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Mr. Stinky is reggae/rap artist based out of Kansas City, Missouri. Born and raised in the States, you can still hear where Mr. Stinky’s roots come from as his father is from Saint Catherine, Jamaica. The tropical beats have island tones and that worldly cross over style that blends reggae sensibility with modern hip hop beats. StudioPros took his music to the next level by professionally mixing and mastering the tracks that he recorded and provided to our team. To… [Read More]
Mixing and mastering usually go hand-in-hand. But while most people refer to them both together, they are two distinctly different stages in the recording process. So why exactly do you need to master your album? Couldn’t you just get your songs mixed by a great engineer (maybe a Studio Pros engineer), skip the mastering step and save a few bucks on your record? It may seem like an effective cost-cutting solution, but if you don’t get your album mastered, you’re… [Read More]
Jeff Heiniger knew the importance of a professional production–so he turned to Studio Pros when he didn’t want to settle for anything less. Jeff Heiniger has known what goes into a professional production for a long time. In 1987, he won a national songwriting competition in the UK that was put together by Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. The prize: a chance to record in the Stones’ state-of-the-art mobile recording studio with top producers Mick McKenna and Terry Taylor. “It was… [Read More]
Technology can be a great tool. It can help you come up with your next masterpiece, and it can give you the means of recording your latest creation. And I don’t know about you, but it sure does make me feel warm and fuzzy inside when I buy a shiny new piece of gear for my home studio. That is, until I plug it in. You see, technology is something of a double-edged sword. Even though buying new gear is… [Read More]
We’d all love to get played on the radio. I grew up dreaming of hearing my songs on the airwaves, knowing that thousands of people were also listening. Have you ever wondered why your songs aren’t on the radio? Most of us probably tell ourselves the same excuses–radio doesn’t care about my music, I need to be on a major label to have any hope of radio airplay, and no one listens to the radio anymore, anyway. But if you… [Read More]
When I was a kid, I started playing guitar, and along with playing guitar inevitably came reading guitar-themed magazines. As a guitar neophyte, I began devouring publications on playing guitar and writing music, delving into interviews with famous artists who talked shop about writing guitar parts and recording albums. One day I was reading an interview with Sting, who mentioned the name of the person who mixed his album. Mixed? What did that mean, I wondered? So I asked the… [Read More]
When it comes down to it, we all want to know the same thing about our music: Is my demo good enough to get me signed or placed in TV/movies? In the last post, I talked about the artist press kit–all of the things you need to include, what they should look like, and why they’re important. And of course, I stressed the fact that the demo is far and away the most important part of the package. You might… [Read More]
Tim and Christopher Allen decided to use Studio Pros to breathe a little life into their recordings. In the end, they ended up getting a bit more than that. Along with Brad Ackerman (drums) and Kristin Allen (vocalist), Tim and Chris Allen form the band Allenton Hill, who cite influences as diverse as Owl City (on the song “Fireworks,” listen below) and Switchfoot. “Truthfully, most of our music has been influenced by three main bands: Hillsong, Phil Wickham, and Coldplay,”… [Read More]
There are a few organizational steps you need to take to clean up your session before sending your files off to our Studio Pros engineer. You’ll need to hide all muted, inactive, midi or any other track that you don’t intend to play in the final mix. Set up the files as clearly as you can by making sure the tracks are clearly labeled. If you do have midi tracks, you must record the midi sounds to an audio track…. [Read More]
Many songwriters have their own home recording studios and double as the producer, engineer, songwriter, and recording artist. Most songwriters don’t also fall into the category of “studio drummer”, and that’s where Studio Pros comes in to save the day (or the album you could say). Links Links Don’t waste time struggling to knock out a midi drum track on your song when you can have our studio drummer come help you! As many of you may have realized, getting… [Read More]
