recording experiences at the Beehouse : recording experience information pages

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Choices and value - why are Beehouse Recording Experiences such good value? Beehouse Recording Experience vouchers are available for the Public direct from the recording studio - therefore there is no middle man - the cost of the recording experience represents the professional studio fee for the time used. This sets us aside from other experiences suppliers who absorb some of the profits of the recording experiences. We are also specialist in that we do not handle other types of experience. Having said this, we do offer a staggering range of music experiences which you can take part in. please click here for our music experiences page to see what we can offer. To enable us to work well with the variety of demands made on us by various customers, we like to know as much as possible about our recording experience customers prior to their recording studio session. To start with, we encourage recording experience artists to discuss their days with us in great detail before work begins. We also offer a full five hour day in the recording studio. This gives us a chance to get to know the aims and objectives of our recording experience clientele before they set foot in the studio. For us, the recording process involves knowing and understanding the motivations of our guests, and dealing with personalities rather than schedules. The full five-hour day still only costs £199.75, a figure which includes a great many hidden extras, such as the provision of a great choice of backing tracks, vocal and microphone coaching, the cutting of your final product to CD*. We now also offer a two day package at £350, which is 10 hrs of recording, vocal coaching, production, and again the final CD cutting. Both these packages represent extremely good value for money, and result in a highly commercial product. The best of both worlds. In addition, and catering mostly for lighter requirements, children and young people, we now also offer a three hour mini recording experience at £135. this is the minimum time we feel comfortable offering our customers for that truly professional finish. A wide variety Because the Beehouse is a commercial recording studio, we prefer to cover as wide a variety of musical genres as possible. therefore we will be happy to cover virtually any style of music, including pop, classical, musical showtunes, country and western, soul, dance, punk, rock of many different types, indie, world music, DJ styles and electronica, opera, light music, Welsh songs, traditional folk and any style you are interested in performing. For better known styles we may use backing tracks, for rarer requests, we may have to develop backing music in house. Instruments are welcome at the studio besides the voice, and we have in the past catered for the guitar, the piano, drums, saxophone, violin, bass, harp, psaltery, keyboards, organ, recorder and French horn, and we are happy to continue widening our musical recording repertoire! Instrumental music may either be recorded with or without other instruments and vocals. Customer Care Because of the particular emphasis we lay on customer care and on ensuring that each recording artist receives not only a fantastic first-hand experience of a real recording studio, but a totally professional end product, we attract customers from most parts of the UK, and even overseas in some cases. There do not currently appear to be any rival to the Beehouse for the sheer quality of customer interaction and finished product. We do not generally carry out shorter experiences because, as a commercial studio, we are concerned that all of our products should reflect the same quality as our professional work. Please click here to read some of our customer comments. The reason our finished CDs are so universally appreciated is because the Beehouse is a totally commercial professional studio. Recording studio experience customers are handled with the same degree of professionalism as every other customer who books. Whether simply singing to backings or with your own tracks to record, our attitude is the same - every CD that leaves the studio has been brought to a high standard commercially, by staff who are fully focused on your music, and achieving what you want with it. The experience is also a lot of fun - most of you arrive determined to enjoy yourselves, some bring friends or relatives - and some friends or relatives join in! We're in a stunning location in an isolated valley on the Wales Shropshire border, very convenient for Birmingham, the Midlands, Cheshire, Derbyshire and the like, as well as further afield. One of our recording studio experience customers actually came from Abu Dhabi! "The overall experience was very enlightening. It's amazing to see just how much hard work goes into recording songs, and it makes you appreciate the songs in the charts more. No matter how appalling you think they are, a lot of time and effort goes in to make the finished product. I am very happy with the finished product, and hope to go back in the near future to finish my own song and record it. I would recommend Beehouse Studios to anyone, whether they are a professional artist or just someone who wants to record a song for an experience. They are wonderful people and they do a great job." (Lydia Gray, Montgomery, Wales )"The recording process was a very enjoyable experience - laidback but productive, and we were never made to feel pressured by time restraints etc. We felt in control of the product, for example if weren't satisfied with a particular sound, Phil would experiment and alter the sound until the desired result was achieved. Phil put emphasis on the quality of the overall product and even did additional mixing in his own free time. The tracks were mixed, mastered & then duplicated according to how many CDs were required. The finished CD exceeded our expectations and we would recommend Beehouse Studios to anyone who is looking for a professional but friendly place to make a demo." (Rob Brown & Si Howes, NEVERFADE, Oswestry, Shropshire) "It's been a really memorable experience, a really unique present and I'm left with something truly professional. Thank you very much!" (Ilsa Moon, teacher, Swansea) "These people really care about my music and at last the feeling of rejection & frustration has disappeared. At last I feel I have a chance." (Andrew Harris, Llangammarch Wells, Powys)   *CDs are routinely completed on the day of recording.There may occasionally be delays in the production of the final CD due to additional requirements on the part of the customer or for technical reasons or other reasons beyond our control. In these cases we would ask the patience of our customers whilst the final product is produced.

