The Compressor is on a Mission From God

The Compressor is on a Mission From God
Jake: We’ll put the band back together, do a few gigs, we get some bread. Bang! Five thousand bucks.
Elwood: Yeah, well, getting the band back together might not be that easy.
Jake: What’re you talking about?
Elwood: They split, they all took straight jobs.
Jake: Yeah so you know where they [...]

2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey

NOW JUST 2 PLACES REMAINING.  Book NOW to be at the event!

Recordproduction.com would like to invite you to a unique 2 Day Production Master Class with Sean Genockey on the 27th & 28th March at Modern World Studios, UK, featuring the exciting new band Robot Disaster.
The key aspects of the recording process will be covered [...]

Photo of the week – Ann Miniceli

This week we feature the gifted engineer Ann Miniceli – this photo was taken at the amazing Germano Studios in NYC.  We expect to be featuring Ann in a video feature in the very near future.  More photos are in the gallery here.

Russell Cottier video with Fran Ashcroft

Based in the north of England near Liverpool Russell Cottier is specialising in rock and metal (but embracing all) genres, Russ talks on camera at his studio with Fran Ashcroft about his work.

Russell has worked on tracks from Instant Agony, secondnature, Sly and Robbie, Don Carlos and Gold, Erol Holt, Lincoln Scott, Aston Barrett and [...]

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance.

The Compressor…..The Yakuza…The Mistress….The Wine….The advance.

A man goes to the famous Lucas Carton restaurant in Paris with his girlfriend and orders the Rothschild 1928 Mouton. The waiter returns with a full bottle of wine, pours a small amount in the glass for tasting. The customer picks up the glass, smells the wine, and puts it [...]

Whitby Studios, Liverpool, video tour

Ian at Whitby Studios gives his short video introduction to this really nice, affordable, studio in the Wirral near Liverpool, UK.
Whitby Studios is not huge but is perfect for bands who will appreciate the range of instruments available and the fact that it has tape and Pro Tools.  Not many places at this price point [...]

Fran Ashcroft – Video Blog – ‘My first record deal earned me 31 p’

Fran Ashcroft has gone video!  Every week for the next month there will be a Fran Ashcroft video blog special touching on all aspects of record production.  Fran’s unique and insightful take on the industry starts here.
Watch out for a new full length video feature with Fran and producer Russell Cottier that’s coming soon.

Special thanks [...]

Strive We Must – By Fran Ashcroft

Strive We Must
By Fran Ashcroft
“Strive We Must”, read the little motto stuck on the front of my piano, back in my songwriting days. I thought it was funny, but the underlying message was a serious one – a reminder that if you don’t plug away at things, those things tend never to happen.
Persistence is often [...]

Confessions of a Studio Owner – The Compressor is Big Brother

Confessions of a Studio Owner by the Compressor
The Compressor is Big Brother
I once had to shift piles of stuff in my garden for my Grandad, and used a wheelbarrow with a wheel that squeaked so loudly, it made your teeth itch. I asked for some oil to lube the wheel to which he replied: ‘If [...]

THE COMPRESSOR SEES THE LIGHT…. HALLELUJAH

THE COMPRESSOR SEES THE LIGHT….  HALLELUJAH
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind, I will never die!
The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.
Life is what happens while you are making other plans.
Don’t knock procrastination. It saves lots of useful work.
Who says [...]

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