OK, you’ve don’t your pre-production homework. You know the repertoire you’ll record, you know who is going to engineer and who is going to produce, and you have a good idea of the sound concept for your album. You’ve listened to a lot of examples of great recordings and settled on a few that you like, and you’ve shared those with your engineer and producer. Everyone is on the same page. Now, let’s talk about the venue and timing of your recording.