On The Outside Studio

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Welcome to On the Outside Studio in Chilwell, Nottingham. I have included some pictures & recordings for you to get a feel for the studio.

On the Outside is named after the 1998 album by the band Symposium. They were a really important band to me while I was getting in to live music, and starting to write my own songs. The studio is literally outside, in my garden, and I feel I’m offering an outsider approach to recording, an alternative to spending a fortune in a comercial studio.

What this is: My practice room & studio space where I practice and record with my 2 bands, and record demo's on my own. The room sounds good, and you can get great recordings here. I have 25 years experience of playing in bands & recording, I have some really good kit & want to share the space, my knowledge & experience to help musicians have a lasting record of their creativity - at a fair price, in a relaxed environment. I am also renting out the space as a practice studio when it isn’t in use for recording.

What this isn’t: Abbey Road. If you want a pro studio, with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of analogue gear, a seperate control room, live room, high ceilings, beautiful natural reverb - this isn’t for you. Go to Abbey Road, I’m sure they would be happy to help :) I do have a great plugin from IK that emulates the Sunset Sound studio in LA though!

Examples of work

Reciprocal Roles most recent single. Produced by the band, and recorded mixed and mastered at On The Outside studio.

Reciprocal Roles are a shoegaze/ dream pop band from Nottingham. They have recently released Arches, recorded at On The Outside Studio, mixed and mastered by Matt French. Played on a number of Internet radio stations including DKFM. Check it out on spotify.

Independent Trucking are a 3 piece instrumental post metal band from Leicester. Their debut EP has just been released, and it was produced and mixed at On The Outside Studios. I'm really proud of how these recordings came out, and can't wait to work with them again.

Lilac Grove are an alternative rock band from Nottingham. We tried to capture the energy of the band playing live. It was produced and mixed at On The Outside Studios. Lilac Grove are a brilliant live band and well worth checking out

Gender Envy are a pop punk band from Nottingham. They have released the first track from their brilliant new EP, the guitars, bass and vocals were recorded at on the outside studios, drum recording and mixing/ mastering were done elsewhere by Joan Cachia. Keep your eyes out for the rest of the EP, it’s fantastic.