The best way to judge the quality of our recordings is to listen for yourself. Here you will find past examples of our clients work, produced here at Stag Studios. Of course, mp3 is compressed and you will lose the full depth and richness of our advanced mastering, but this is a good indication of the sort of results you can achieve. We cannot possibly put up all the work we do here, but we do try to keep you up to date. If you prefer, we can compile a demo CD for you to take away & listen to on your own reference system, call us.
Crossbow : April 08 |
| Crossbow are a 5 piece rock covers band. They came in to record 4 songs live with the vocals overdubbed. Here is one of their songs - |
Stuart Ritchings : April 08 |
| Stuart is a regular with us now, writing some excellent songs. We added the bass, drums & extras. Here is his latest song - |
3s a Crowd : April 08 |
| 3s a crowd are a talented young piano & bass duet. Here is one of their songs. |
Lunar Pilots : March 08 |
| Lunar Pilots are a talented 5 piece original band. They came in to record these songs live for demo purposes. 4 songs in a day all recorded & mixed. Here is one of their songs - |
Monkey Moped : March 08 |
| Monkey Moped are a 4 piece punk band with a female singer. They came in to record the band live & overdub the vocals, they got 3 songs all finished in a day. Here is one of them - |
Steve Mansfield : February 08 |
| Steve Mansfield is a solo singer songwriter. He comes in regularly to work with us, he records around a song per day & puts down the acoustic & vocals & we add bass, drums & some strings etc to it to make it a nice production. Here is one of the tracks. |
BUG : February 08 |
| BUG are another returning client. They recorded their latest EP live & overdubbed the vocals, 4 songs all recorded & mixed in a day. Here are two of their tracks - |
Doll Set Tones : February 08 |
| The Doll Set Tones returned to us once again to record thier lastest EP. Here is a great track from it - |
Monday Arms : January 08 |
| Monday Arms are a 4 piece punk band from Harlow. They recorded the music live & overdubbed the vocals for 4 songs & mixed in a day. Here is one of their songs. |
Was3000 : December 07 |
| Was 3000 are a 4 piece covers band. They came in to record 4 songs live with overdubbed vocals & mixed all in a day! Here is one of the songs. |
Another Dead Hero : December 07 |
| Another Dead Hero have been a client with us for years, progressive powerful metal with a touch of prog! They have come on to a professional standard & we hope to see them get that well earned break soon. The essentials were recorded live, 3 guitars, drums & bass. A certain amount of production time was spent afterwards with various overdubs for a professional finish. Well thought out progressive patterns combined with power that requirs the use of a seatbelt! Here is a track from their latest EP - |
Closure : January 08 |
| 5 Piece rock band Closure returned to us once again to record their latest EP. Another great sounding LIVE band recording with overdubbed vocals & mixed all in a single day! Here is one of the songs. |
Sophie Grimes : December 07 |
| Sophie came in to record to backing tracks. Here is one of her songs. |
Pheromone : November 07 |
| 3 piece Pheromone returned to record another EP with us. Here is one of their latest songs. |
The Chorus : October 2007 |
Mustang Sally : September 2007 |
Mandy Baker : September 2007 |
Shotgun Affair : August 2007 |
| Good Honest Raw Metal! |
Glider : August 2007 |
Pheromone : July 2007 |
Vernon Gardener : July 2007 |
Chris Tunnicliffe : June 2007 |
| Chris came in to record a couple of acoustic songs he had written that he wanted us to add some drums to. |
The Lauries : June 2007 |
Stuart Ritchings : May 2007 |
| Singer songwriter Stuart returned once again with another great song. He worked with session player Gary Moberley for the core elements & came to us to get the guitars, bass guitar, extra percussion, vocals & finishing touches done. Here is the end result:- |
In the Flesh : May 2007 |
| In the Flesh are an excellent Pink Floyd Tribute band. They came in to record 6 Floyd classics, here is one of them: |
The Chorus : May 2007 |
| South Woodham Ferrers based Indie band The Chorus came in to record their latest EP. Here is one of their tracks:- |
The Lauries : April 2007 |
| Harlow based Indie band The Lauries have come a long way & have developed a catchy sound. Here is one of their tracks:- |
Anna Frances : April 2007 |
| Anna is a talented singer songwriter. She was bought a gift voucer for a day in the studio. Here is one of her songs:- |
Andrew Tween : April 2007 |
| Andy recorded his first Billy Fury tribute album last year with us, he sold it to raise money for the Maxmillan Cancer Research Charity & was very successful. He has gone on to perform in many events. He returned this year to record another 11 Billy Fury tracks. Here is one of them:- |
