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title: "Recording day"
description: "One booked studio, one person asking and a bank of questions written in advance, turned into clips and tickets."
canonical: https://tomsharman.com/glossary/recording-day/
updated: 2026-10-25
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# Recording day

One booked studio, one person asking and a bank of questions written in advance, turned into clips and tickets.

## Why does it matter?

It is the cheapest way Tom knows to post every day. The writing is the work, so the studio day itself runs fast.

## How does it work?

1. Put every question not reached last time at the top of the new bank.
2. Write a spine for each question, every number checked.
3. Book the studio and a person to ask, and run both mics for the whole session.
4. Write one ticket per answer for the editors.

## Where has Tom used it?

The first fake pod gave 34 usable clips in an hour, and the Creator Hotline got through 60 callers in one sitting.

## Related terms

- [Fake pod](https://tomsharman.com/glossary/fake-pod/index.md): A podcast built for the clip: real answers to questions written in advance, recorded in one sitting in a studio, with a guest who is there to ask.
- [Clip bank](https://tomsharman.com/glossary/clip-bank/index.md): One long recording turned into a bank of short clips, each one idea at 40 to 75 seconds, mapped beat by beat and handed to an editor as a ticket.
- [Creator Hotline](https://tomsharman.com/glossary/creator-hotline/index.md): A format where a creator sends a voice note with a question and Tom answers it properly, lit and on proper cameras, as a real service.

## Where is it explained?

- https://tomsharman.com/playbooks/how-i-work/recording-day/