Musical Instruments which may be used in our Recording sessions and Recording Experiences

ocarina pan pipes recorder descant recorder treble recorder tenor recorder slide whistle tin whistle vertical flute concert flute s piccolo flute alto flute bass flute contra-alto flute contrabass flute sub contrabass flute double contrabass flute willow flute clarinets piccolo clarinet a clarinet sopranino clarinet e clarinet, d clarinet soprano clarinet c clarinet, b clarinet, a clarinet, g clarinet saxonette basset clarinet clarinette d'amour basset horn alto clarinet bass clarinet contra-alto clarinet contrabass clarinet octocontra-alto clarinet octocontrabass clarinet launeddas sardinia saxophone sopranino saxophone c soprano saxophone b soprano saxophone clar-o-sax saxie conn-o-sax mezzo-soprano saxophone alto saxophone c melody saxophone tenor saxophone baritone saxophone bass saxophone contrabass saxophone subcontrabass saxophone bassoon contrabassoon crumhorn dulcian guan instrument china piccolo oboes piccolo oboe oboe d'amore cor anglais english horn oboe da caccia bass baritone oboe contrabass oboe trombone bagpipes brass instruments alphorn baritone horn bazooka bugle instrument keyed bugle conch cornet didgeridoo euphonium flugelhorn horn french horn roman tuba sackbutt saxhorn tenor horn alto horn trombone trumpet tuba wagner tuba quinticlave free reed instruments accordion chromatic accordion button accordion bandoneón concertina harmonica harmonium jew's harp melodica melodeon pipe organ woodwind voice soprano mezzo-soprano alto/contralto countertenor tenor baritone basso/bass castrato falsetto kazoo string instruments aeolian harp appalachian dulcimer balalaika banjo bouzouki cello violoncello clavichord double bass fiddle guitar acoustic bass guitar acoustic guitar bass guitar cigar box guitar classical guitar electric guitar harp guitar slide guitar spanish guitar steel guitar 3rd bridge guitar guzheng hammered dulcimer hardanger fiddle harp harpsichord hurdy gurdy irish bouzouki lute lyre mandolin octave mandolin octave mandola overtone guitar piano piccolo violin piccolo cello violoncello piccolo psaltery sitar sopranino mandolin tenor viola trumpet marine tromba marina ukulele viola vielle viol/viola da gamba viola viola d'amore violin violotta washtub bass zither percussion instruments drums bass drum bodhrán bongo drum conga djembe snare steel drum tabla timpani kettledrums tom-tom bell carillon castanets ching cowbell cymbals crash cymbal hi-hat cymbal ride cymbal splash cymbal zil finger cymbal gamelan indonesia glass marimba glass harmonica glockenspiel gong hands clapping handbells maraccas marimba musical saw rainstick spoons steelpan tambourine triangle timpani tubular bells vibraphone washboard whip xylophone denis d'or dubreq stylophone drum machine electronic organ electric piano fingerboard synthesizer hammond organ mellotron octapad ondes martenot rhodes piano sampler synclavier synthesizer teleharmonium theremin turntables decks record player phonograph continuum instrument keyboard instruments accordion bandoneón calliope carillon celesta clavichord harpsichord midi keyboard keyboards organ electronic organ hammond organ pipe organ piano electric piano janko piano toy piano upright piano

