April 2009  We have finally got around to updating the website! We were fortunate enough to work with songwriter Stephen Castelle on a song he wrote on acoustic guitar he needed to record to a good level  with drums, bass and electric guitar, for presentation to a well-known local performer.  We used Paul Docherty (from Relay) on drums and Angie Walker (from The Late Shift) on vocals.  George Baker, a singer/songwriter from Suffolk, came in to record vocals for an album of his own material. Mike O'Leary came back to us to record a tribute song to a friend who passed away suddenly. Alex Hedges and his band came in to record a very tidy collection of covers for promotional purposes.  Ray Drizen cane in to record 4 songs in simple a acoustic guitar plus vocal style for his girlfriend.  Young musician Tom Brown (age 12) came in to record 12 piano pieces.  Gill Perkins and her band came in to record a 4 song EP.  The Bare Bones Boogie Band (formerly 3am) have been back to record a 2 track EP for promotional use and hope to come back to add more songs to compile a full album.  We have been working with local singer Caroline Wilcock who is signed to a production/distribution company in Brighton who produce the music.  We layer the melody, harmony and ad lib vocals for inclusion in the track. We have been expanding our spoken word recording and worked with Felicia Clark on her hypnotherapy CD's and Michael Fletcher on a spoken diary for his young grandson. More singers in the "Hall Of Fame" include:  Carl Gladman, Jo Permaul, Jackie Judd, Pandora Lewis, Rob Caulfield, Andrea Stanley, Kerry Burrows, Cath MacDonald, Paul Marsh, Katie Hibbins, Stefan Kapota, Emily Horner (all the way from Cornwall!), Sarah May, Carly Augustus, Funke Baffour, Richard Mills, Sharon Croxon, Nasreen El Guindi, Becki Stirling, Nina Kelly, Jake Cottrell, Wendy Fee, Marian Luketa, Mary Lysiak, Vikki Roberts, Hannah Brown, Justin Liptrot, Ray Nash, Sasha Chalk, Danielle King, Rob Looker, Ellie Smit, Ian Duggan, Sandie Crawley, Gina Hilton, Lucy Ritchie, Kathyrn Kemp, Mel Potter, Tony Sinclair, Lauren Chapelhowe, Cornelia Brown, Steve Ball, Scott Donnelly, Jackie Pittman and Angelise Packham.

 

September 2008  Top rockabilly band from Suffolk, The Humdingers came back to us to record their second album to be released by Pinknblack Records.  Another client to return to us was pro solo guitarist Mike Chapman to record his second CD of acoustic guitar instrumentals. Abbie Saunders, who we recorded last year, came back to record another CD of 10 vocal/acoustic guitar songs.  We also recorded comedy sketch shows written by James Turner et al for submission to radio production companies. Entertainer Steven Ritchie from Colchester came in to record a demo CD for promotional purposes and singer/songwriter Paul Gronland came in for several sessions to work on his own material. More singers in the "Hall Of Fame" include:  Jade Goldsmith, Louise Wiggins, Francesca Simons, Hannah Smith, Jordana and Elise Golbourne, Chris Arnold, Matthew Horgan, Dev Aziz, Jessica Ryan, Paul Whitney, Hannah Vooght, Natasha Herbert, Lauren Whitnell, John Gammon, Maria Morris, Sophie Cunningham, Debbie Hayward, David Sims, Abbie Martin, Dan Looney, Camilla Lawes, Georgina Mills, Mark Bowen, Eleanor Kibblewhite, Harry Sims and Simran Bhullar.

 

June 2008  Hardcore metal band "Before Silence Falls" with Ando (vocals), Ben (guitar), George (drums), Kit (guitar) and Zach (bass) came in to record their 5 track demo CD. Robin Childs returned to record a new demo CD as did regular client Adele Wilding.  Following the success of their demo we recorded back in January, 50's and 60's covers band The Tornadoes returned to record their 14 track debut album. More singers in the "Hall Of Fame" include:  Laura Hodgkins, Lucy Cracknell, Remy Imich, Natalie Wignall, Jane Earnshaw, Kerry Dietsch, David Connelly, Nicole Ester (winner of the Notley Factor which we sponsored), Gary Wilson (all the way from Aryshire in Scotland!), Lois Hirrell, Andrew Thwaites, Katie Newton, Charlotte Stemp, Isabel Grint, Eleanor Perkins, Nigel Sheldrake, Amy Hutchison, Megan Grant, Melissa Denyer, Elisha Redfern, Angela Lewis, Megan Juniper, Mat Barden, Darren Moakes, Michael Fitzgerald

 

March 2008  Anomaly Point, a Psychedelic / Funk / Blues outfit, featuring Buster Nolan on vocals and didgeridoo, Dale Hubbard (bass), Si Todd (drums)and Adam Hunwicks (guitars)came into the studio to record their 14 track album with us.  Acoustic duo "Fused" from South London with Phil MIddleton (guitar) and James Allen (vocals) recorded their 6 track EP and Will Coleridge (distant relation to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, author of The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner) recorded his album of 10 original piano/vocal songs. More singers in the "Hall Of Fame" include:  Jack Shine, Tursha Park, Charlotte Hilditch, Emily Parlour, Olivia Marriot, Catherine Potter (also played piano on one of her own compositions, Christine Welham, Bethany Rosser, Sarah Loxton, Marge Hall, Milli Finch, Tania Khotina, Katie Hall, Holly Saunders and Sophie Williamson (with dad actor Shaun Williamson).

July 2004 After many months of planning and after a lot of hard work by many people, we have re-located to our brand new facility in Witham.  We now have 2 recording suites and a large reception/chill-out room.  The live performance areas also double as practise rooms.

June 2004 The new album "Emeralds (& Other Little Gems)" by jazz/crossover outfit Wilding & Co was completed and released, the culmination of 14 months work (see Jazz Demos).

Another major project was also completed and released in this period; the debut album by Gerry Luby, a singer/songwriter from Harlow (see Acoustic Demos).

Other bands and artists we have worked with in the period are: The Chorus (see Rock Demos), The White Knights, Amanda Town, Ruth Johnson and Sarah Bonnett.

May 2004  We have just completed Songs From The Blue House Too, the second major album project we have worked on with James Partridge and Shane Kirk (plus a cast of thousands!).  The album will be released shortly.

We undertook our first computer game project with Codemasters who are renowned in the field of PC and Playstation games for, amongst others, their Colin McRae racing games.  Titled "Soldiers: Heroes Of World War II" it is a real-time strategy game and is due for PC release in June 2004.  We provided all spoken-word recording support with eight different voice actors over the space of 4 days.

Countrywide Residential Lettings sourced us to provide music-on-hold with voice-over for their national network of phone lines.

Other bands and artists who have been in the studio in the past few months are : Black Ash, a 7-piece rock band from South Woodham, The Zodiacs, a 4-piece 60's covers band from Brentwood who came back to record their 3rd CD with us, Christina Cuttell has been back again to make her second CD, Avis, a 3-piece grunge band from Chelmsford, Find A Cure, Colne and the White Knights.

February 2004  It's been a long time coming but we have finally got around to updating our site.  Too many artists to mention individually who have recorded with us since the last update but some notable ones who have been added to the demo area are:  Punjabi X, a bangra band from Ilford who recorded their debut album with us, Wilding & Co, a jazz band from Enfield who also recorded their debut album, and MJTV, a production company responsible for Soldiers Of Love, an audio storybook available on CD.

Slam, a Tiptree-based pop/punk band have been back to record another 5 track EP.

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