Music Production Edinburgh
Production Service for the singer/songwriter:
Windmill Sound provides anything from advice to full backing tracks
Friendly, laid-back approach
Happy to work for you or with you
Some people need a producer to capture the performance, some need help with that tricky backing vocal,
some require help with song structure, others need their songs arranged or completely
re-arranged.
Production can involve any or all of the following
- Scoping a project, developing project plans and budgets
- Help with composing, arranging or re-arranging your songs
- Help assessing and selecting songs to put on your album.
- Sourcing and hiring session musicians
- Rehearsing the band and technical and performance coaching
- Full or partial backing tracks, additional instrumental parts and other programming
- The recording, mixing and mastering process
- Sourcing duplication/reproduction services
- etc
Daniel Davis has an honours degree in Musicology from Edinburgh University, including studies Analysis, Harmony, Counterpoint, Orchestration, and Composition. Whether your song needs a sequenced synth, a full orchestra, or a less-is-more approach, he can help you turn your ideas into musical reality. He has a postgraduate qualification in teaching and can coax that performance out of you. He also is a qualified sound engineer and can sweeten the recording to achieve that professional sounding result.
Record your demo with a consumate musician who cares about your music.
Case Study
Caroline Gilmour is a singer songwriter who was playing in Edinburgh.
She came to Windmill Sound having some songs, a voice, an acoustic guitar, and a fixed budget.
She wanted the full production works for her album.
Daniel went to see her perform live, and later sat down with her, discussed her musical history and tastes, and aspirations for the album.
Together they worked through her songs picking the most commercial songs with an eye for the balance and variety required by an album.
They discussed the budget, from which Daniel worked out a detailed project plan involving time for arranging the music, recording parts, hiring session musicians (and also helping her put together a band for live shows), editing, mixing, mastering, and approval.
The songs were arranged and recorded with sensitivity to her songs and in line with her musical tastes.
Caroline was kept informed, involved, and updated at all stages in the process and frequently came in to hear progress, give suggestions, approval, or requests for changes.
The album was completed on time, in budget and Caroline is extremely happy with the results.
Caroline's album 'Some Day' will be released in February 2009.