A Legion of Legomen : April 2007 |
| This 7 Piece Synth & Guitar based band won the Colchester 6th Form Battle of the bands competition that we sponsored this year. Here is one of their tracks:- |
Norman Wright : March 2007 |
| Norman came in to record the song 'How Great Thou Art' on his Euphonium. The CD he recorded was in memory of his late wife to play at the funeral. Deepest respects. |
The Tricks : March 2007 |
| Harlow based 4 piece Indie Rock band came in to record their 4 track EP. Here is one of their catchy tracks:- |
The Super Unknown : February 2007 |
| This Essex based Funk Rock 4 piece came in to record their 6 track EP. Here is one of their tracks:- |
Stalker : February 2007 |
| Colchester based Rock 3 piece Stalker returned to record their latest 3 track demo. Here is one of their tracks:- |
David Durbridge : February 2007 |
| David is a performing singer, he came in to record his demo album to backing tracks. Here is one of the songs:- |
Climber : January 2007 |
| Climber are a 3 piece metal band from Essex. Here are two of their tracks. |
Paul Richardson : January 2007 |
| Paul was bought one of our vouchers for Christmas. Here are two of his tracks. |
Straight 6 : December 2006 |
| Straight 6 have recorded several time with us. here is their latest song. |
Rianna Anderson : December 2006 |
| Rianna is a 14 year old singer. Here is one of her tracks. |
Matt Coe : December 2006 |
| Matt is a singer performer & needed a demo to get work overseas. Here are two of his tracks. |
Another Dead Hero : November 2006 |
| Another dead hero have come a long way & have some quality prog metal tunes. Here are two of them. |
Stuart Ritchings : November 2006 |
| Stuart used our session keyboard player (Gary Moberley) to help him create the basis for his song, he then came to us to add some drums & percussion & so he could lay down the guitar & vocals. Here is the result. |
Jaqui McNay : November 2006 |
| Jaqui got a voucher for her birthday. Here are two of the tracks she did. |
Ethers Air : October 2006 |
| A talented acoustic duo. The wanted us to add some drums to spice up their tunes. Here is the result. |
Rapier : October 2006 |
| A talented metal band from Essex. Here are two of their tracks. |
Joe Lyndon : October 2006 |
| Joe is 15, he writes & perfoms his own songs. Here is one of them. |
The Drafts : September 2006 |
| A funky Essex band! Here are two of their tunes! |
Tim Brown : September 2006 |
| Tim had one of our vouchers bought for him for his birthday for him to sing. Here is one of his songs. |
Dave Harvey : September 2006 |
| Dave is a singer songwriter, he recorded 6 acoustic tracks. Here are two of them. |
Crazy 88 : August 2006 |
| These guys are regular clients, doing well with an impressive fanbase. Here is one of their recent tracks. |
Straight Six : August 2006 |
| A Rock Band from Braintree. They have recorded several tracks with us now. Here is one of them. |
Claire Thomas : August 2006 |
| Claire came in to sing & play piano for a demo for gigs. Here are two of the tracks. |
Pheromone : August 2006 |
| A 4 piece London band. Here are two of their tracks. |
Stuart Ritchings : July 2006 |
| Stuart is a singer songwriter. He has written some songs he wanted produced, so he gets together with one of our session keyboard players (Gary Moberley) to lay down some essentials, then comes to us to put it all together & add drums, bass, percussion & his vocals. Here is one of his tracks. |
Doll Set Tones : July 2006 |
| An Acoustic Rock band from Essex. Here are two of their tracks. |
Dave Harvey : July 2006 |
| Dave is a singer songwriter. He recorded a solo acoustic project. Here are two of his tracks. |
The Lauries : June 2006 |
| A 5 piece band from Harlow. Here are two of their tracks. |
Cold Lazarus : June 2006 |
| Cold Lazarus are a 6 piece melodic death metal band from Colchester. Here is one of thier tracks from the recent EP. |
Chunky ate a bee : May 2006 |
| A 4 piece band from Braintree. These guys have had thier demo played on Radio 1 & XFM. They also won the XFM Unsigned competition. |
Gary Birling : April 2006 |
| Gary is a singer/performer & he came in to record a 6 tracks demo to promote himself & get more gigs. Here is one of his tracks. |
Ellie Wylie : April 2006 |
| Young Ellie came in for 4 hrs to do 5 songs for her exam work. Here is one of her tracks. |
Dave & Claire Riglin : April 2006 |
| Dave got a gift voucher from his wife for his birthday. They both came in & joined in the experience together. Here are two of their tracks. |
Jim Conway : Feb 2006 |
| Jim has recorded a few times with us now, he just loves singing and does it when ever he can as a hobby. Here are two of his tracks. |
Indigo Streak : March 2006 |
