How to make records

[Lord Ciren]

How do I get my bands to produce records?

[Abomario]

I have not the slightest idea. There is not a single tutorial to help you along as a rookie. really weird.

[Abomario]

Hmm, think you have to go to activites on one of your band members profile and thereafter make a album. From that album songs will be created that you can later release. I think, not sure. Trying right now.

[mark]

Originally posted by Stabala:

Hmm, think you have to go to activites on one of your band members profile and thereafter make a album. From that album songs will be created that you can later release. I think, not sure. Trying right now.

yeah this is correct. select record an album from activities and then go through this area selecting what & who you require. once you have finished it, you can release it and also release singles from it.

personally havent worked out to make money yet though, i have no idea how many to produce etc

[Lord Ciren]

Originally posted by mark:

Originally posted by Stabala:

Hmm, think you have to go to activites on one of your band members profile and thereafter make a album. From that album songs will be created that you can later release. I think, not sure. Trying right now.

yeah this is correct. select record an album from activities and then go through this area selecting what & who you require. once you have finished it, you can release it and also release singles from it.

personally havent worked out to make money yet though, i have no idea how many to produce etc

Yea but I've done that, and I can't release

[mark]

once its recorded, then go back to activties - 'new release'

[Lord Ciren]

Alright thanks :D Next question, how tf do I do collabs

[jock itch]

Collabs are a bit confusing (IMO) -- after you've recorded some songs, go to the band's Activities, then to New Release, then to Collaboration. Then on the right sice of the screen click "Select" -- which will go back to the previous page. Double click (important) the song you want to collaborate on. Now you'll see the collaboration in progress.

On the left side will be the pool of artists, I believe it's set to "Social Network" by default (acts your band has worked with, label mates, etc). Unchecking the social box will let you pick from all acts in the game. The "Color Mapping" allows you to see the acts relationships to others (red being dislike, green being like).

Since you can't really tell if an artist will actually work with you or not (for me even "Friendships" and "Dating" relationships did not want to collab), it may be helpful to add several acts to the collaboration. Then when you click "Confirm" it will tell you which acts REJECTED the collaboration and you can delete those ones and keep on the person you want. This for me is quicker than going through different acts until you find one that says yes. You can also change the name of the song at the bottom if you wish before clicking confirm.

Sorry this is long -- I think the process should be simplified a bit -- but hopefully this helps.

[Mr.Hattex]

Tutorial in deutsch:
https://youtu.be/yaJv82ft0Yo

[The Guy In the $6300 Suit]

For what it's worth, one of the videos on the actual Steam store page has the developer going through how to play the game and record a record.

[dabossa]

Im having trouble with getting songs writen? Go thru all the settings (writers, producers etc..), Activitys have "Recording" for about 2 months - but at the end of this period, i still have no songs?

[jock itch]

Did you get a message that said the recording was complete? You should get a notification that the recording is finished with a list of the songs completed. Maybe move foreward a week or two and see if it shows up? Sometimes artists will run into recording issues and require more time as well. Also make sure you havenn't set the act's career to be overseen by a manager (If you are in CEO mode)