London Recording Studio - Apple Beam Studios offer a recording service ideal for singers and songwriters. Specialising in R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Rock Pop
Thank you for considering us for your recording project(s). We have 3 standard services but please feel free to call us if you require something that's not listed here.
We write and produce for international artists and have recently worked with signed singers from USA, Germany, Denmark, Spain, and Greece. Book with confidence!
Recording Session Rates(Client in studio with our producers)
£29 p/hour. Our producers are very experienced and can identify what a song needs quickly. We aim to complete a song, including vocals within your budget.
Listen to our audio samples to see the quality of our work.
Whether you have a whole musical score written for your song, or simply a rough vocal melody and some lyrics, we will transform what you have into a finished demo. This includes all production of original music, recording of instruments, vocal production and arrangement, mixing and mastering plus 3 CDs of final recordings.
It can be hard for studios to charge a flat fee for producing songs because it's a creative medium. Some songs are vastly more complex than others so you cannot know the exact time it will take.
We will discuss pricing options with you and we are very good at estimating the length a recording session is likely to take.
We can play all the instruments if you need us to, and also advise on vocal arrangement and harmonies.
After we have put all your vocals down and we are all happy we will mix and master your song for you to make it really come to life.
At the end of the session we will burn of a master CD for you to keep. This is so you can copy it as many times as you need to in the future. You'll also get a 2 more CDs free of charge. Extra CDs can be bought for £1.00 each. We will also give you MP3's of your recordings and can Email these straight to your inbox.
GREAT QUALITY AND FANTASTIC CUSTOMER CARE
"We take great pride in our productions, if you succeed ... we succeed.
We are not the sort to hit the record button and let you get on with it, we have an invested interest to think creatively and share experience and skills to make your song the best it can be"
We have a fantastic flat fee for all cover songs at just £60 per song. Nothing extra to pay!
This rate includes all vocal recording and arrangement, mixing and mastering plus 3 CDs of final recordings. If you don't have the backing track(s), we can provide them or advice the best place to buy, typical price is £6 per backing track.
If you want to do a cover of a famous song (ie.sing a Robbie Williams/Britney or other famous song) we can locate top quality backing tracks for you.
We go a lot further than great rates though. Some studio producers are happy to take your money and then just sit back and press record. We actually 'produce', meaning you will have guidance, constructive comments and encouragement throughout the recording process.
This will give you much better results as you'll feel more relaxed and confident, and you'll be gaining our expertise when it really counts. We provide:
Digital Recording Suite
Friendly Engineer
Experienced Producer/Writer
Song Arrangement for Composers
Soundtrack Production
Voice-over Production
Friendly, Relaxed and Creative Atmosphere
Recording Session Rates(Online Music Production) [top]
SONG PRODUCTION THE EASY WAY!
Even if you aren't sure what any of the instruments should do, or if you can't play a thing, never fear .. we will turn your ideas into a slick, fully produced song and if it's needed we will write and play all the instruments and provide singers.
"Your production on my track sounded better than it sounded in my head! Thanx for your creative input and for a fun and very rewarding session" - Arome ............more quotes >>
£29 p/hour. Pre-Production simply means we produce your song without the need for you to be in the studio with us. There is one major advantage with this service, we guarantee to deliver the production within a set number of hours so that you can budget for your recordings easily.
If you have any doubts that we can take your rough song ideas and transform them to your requirements, take a listen to a real life example by scrolling down and playing the audio examples below the 7 steps.
Upon listening to your rough idea and talking with you about how you would like you song to sound, we can tell you the minimum amount of time we will need to produce your track(s) for you. If we go over time, you will not be charged!
The reason we can offer this guarantee is because we can produce your song on our own time, we can stagger the hours we work which makes things a lot easier for us to schedule. It works like this:
1.
You Email Us your original idea, or send a CD of your rough ideas. You can even sing your idea down the phone onto our answer machine!
An original idea could be a simple vocal melody you have in your head. It could be some basic chords with a vocal line, or even a fully recorded song that you want re-producing.
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We call you to discuss influences and sounds you would like on your track(s) and how you would like the overall production to sound. . If you want to pitch the song to another singer we can produce specifically for them.
3.
We discuss your budget and agree the number of hours that we will work 'behind the scenes' for you, and what we will achieve in this time. This gives you peace of mind knowing that cost won't exceed your budget.
4.
You then pay a deposit of £80 either by cheque or credit card online at our payment center. This will allow us to start work straight away on your song. We will do the initial 3 hours production which will be enough time for us to get a professional 'template' of your song ready for vocal recording.
5.
After we have completed 3 hours of the backing, we will play it to you for your approval.
If you are happy with progress, we can organize the vocals. We can use one of our professional singers*, or if you are going to sing the song, this is the point at which you would come in and put your vocals down in one of our London studio set ups. This takes approx. 2 hours.
6.
After the vocals are recorded on your song, we will seek your approval before continuing and completing the production of your song(s). This usually requires about another 2- 3 hours production work.
The reason we like to record the vocals before the backing music is complete is so that the music can work to support the vocal melody. If we produce the music around the vocals, we get much better results.
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At completion we will Email you the finished song(s), plus post 3 CDs if you need hard copies.
Everything that is needed to produce a high quality recording is taken care of within this timeframe. There are no extra fees, or extra time needed. We will send back a fully produced, mixed and master track.
* When we record and produce a song for you, we provide all instruments and musicians for free, it is all included in the hourly fee. However, we can not provide session singers for free as part of the hourly rate. They charge us for their services and we negotiate the best price for our clients (you). We can get a very good studio singer for as little at £60 to do ALL vocals and backing vocals.
Online Production Example
Nancy, who lives in Italy had a rough vocal idea that she wanted to turn into a finished fully produced song. She called us and told us how many hours she could afford and we spoke about the sound she was after.
Next she sent us an mp3 of her idea ... you can listen to it below (NOTE: Since using us as her production team, this song is now on a R&B/Christian album by artist 'Taboka')
BEFORE
In this clip you'll hear a rough recording sent to us by Nancy.
Nancy also sent us a couple of songs that had a sound she wanted us to capture, so we went to work and wrote and recorded the music and sent back the finished song, see below:
AFTER
Now you can hear what we did with her idea. We did this in 5 hours and used a session singer as Nancy lives in Italy!
Your Satisfaction
From start to finish it will be a creative and rewarding experience. Our top music producers will coach you through the recording process and will always look to get the best possible results for your song, and/or from your vocal performance.
When recording original material it is vital that you are 100% happy. We will prepare sessions to save time and work with you if you have a smaller budget to offer the best service possible. Our productions are modern, sonically excellent and professional sounding. If you want the same level of expertise given to your songs, please get in touch and we can create a stunning demo for you.
We will also be happy to talk with you about the industry. We have had "the record deal" with a major, we've had releases and even worked as A&R for an independent label which provided invaluable experience.
Book your studio time with us and walk out with a great demo and information you can't do without at unbeatable rates!