| Indigo Streak are a Indie pop band from South Woodham Ferrers. They came in to record their first 3 track demo. Here is one of their tracks. |
Liberty : March 2006 |
| Liberty have now recorded 3 demos with us. This time round they recorded 4 songs in a 7hr day. Always a laugh & true punk. Here is one of their tracks. |
Bug - LIVE! : March 2006 |
| Bug are a catchy 4 piece Essex band. They came in to record a 6 Track LIVE demo for gigs in a day, al instruments were recorded live, the vocals were overdubbed for the quality finish. Here is one of the songs. |
Collision Theory : March 2006 |
| Collision Theory are a 4 piece Essex rock band, they recorded 3 songs in a day. Here is one of their tracks. |
Rhea Gathercole : Feb 2006 |
| Rhea is just 12 years old! She got a few hours in the studio as a present from her mum. An impressive result as you'll hear. Here is one of her tracks. |
Stalker : Jan 2006 |
| Stalker came in to record 4 songs live in a day & overdubbed the vocals. They have recorded with us before & wanted a Live recording for an extra promotional CD for gigs. Here are two of their tracks, one a Jimi-Hendrix cover of the classic Purple Haze plus a new song they have been working on called Window Pain. |
Torn Asunder : Jan 2006 |
| Torn Asunder are a 4-piece Essex Rock band & came in to record 6 songs Live & overdubbed the vocals. Here is one of the songs. |
A Third Wish : Jan 2006 |
| A young 3 piece band from Halstead. They came in to record their 3 track demo. Here is one of their tracks. |
Holly Julier : December 2005 |
| Holly is a talented young singer who recorded with us last year. She turned 15 this year & came in to record some more songs. She is keen to perform in musicals. Here are two of her tracks. |
Gemma & Leigh : December 2005 |
| Gemma & Leigh are a vocal duet. They came in to record 4 songs. We since heard that they have used the demo for gigs & to get a band formed. Here is one of the tracks |
Franco's : December 2005 |
| Franco’s are a 3 piece rock band from London, they came in for two days to record 4 of their songs. Here is one of their tracks. |
Quad : November 2005 |
| Quad are a 4 piece punk rock band who recorded with us last year. This time they came in for a day to record the music live & overdub the vocals on 5 songs with their new singer. Here is one of their tracks. |
Kez : November 2005 |
| Kez are a local 4 piece rock band. They came in to record a 4 track EP. Here are two of their tracks. |
Mr Happy Chainsaw : November 2005 |
| Mr Happy Chainsaw are an ambitious punk rock band from Essex. They haven’t been together very long but have written some good punk material & since their new 5 Track EP are now working up a decent gig list, playing more than just local gigs. Here is one of their tracks from their new EP. |
Jailbird : October 2005 |
| Jailbird are a local 4 piece rock band. They came in to record their 3 track demo. Here is one of their tracks. |
Roy Chambers : October 2005 |
| Roy got a gift voucher for his birthday for a day in the studio, he came & recorded 6 Frank Sinatra songs. Here is one of the tracks. |
Anger Is A Gift : October 2005 |
| Anger is a gift have recently been signed under a development deal. they came in to record 5 tracks live in a day so the label could choose which one they were to release as a single. The single will be recorded here in November 2005. Here is one of their live tracks. |
A Minor Setback : September 2005 |
| A Minor Setback are a 4 Piece Emo Rock band from London. They came in to record 5 Tracks in one day. All instruments were recorded Live & the vocals were overdubbed afterwards. Here are two of their tracks. |
The Accidental : September 2005 |
| The Accidental are a 5 Piece Band from Essex. They came in to record 2 Tracks. Here is one of them. |
Liberty : September 2005 |
| Liberty are a 4 piece Punk band from London. They came in to record 3 songs in one day. Here is one of their songs. |
Glider : August 2005 |
| Glider are a 5 Piece band from the London area, they came back this month to record 4 new songs. Here is one of them. |
Wrecked 45 : August 2005 |
| Wrecked 45 are a 4-piece band from Colchester, they came in to record their 5-Track EP. Here is one of their songs. |
Norman Blake : July 2005 |
| Norman got a half day in the studio for his 50th birthday to record one of his favourite Shadows tunes. Norman has not been playing the guitar very long & bought a couple of his friends in to play bass & rhythm guitar. They had no drummer, so we supplied the drums for them. Here is the song:- |
Inca : July 2005 |
| Inca are a local indie band, they have a lot of good material, probably more than 4 albums worth! They needed a complete live recording of 14 of their new songs for promo & copyright reasons so we recorded their hour set. Here is the opening song of the set. Another example of the live sound we acheive here at Stag. |
Jim Conway : July 2005 |
