Swanyard Music

Affordable recording doesn't mean a cheap sound. We're running Pro Tools and Logic Pro with a huge cluster of plugins and samples. Lovely SE Electronics, AKG, Audio Technica large and small diaphragm microphones. Focusrite pre amps provide up to 16 channels in at once and 96 on mixdown.

We have a fine selection of guitar amps from vintage Marshall and Fender, as well as bass rigs, kit and keyboards. REHEARSAL TIME IS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENINGS AND AT THE WEEKEND provided the studio isn't booked for recording.

As a songwriter myself, I know how important it is to have a comprehensive pallette of ideas at hand.....So for songwriters, we can provide you with great bass players, guitarists and pianists/keyboardists as well as helping get the best arrangement for your song.

THE SWANYARD is run by musicians for musicians. DOMINIC HOLLANDS our main engineer, is a musician guitarist/drummer/writer foremost who knows that his most important instruments are on either side of his head….. (yes, folks). His grasp of mic placement and eq and plugin use is second to none.

My background has taken in working extensively on the European Blues Circuit and working as producer and performer in the USA. I'm a published writer member of the Performing Rights Society. I am currently working on a backlog of unmixed stuff and new projects. Technology now enables me to have collaborators remotely, and recently have worked with Nashville resident George Marinelli (James Taylor, The Bonnie Raitt band). George is on our roster of players should you need that West Coast vibe.

I'm always interested in new talent and sounds and have some excellent contacts in the rapidly changing music industry.

Although small, THE SWANYARD is a relaxed and creative area set in a town centre courtyard in the North Nottinghamshire Georgian town of RETFORD. With a population of 30,000, Retford has a village feel with good pubs, shops and restaurants and hotels.

PLEASE CALL ME OR MESSAGE ME FOR MORE DETAILS AND PRICES.

ALL THE BEST

Kevin Thorpe