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Hellooo you lovely people,

We have a cracker introductory offer for all new customers...
One full day live recording for £50 at Red7 Studio

Live video also available


Fully qualified engineers
Great live room

Web - www.red7entertainments.co.uk
Email - red7entertainment@hotmail.com
Call - Studio on: 028 28 260191
or contact Gillian on 0759 868 3823

Geeze, THAT is a good deal.

Wish I was still in the UK. I'd throw down on that.

Did you look at the pictures? Old building, inside looks like an aparment or open work space. Ugly blue carpet, white sheetrock walls, no sound/acoustic treatment. Probably sounds like sh!t.

Some of the best music I ever made was in an ugly studio.

It only matters if it affects the sound.

I hate a smelly studio too. lol

Studios can be ugly, as long as the acoustics are good. Boxy shape with no bass traps is not good.

HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and HUMAN CAPITAL, that's really all that matters.

Conversely you could be recording at "the palace", if the equipment is substandard, the software antiquated and you have to deal with "Bullwinkle" and "Fat Tony", you are sh*t out of luck.

It's a matter of ability and what you're used to working with.

Great drum sound? Is there such a thing>?
I really love a dynamic drummer, but if his heads are tuned I pretty much thought it was a done deal.

I don't make the percussion track a primary concern, sad to say.
Maybe I should give it more credence next time. (eek) lol

Software all being the same? Maybe so, but I think you'll always do better with something you know like the back of your hand. And I have noticed that people using "Pro Tools" can really do some amazing things with it. But I am far from a technician, so I can't really legitimately say that absolutely.

Yeah I am totally with you on the 50/day thing. That's damn cheap and I'd pay the 50 just to see what I could churn out in one day. I think they are talking 8 hours.

Geeze if it was a 12 or 16 hour day, I'd be like a child with a new toy, not even knowing what to play with next. lol

As for paying big money to have a producer/engineer to record you and mix/master, I'd want someone I've heard of extensively. An "Alan Parsons" type with a great cv that I liked especially otherwise I don't take wooden nickels nor Trojan horses left at the castle gate.

You have to believe fully in who or what you're paying for or all is for naught.

Cheers for the input lads, I found a lot of it most helpful. I am only really volunteering down here to help them get going and pitch in when needed. Despite all being musically talented folks we are certainly not web savvy and I know the website is terrible and needs a total overhaul but I dont know who made it or where they put the relevant log-in info etc. Maybe scrapping the whole thing and starting again would be the best option.

Where they really seem to fall down is getting the word out that we even exist, advertising, marketing, all that jazz. You guys seem to have done alright for yer'selves in those respects.
Any input will be greatly appreciated.

Much Love

Just reading an article in Tape Op magazine, an interview with a studio guy from Austin TX who's been in the business for a while. What he has basically said is that recording studios are a dead-end business these days - if any make a real profit, then they are the high end ones, or the specialty ones, but you can be booked 80% of the time, and still just get by. It's no longer a matter of 'all the equipment you have'.