| Jim is a keen singer/performer. His wife bought him studio time for his birthday, he sang 12 songs to backing tracks. Here are two of his songs:- |
The White Gospel : July 2005 |
| This local 5 piece are regular rehearsal clients & have some really good material, they recorded 3 songs over two days. Here are two of them:- |
The Culprits : July 2005 |
| The Culprits are a 5 piece band from Brentwood. They came in to record four songs over two days. They took advantage of hiring our Pearl Studio Drum kit. Here are two of their tracks:- |
Halo Ego Trip : June 2005 |
| Halo Ego Trip are a 3 piece band from Brightlingsea and Wivenhoe, they came into record a 4-track demo. They recorded the drums, bass & guitar live & overdubbed vocals & some extras. They took advantage of hiring our Pearl Studio Drum kit. Here is one of their tracks:- |
Scott Kimble : June 2005 |
| Scott is a keen singer; his wife bought studio time for his birthday. He sang 6 songs to backing tracks. An excellent job done! Here are two of his songs:- |
Def Star : June 2005 |
| This 4 piece metal band from London needed a 3 track demo in a hurry for promo purposes. They recorded the drums, bass & guitar live, then overdubbed the vocals all in a day. Here are two of their tracks:- |
DV8 : June 2005 |
| This 5-piece from Braintree recorded a 5 track EP over 3 days. Here is one of their tracks, a mellow start turning into a heavier ending. They took advantage of hiring our Pearl Studio Drum kit. |
Zen Republic : May 2005 |
| Zen republic are a rock band who are becoming known as a Led Zeppelin tribute band. They came in for a 4 hour LIVE Recording session. Here is one of the tracks they did - 'Whole lotta Love'. Another example of what you can expect from a live recording here at Stag ;) |
Kate Davis : May 2005 |
| Kate is a solo singer from Colchester. She came in to record 4 songs. Here is one of her tracks, a cover of 'Stand by You'. |
Quiet Child : May 2005 |
| This is Quiet Childs third recording session here now at Stag. They are somwhat tighter than ever before, check them out, they are great live too. Here is one of their recent tracks. |
Far Beyond Driven : April 2005 |
| Far Beyond Driven are a local 4 piece rock band with a female singer. They managed to get 4 songs over 2 days done & got some good results. Here are two of their tracks. |
Stalker : April 2005 |
| These guys first came to record with us in January with their working band name 'Under Development'. They have since came up with the name 'Stalker'. This time they did 3 songs over 2 days & did a good job all round. Two original songs plus a cover of 'All along the Watchtower'. Here is one of their original tracks 'Friends' & 'All along the watchtower'. |
Dartford Crossing : Jan - March 2005 |
| Dartford Crossing are a London based Country band, they came in last year to record a single to get radio airplay which is doing really well. They came back in January to start work on their new 12 track album 'Whiskey on the Flame' soon to be released. They have some excellent songs that are appealing to all. Here is one of the songs. |
Pecks Bad Boy : March 2005 |
| A powerful 3 piece from London. This is their second visit in the last year, they have some good songs & a big sound. Here is one of their tracks. |
Rapier : March 2005 |
| Rapier are a young local metal 4 piece band. The 5 tunes they recorded went on www.cornerband.com & 3 of their songs shot to chart positions 1, 2 & 4 in the first week, well done guys! Here is one of their tracks. |
Le Matt & The Funky Squad : March 2005 |
| Matt & his 3 piece band have been using the studio for a long time now & are really causing some attention from some of the other bands lately with the funky stuff they are working on. This is one of the instumentals they have done so they can work on the vocal melodies & structures. They haven't released a demo as yet but they have kindly allowed us to give you a sneak preview of 'Stripey Hat'! |
Jacqui Macchiochi : March 2005 |
| Jacqui was bought a studio session for her Birthday by her husband, she had never been in a studio before & her only previous experience was Karaoke with her freinds. She did a great job. Here is one of her tracks. |
Leanne Diggins : February 2005 |
| Leanne got a day in the studio for her 16th birthday, she had never been in a studio before or performed live but did a great job singing the songs she chose. Here is one of her tracks. |
Maddi Miller : February 2005 |
| 15 year old Maddie came back this month to record a couple more songs, she came in last year when she was 14, she's working hard & doing really well. Here is one of her tracks. |
Anger is a Gift : February 2005 |
| These guys came in to record a 5-Track EP over 3 days. They are a Rap-Metal band & have some good songs, it was fun working with them. Here are two of their tracks. |
Charlie Brown : February 2005 |
