Da Yoopers Studio |
Record your music at Da Yoopers StudioHello fellow musicians! Jim Bellmore here! Since 1995 I've recorded many
U.P. bands and artists in our studio such as; Säh, Hell Town Trio,
Red King, Crank Shaft, Random Chaos, Old Victoria, One Star Element,
Steve Davis, Paul Oien, Cornerstone, Witness This, Hell, Hadrian,
Manray 19, Moon Shadow, The Minor League (Their
cd "Shot In The Dark" which I recorded, was featured in
an international punk mag - Alternative Press, they've been selling
their cd's like crazy and also have become finalists in MTV's Best
Band On Campus contest, top prize being a record contract
with Universal Records) and many others. The way I like to work things in the studio is thus: ...I attempt to allow the natural feel of the
artist/band to come through on the recording. If a band has a Tom
Waits feel, that is a raw, slightly out of tune salt of the earth
sound, I will attempt to capture that. If you are a punk band
and you want your sound loud and raw and off the cuff, that's what
I'll try to capture. ...If you are a metal band and you want the
guitars up front, that's what I'll do. ...If you want me to produce you, I will (producing is not the same as engineering, a producer advises the artist on many issues including song arrangement, intros, doubling vocals and instruments, when and when not to add effects, when harmonies are needed, when a click track should be used, correcting out of tune performances that may sound fine to the artist, etc). If you want to produce your self, I will engineer and run the board and compressors and effects, but I will not get in the way of your sound and vision, I still may advise, but I will leave the decisions to you. We charge $40.00 per hour for recording. This includes set up time, so if your drums need tuning, it will benefit you to tune them before coming into the studio. Also, guitarists should have their instruments intonated (this involves adjusting the bridge saddles on your instrument so that it plays intune up and down the neck, if you're unfamilier with this, find a tech and have your instrument's bridge saddles "intonated." Also. bring extra strings. Musicians have broken strings many times while recording, we are not a music store, so we don't stock the studio with strings and picks. We are not set up for duplication, so don't expect us to
run off 300 Cd's, (though we can run off a couple masters
and a couple for the artist to take home and review) we can point
you in the right direction, and we have professional companies we
work with that will do complete packaging for you. If you like, I can do your cover here at the office (with your ideas and mine if you like), including photos, CD screen, inside info and back photo/info. I've done the covers, etc. for Red King, Crank Shaft and Da Yoopers. I use a Mac and Adobe Photo Shop etc, which are the industry standard for graphics and text. Keep in mind though, we are not set up for printing a complete run, the CD artwork will be ready for you or the company you'll be having package the CD's.
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