Styles of Music offered in our Recording sessions and Recording Studio Experiences

abstract hip hop acoustic punk acoustic rock acoustic techno fusion acid croft acid house acid groove acid jazz acid rap acid rock acid techno african blues african jazz afrobeat afro-cuban jazz afro-cuban rumba alternative countryalternative hip hop alternative metal alternative rock alternative synth ambient ambient acoustic ambient breakbeat ambient dub ambient house ambient groove ambient techno ambient trance ars antiqua ars nova art metal art punk art rock asian underground australian country music australian pub rock australian hip hop avant-garde jazz avant-garde ballad ballad calypso barbershop music a cappella barndance baroque music baroque metal bass music miami bass booty bass beat bebop bedoui beguine (biguine) beguine moderne bhangra big band music big beat black metal bluegrass blues blues ballad blues-rock bitpop klezmer bolero bombay pop bongo boogie rock boogie woogie boogaloo booty bass (miami bass, bass music) bossa nova boy band brass band brass hop brazilian funk brazilian breakbeat breakbeat hardcore breakcore bright disco britfunk britpop british blues british folk bubblegum pop cajun calypso cantiñas cantiga caribbean carimbó cello rock celtic celtic fusion celtic metal celtic punk celtic reggae celtic rock cha-cha-cha chamber jazz chamber pop chamber music chicago jazz dixieland jazz christmas carol christmas carols comic opera country blues country music country rock creative jazz creole dance dance music dance-pop dance-punk dancehall delta blues detroit blues detroit techno rock music digital hardcore ambient blues trance disco disco house dixieland jazz chicago jazz doo wop drum and bass (dnb) dub dub techno east coast blues east coast hip hop electric blues electric folk electro electro backbeat electro hop electrofunk electronic music electronica electropop elektro elevator music muzak emeba eurobeat eurodance europop experimental music experimental noise experimental rock fandango - spanish dance music flamenco - dance music of flower power folk metal folk music folk pop folk punk folk rock folktronica free jazz free music freestyle house - a cross-culture mix of hip-hop/electro/house/pop funk funk metal hip hop, ragga and funk fusion jazz future jazz futurepop garage garage rock garage techno gospel music gothic metal gothic rock gregorian chant (plainchant) grunge gypsy jazz hardcore hip hop hardcore punk hardcore techno harmonica blues hawaiian steel guitar heavy dance heavy metal hip hop hip hop and soul hip house hip pop house music hymns religious music, opera, classical music, musical, musicals incidental music indie rock indie pop indo indo rock industrial dance industrial music irish folk jam band jam rock jazz jazz blues jazz-funk jazz fusion jazz groove jazz rap jingle jug band pop music klezmer lambada latin american music latin jazz bossa nova salsa light music line dancing lovers rock madchester madrigal meditation medieval music melodic music melodic trance memphis blues merengue merseybeat metal metalcore modern rock motown music hall muzak new age music new beat new orleans blues new orleans jazz new romantic new wave noh - highly-stylized japanese theater and music style northern soul nu metal opera orchestral oriental musicpaisley underground - 1980s style of alternative rock that drew heavily on psychedelia piano blues piano rock pop music pop punk popular music post punk post-rock post-romanticism progressive electronic music progressive house progressive metal progressive rock psychedelic music psychedelic trance psych-pop punk blues punk rock ragas ragtime rap reggae rock rock opera rock and roll rockabilly roots reggae roots rock roots rock reggae rumba salsa samba samba reggae showtunes singer-songwriter soul blues soul jazz soul music southern hip hop southern rock southern soul space age pop space music space rock spirituals steelband string quartet surf music surf pop surf rock swingbeat swing music synth pop synth rock synthpunk techno techno-tribal technoid teen pop thrash metal traditional pop music trance tribal house trip-hop uk garage uk pub rock underground music urban cowboy urban folk urban jazz world music world fusion music

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