1. Come prepared and rehearsed with a song and printed lyrics  
2. Allow time to become comfortable with the space  

3. Call a production meeting with the team to clarify goals before recording 
4. Run a take, then listen back in the control room and discuss 
5. Once comfortable, play the song through several times. Everything is captured. 
6. Listen back, and pick best takes. 
7. Take a break and visit the trails, make a live post for fans, while the engineer sets up the mix and the videographer edits. 
8. Come back for a full playback, and tweak if need be. 
9. The audio/video team will master the audio, finalize video, and have a final product for you by the session's end.
10. Bless the mix and video and go home. 

by video director Sarah Randolph