General

• Dress smart and look good – We may be taking a photograph and/or video of you
• Plan your route and arrive on time. We’re happy to welcome you 15 minutes before your session starts
• Find our location easily by Searching for Audio Sorcery Recording Studios on your smartphone SatNav
• Don’t forget your reading glasses
• Bring food if your session is longer than 5 hours

Singing

• Choose your songs in advance from our Backing Track library. Please let us know your song choices in advance via email or send a sms text message to 07427 843103
• We allow 1 hour per song with our Singer Experiences – but sometimes this can take longer depending on the genre and length of music.
• Listen to our Vocal Tips and Exercises by professional vocalist Jake Boyle
• Practice makes perfect – find karaoke versions of songs on Spotify or YouTube for rehearsing
• Make notes about your songs. Where to come in and where not to sing. Breathing points through complicated passages
• If you haven’t learned the lyrics, bring them on a iPad/tablet device or printed on paper
• Stay clear of caffeinated tea/coffee and milk. Bring a suitable drink to get the best from your vocal cords. Perhaps make your own honey and lemon drink, or bring warm water, decaffeinated tea or herbal/green tea (peppermint/chamomile)
• Don’t eat just before or during your singing session

How many songs can I sing?

Singer Silver – 1 hour experience – Record 1 song
Singer Gold – 2 hour experience – Record 2 songs
Singer Platinum – 3 hours experience – Record 3 songs
Singer Emerald – 4 hour experience – Record 4 songs
Singer Diamond – 6 hour experience – Record 6 songs
Singer Cut Diamond – 8 hour experience – Record 8 songs

*Singing a full quota of songs for any given experience relies on you being well versed with each song. We’ll readily assist you so that you can have an enjoyable singing experience – and of course we’ll produce fantastic listening results for you to take home and show off to friends and family 🙂

Instrumentalists

• Bring your tuner to the studio for any stringed instruments
• A fresh set of guitar strings sound so much better when recorded
• Bring lyric sheets with added key/chord notes throughout. Helpful for us if we’re to add any additional parts – bring copies
• Bring any leads that you would normally connect your equipment with
• Bass amplifiers aren’t generally necessary as we DI (direct injection) the bass guitar straight into our mixing console
• Fresh drums sticks. We’ll help with tom tuning if required. Our in-house drum kit is set up for right-handed players, and it’s racked and pre-mic’d. Bring your kit if you are left handed.