A completely irrelevant sidenote - our studio will be opening soon. It's a proper, old-school studio with a massive analog desk, valve pre-amps and mics, etc. (Running into a Pro Tools backend, naturally). The desk is an Auditronics, ex triple J. We have Fearn, Neve and API pre-amps, Groove Tubes, Rode, AKG and Bees Neez mics, and Purple, Focusrite, Eventide, Mindprint and Lexicon outboard gear (to name but a few examples.) The recording room is 7 x 5 m, and we have two isolation rooms as well as the console room.
Anyway, we'll be looking for two acts to produce for free so that we have a starting portfolio. Hence we'll be giving away 24 hrs (3 days) of studio time to each act. This means 3-4 songs max (ie. not an entire CD). Of the two acts, one will be a rock band, and the other will be an acoustic act (band, soloist, classical ensemble, etc). (We want to show the diversity of what we can do).
This offer includes full use of the facilities and 100% attendance by a highly experienced engineer. (Marc Vassilou cut his teeth during the 80's, and has worked with the Radiators, the Angels and many other acts. He also ran Treetops which was a very respected studio in the 90's).
At the end you'll receive a stereo mixdown (24 bit WAV), plus the PT project file (or a 24 bit WAV track dump) should you want to remix at any stage. (We can also direct you towards some excellent mastering houses like Turtlerock or Studio 301 - expect to pay $150-$200 per song for mastering).
The only cost to you will be for storage media, which you can avoid by bringing a 16+GB USB stick (or a Mac-friendly portable HDD) with you.
The catch - we get your permission to use your name & recordings to demo our studio to other clients. This will include allowing us to put reasonable length excerpts (30-60 seconds) of your material on our website, free of any licensing fees.
We're in northern Sydney and will be open for business by the end of January and we expect to do this work in early February. To audition for the offer, you'll need to send us a MP3 with 2-3 of your original songs. Don't worry about recording quality - something recorded on a handheld recorder is fine.
Send me a PM and I'll give you more details.
