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Recording Studio Experiences
for Musicians, Engineers and Instrumentalists -
All one price : £199.75 for a
5-hour day.
Or three hours for £135.
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Intro
Because the Beehouse is primarily a music-based environment, involved daily in the commercial aspects of producing professional quality music, we are also equipped to offer a wide variety of music experiences besides those traditionally offered in conventional recording studio experiences. So we do offer a high quality singer experience, but we also offer much more besides.
The sessions are good fun and can be especially valuable for someone who has reached a good standard with a particular instrument, who would like to have a record of their achievements, or someone who wants to involve themselves in the creative aspects of commercial recording and production.
A 5 hour music experience for someone singing, playing an instrument DJ-ing or learning about music production therefore costs £199.75 regardless of the choice of music, including a professional quality disc containing what the participant records during their time with us. The range of music experiences we currently cover is dealt with below, although we are always amenable to new ideas
Sometimes this is not enough! This is why we also offer two-day (extended) 10 hr music experiences at £350 in a wide variety of skills including guitar-playing (including bass and rhythm), songwriting, piano playing, keyboards, drumming, classical instruments, studio engineering - all finishing in the production of a CD, or 5 CDs in the case of the two-day experience.
Due to market forces, we are now offering the 3-hour mini experience - although this represents the minimum time we would allow for a quality recording in a relaxed environment.
The Beehouse is based on the Wales Shropshire border and welcomes enquiries from all over the UK.
Use our links in the paragraph above to look at a brief resume of the music experience which interests you, to see prices or booking information please click here and look under "Recording Studio Experience" or "Two-Day Experience". Or email us for more information.
*Custom team building sessions are also available.
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This is the traditional " singing to backings "version of the music experience. Some strong cabaret artists and experienced singers have recorded as many as fourteen tracks in a five-hour day singing experience, although 4 or 5 is more likely. Much depends on the time you spend warming up and how quickly and accurately you can lay down lines. During a singing experience, our production engineer will also work with you on microphone technique and layering of vocals. Singers are able to select backings from our extensive in-house catalogue, or request more unusual tracks to be ordered in.
Singers may also sing tracks and accompany themaselves on guitar, piano, or whatever instrument they are used to playing, and may even record their own songs, as well as adding full instrumentation and additional vocals.
Vocal tuning software is available for that additional polish which is sometimes requested on a singer experience!
We also have a variety of vocal effects and techniques to lend different qualities to your vocals.
There are two available options for a singer experience: the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book a singer experience, or for more information, please email us.
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Focus on drumming - drumming experience or drummer experience
A day for drummers and drum programmers with some knowledge looking for commercial experience.
The Beehouse offers a day's experience drumming course at our commercial studio. The drummer, is given experience in drumming or drum programming to commercial standard to music of his or her choice and learns how to integrate drumming sounds into a recording. The drumming course may focus on one or several tracks, and includes time spent on technique, recording skills and the variety of sounds available in today's market. It may also, alternatively, include skills in drum machine programming. The session is with a professional studio engineer, and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities.
Courses range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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Focus on guitar-playing - guitar experience or guitarist experience
An experience session for guitarists with some background in the guitar, wanting to experience a studio session.
The Beehouse offers a day's experience guitar-playing course at our commercial studio. The guitarist works on lead riffs, rhythm or bass lines, and techniques involved in integrating any or all of these into a recording. The guitar experience may focus on one or several tracks, and may include time spent on guitar technique, recording skills and the variety of guitar sounds available in today's market. Sometimes this option is combined with vocals for the singer songwriter with guitar, or the "one man band". The session is with a professional studio engineer and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities. Experiences range between five and ten hours will be listed under recording studio experiences on the purchase page of our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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A course for instrumentalists with some knowledge looking for commercial experience.
