clamps/whatever
-Eat a solid breakfast.
-Drink my morning tea.
-Ready to get shit started by 8:00am

No other way for me - get's me prepared for tracking myself, other people, going to school, big tests, long drives, early shifts at work, etc...

 

[mick thompson]

i masturbate before tracking

 

[GarethSE]

I never really had much of a preperation routine, and for some reason I never thought other people would. I feel fairly surprised by this whole thread but it's encouraged me to try and get some sort of routine going before tracking.
I usually just plug my shit in, turn on the amp and let it warm up if it's getting used, grab a cup of tea or a cup of coffee, have a quick cigarette and then get on with it.

 

[evolutions_end]

ive found that playing level of hitman, splinter cell or some other tactial shoot-em up game really gets me in the mood.

does anyone have a thing for milk while tracking? i dont drink tea or coffee so its the red bull that keeps me going. but latley ive been finding that a big fuck off flavoured milk really keeps me in the zone.

 

[Ermz]

Lots of Subway cookies.

 

[drew_drummer]

Pragmatism.

 

[Uladyne]

I tune my guitar.

 

[dani]

set the left and right locators, turn on cycle, take a deep breath, hit record.