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Thread #136074 Message #3105438
Posted By: treewind
02-Mar-11 - 04:27 AM
Thread Name: Help: Recording my first CD
Subject: RE: Help: Recording my first CD
Good advice from John B, though I have to say that we have had a lot of fun creating arrangements on the fly in the studio, but that was with intelligent musical input from Doug Bailey who knows the music, not an all purpose studio where the next job might be a rap artist or a rock band. He's worth a try: Wild Goose in Hampshire. He's certainly used to recording unaccompanied trad song, and though he's not in your area, accommodation is available (gorgeous sprawling thatched cottage with the River Test running past the end of the garden)
As an unaccompanied singer, it's worth considering getting some musicians involved for a few tracks. A whole album of unaccompanied solo singing is hard work to listen to, however good. That's not "overproduced" - the problem is that without added visual stimulus of a live performance you do have to add some artificial interest to a recording.
Do they do the whole thing, art work etc.?
Many can do (or arrange) as much or as little of this as you like. Talk to them and find out...
You're looking at very roughly £2000 for the whole package including artwork and CD pressing, but there are lots of variables... You'll get 500 CDs out of the smallest pressing run, so break even when you've sold about half of them - after that it's pure profit!
Alistair Gillies is in your area: AGP Studio in Broseley, Shropshire. He's a folkie, sax player and good musician and should do a decent job.