The Beehouse offers a day's classical instrument recording experience or a classical singer recording experience at our commercial studio. Enquiries are welcomed from opera, choral or jazz singers, and players of the violin, other strings, flute, woodwind, horn, trumpet, brass instruments, percussion, or classical singers. The musician may prepare and play classical, jazz or any other style music which can then be mastered to CD as it is or enhanced by the addition of background sounds, accompaniments and instruments. Alternatively, musicians can learn how to use their instrument as a studio and stage instrument in pop, rock and other styles and learn how to integrate piano playing sounds into a recording, or to record his or her own music.
The classical experience may simply be a recording which best demonstrates the skills of the musician or singer, or it may be a more subtle course in which the instrumentalist learns how to use their instrument as a contributor to popular styles of music - possibilities are endless and each day is shaped to the needs of the individual. The session is with a professional studio engineer and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities.
Classical Music Experiences range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
Instrumentalists and singers needing to book an accompanist may do so through the Beehouse, although you are advised to try to bring your own accompanist if at all possible.
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can book this experience under " recording studio experiences " on the payment page.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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Focus on keyboard playing and keyboardists - keyboards experience
A course for keyboard players with some knowledge looking for commercial experience.
The Beehouse offers a day's experience keyboard experience at our commercial studio. The keyboard player can choose one of the following options:* A solo performance of any style music which can then be mastered to CD.
* A solo keyboards performance which can be enhanced by the addition of background sounds and instruments.
* Keyboards players can also use the course to develop an understanding of the keyboards as a studio and stage instrument in pop, rock and other styles and learn how to integrate keyboard playing sounds into a recording, or to record his or her own music. Some keyboard playing vocalists combine elements of both in their experience, and come away with a disc of several songs.
The keyboards experience may include time spent on technique, how to read annotation chords or it may simply be a recording which best demonstrates the skills of the keyboardist - possibilities are endless and each day is shaped to the needs of the individual. The session is with a professional studio engineer and keyboards expert, and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities. Courses range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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Focus on piano playing - piano players experience or piano experience
An experience for pianists with some knowledge interested in developing their recording skills.
The Beehouse offers a day's piano experience at our commercial studio. The pianist can play classical, jazz or any other style music which can then be mastered to CD or enhanced by the addition of background sounds and instruments. Alternatively, pianists can learn how to use the piano as a studio and stage instrument in pop, rock and other styles and learn how to integrate piano playing sounds into a recording, or to record his or her own music.
The piano experience may be combined with a vocal course or it may simply consist of recordings which best demonstrate the skills of the pianist - possibilities are endless and each day is shaped to the needs of the individual.Many pianists are also songwriters and may wish to develop their music in the studio. The session is with a professional studio engineer and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities. Experiences range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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The Beehouse offers a day's songwriting experience at our commercial studio. The potential songwriter learns how to write songs, with or without the help of an arranger, depending on musical background and techniques used, and how to record or produce music. The songwriting experience focuses on the writing of a particular song, and includes time spent on lyrics, musical arrangement, annotation and how to then proceed with a formal recording. The song is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities. Courses range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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Focus on studio engineering - music production experience, studio engineering experience
A course for studio engineers with some knowledge looking for commercial experience.
The Beehouse offers a day's studio engineering experience at our commercial studio. The engineer will follow the process of recording and mixing one or more commercial tracks and will involve the use of Cubase, Cubase SX, SoundForge, or Pro-Tools and computer-based or hardware based recording. Engineers may then take away the multitracks and an audio CD of what they produce. All techniques taught are those employed regularly in our commercial recording sessions and your day will be managed and taught by a professional recording engineer. The participant is able to produce his/her own music by computer and the use of various instruments as pre-arranged for the session.
The studio engineering experience, or music production experience is shaped to the needs of the individual taking part. We have had a great deal of success with these options, which inevitably combine the best skills of the participant with the professionalism of the engineer. Courses range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options : the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
To book, or for more information, please email us.
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A day on the decks for DJs wanting to make their own recordings. The Beehouse offers a day's DJ recording experience at our commercial studio. During a DJ experience, the DJ may record up to a 70 min disc of material during the course of the day. Essentially the same as the recording studio experience for vocalists, with the added attraction that there is some involvement at the production stage for the DJ if desired.