| Charlie Brown were the winners of the Colchester Sixth Form Battle of the Bands that we sponsered last month. They put on a great performance that night & wowed the judges & the crowd with their original set. They are a 3-piece band comprising of Keybaords, Bass, Drums & Vocals & have a very full sound. Here is one of their tracks. |
Under Development : January 2005 |
| Under Development are a new 3 piece band with some good material, they are recording a few of their songs over the next few months to make an EP. Here are two of their tracks. |
The Vegas Showgirls : January 2005 |
| These guys are a 3 piece rock/punkrock band. They came in to do a 6 song EP over 3 days. Here is one of their tracks. |
Broken Toys : January 2005 |
| Broken toys are a 4 piece local band, this was their first recording session & they managed to get 4 songs done in two days. Here is one of their tracks. |
Underclass : January 2005 |
| Underclass came back in the studio to add a couple of new songs to their last recording they did here, here are the recent two tracks to complete their 5-Track Hardcore EP Entitled 'Note to Self.... Kill Self'. Not for the faint hearted.... |
Cuban Heel : December 2004 |
| Cuban Heel made their second visit to us this year to record another 2 of their songs. Here is one of them. |
Burnout : December 2004 |
| Burnout are are a London based rock band who came in for a day to record 2 songs for a demo. Here is one of them. |
Dartford Crossing : November 2004 |
| Dartford Crossing are a local Country Band. They came in to record a single song for release on a compilation album in America and to get immediate Austrailian Airplay! They have now booked in to do the Album early next year. Here it is, great song! |
Holly Julier : November 2004 |
| Holly is a 16 year old with a great voice, she came in & recorded 6 cover songs for a demo, here are two of the tracks. |
Appropriate Agent : November 2004 |
| Appropriate Agent are a Punky Rock band from Essex, they came in to record 5 songs over 2 days. Here are two of them. **Nice Guy comes with a disclamer for some offensive words, but it is funny which is why we put it up, if you are offended by swearing please do not listen to this track, Thanks** |
Stuart Denney : October 2004 |
| Stuart is a solo songwriter & has had many sessions with us now progressively writing better songs, here is his latest acoustic solo piece. |
Aphro Casino : Sept 2004 |
| These guys are from Lowestoft & have only been together a short while, this was their first studio session. They managed to get 5 songs down in 2 days, here is one of their tunes. |
Underclass : Sept 2004 |
| Underclass are an Essex based hardcore metal 4-piece band. They take influence from life death & everything in between. They combine crushing guitar with 4 vocalists and a dash of 'bringeth the thunder' power drumming! A force to be reconed with live! (Their words of course!) Check out their tracks. |
Bob Daisly : August 2004 |
| Bob came in to record & produce a 10 song cover album. He called in pro session musicians to perform the backing tracks & backing vocals & help with the production. The session players are guys Bob used to perform with years ago so there was good fun had all round. Here are 3 of the tracks. |
Peck's Bad Boy : August 2004 |
| This 3-piece came in & recorded 3 songs over 2 days, the link to this tune is from their band website, go have a browse at it. It was great fun working with them, good sounds :) |
The Sneeches LIVE : August 2004 |
| We had a fun 2 hours recording these 2 songs live for The Sneeches. There is an 80's feel going on here & they gave a great performance. All Instruments were recorded simultaneously in our live area, the vocals were overdubbed later for that quality sound. The Sneeches are a 4 piece band comprising of two guitars, bass, drums/percussion & vocals. Another example of what sound you could get for a live performance here at Stag, enjoy. |
Rebecca Wood : July 2004 |
| Rebecca is a singer/performer who covers various aritists, she came in to record a 6 track demo with backing tracks. Here are two of the songs. |
Crazy 88 : July 2004 |
| These guys are a 4 piece funk rock band from Essex. They came in to do two songs in a day & knocked out these two great catchy tunes. Happy listening! |
Cuban Heel : May 2004 |
| Cuban Heel are a young band from Chelmsford. They came in well rehearsed & were able to get 3 good tracks down in a single session. Here are two of their tracks. Click here to read their comments. |
Taylors Lounge : April/May 2004 |
| Taylors Lounge have been back in the studio to record some more of their more recent songs. The band seem to have a knack of writing good songs & have been working hard getting them just how they want them. Just hear them for yourselves. |
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