The DJ experience is shaped to the needs of the individual DJ applying and the styles he or she prefers, aiming to record and in some cases produce some of the music the DJ produces during the day. The session is with a professional studio engineer and production expert, and music produced is recorded during the session onto CD using our commercial studio facilities. Courses range between five and ten hours and come under the heading of recording studio experience on our website.
There are two available options for a DJ Experience: the five hour "Recording Studio Experience" or "Music Experience", costing £199.75 or the ten hour "Recording Two-Day Experience" costing our new seasonal price of £350, although the shorter option is usually sufficient for DJ experiences.
Now also available - the 3-hour mini-experience at £135.
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Family Recording Sessions
The family recording session allows for a family of up to five to attend the studio and record music either separately or together. A particularly good thing to do if you have distant relatives and you want to show them how well your children are developing musically!
Basically the same as any other session, there are two available options : the five hour "Family Recording Studio Experience" , costing £225 or the ten hour "Family Two-Day Experience" costing £390.
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We now offer a shorter session of three hours at £135.00 for children under 12, accompanied by parents or guardians of course, or for those on a limited budget. This is an amazing opportunity for developing children to try out the possibilities of their own recordings in a friendly family-oriented environment.
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Hen Party- Recording Experience for a Hen Party
The Hen Party is a very special kind of recording session. Catering for up to ten participants, it involves a lot of fun with a lovely worthwhile souvenir at the end.
The number of songs selected depends on whether you want all to sing together, or to take different roles in the recording, and hen parties typically record between two and five songs. Depending on what level of recording is required, days can include vocal coaching, vocal layering, and a lot of fun, the total sum of which is then mixed and mastered on the spot and CDs made available. Three of the hours are active participation, one is professional mixing.
Great singing skill is not essential and these recordings turn out to be both great fun, a unique and professional souvenir of a great day. If you wish we can include general chat and laughter during the sessions, and personal best wishes from all or any of the participants.
You are welcome to bring your own food and drink, and will be offered the use of the studio conservatory with its stunningly scenic surroundings for your lunch.
There is one available option - the three hour "Beehouse Hen Party " , costing £350.00. Available on weekends or weekdays.
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Stag Party- Recording Experience for a Stag Party
Like the Hen Party, the Stag Party offers to cater for ten participants. Again with a target of two-five tracks to record, the participants are allocated roles.
The session which entails is essentially great fun and all the participants leave with a copy of the CD.
The number of songs selected depends on whether you want all to sing together, or to take different roles in the recording, and hen parties typically record between two and five songs. Depending on what level of recording is required, days can include vocal coaching, vocal layering, and a lot of fun, the total sum of which is then mixed and mastered on the spot and CDs made available. Three of the hours are active participation, one is professional mixing.
Great singing skill is not essential and these recordings turn out to be both great fun, a unique and professional souvenir of a great day. If you wish we can include general chat and laughter during the sessions, and personal best wishes from all or any of the participants.
You are welcome to bring your own food and drink, and will be offered the use of the studio conservatory with its stunningly scenic surroundings for your lunch.
There is one available option - the three/four hour "Beehouse Stag Party", costing £350.00. Available on weekends or weekdays. Three of the hours are active participation, one is professional mixing.
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Gift CDs
Gift 1
Record two songs with a personalised CD sleeve
-we provide 3 copies of the completed CD.
During this session, lasting four hours, the singer records a maximum of two tracks to backings. A sleeve is also created from a photograph supplied by the singer. Ideal as an anniversary gift or a Valentine's Day gift, although it can be used in many different ways to say many different things!
Costs
£180
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Gift 2
Record and produce your own composition or song for the one you love with a personalised CD sleeve
-we provide 3 copies of the completed CD.
This idea is similar to the first except that you would bring your own song ideas with you and and the music production would be carried out at the studio. If you have a song for someone they've never heard, now's your chance!
Costs £250
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Gift 3
Record and produce your own composition or song for the one you love without the personalised CD sleeve - we provide 3 copies of the completed CD.
Costs £199.75
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