Neak Menter

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It's all about WHO you record with.

Nowadays, with modern gear, "The Studio" is a process, not a place.

What this means is that - as long as you choose the right person - you can get an exceptional, high quality production without spending a fortune.

Which is where I come in...

I'm Neak. I do record production and live sound engineering. I've been doing it for about 15 years. I absolutely LOVE my job, and I'm really good at what i do!

I used to be singer/guitarist in an underground london band called Inimenter, according to the press we were quite good actually?!?

So, as a musician, I'm totally sick of seeing bands having a rubbish time during recording sessions and being overcharged for results that just don't qualify.

You know the story - "Big Name Studio" has some downtime at a supposed "bargain price", you spend a fortune and a really stressful time trying to get your tracks down - only to have them mixed by either the tea boy or some completely unintrested, arrogant moron! Your recording sounds like poo, and it cost you the earth... not to mention the hassle.

Or you record with "your mate that's got cubase" - slog your heart out tracking in some sweaty garage, wait for a year for them to learn how to mix, and still have poo results.

Well, I'll offer you this. A recording as cheap as I can possibly afford (or less!), and my ability and dedication to make it sound as amazing as it does inside your head (or better!). :O)

My "name" competitors are probably trying to charge you £5000 a week for recording. This is partly because they're trying to keep up with crushing studio overheads (including staff you may or may not want to work with). And partly 'cos they're greedy :)

This is how I keep your costs and your stresses down:

I don't own a studio - We rent one nearby, just for the drums ('cos no matter how loud you scream on vocals, drums are always way LOUDER!). The rest of the tracks are recorded in a dedicated space at my place.

You don't need to book hotels! Bands are welcome to stay as my guests for the duration of the session at no extra cost. We have a dormroom kitted out with bunks and entertainment stuff! You also have a whole living room to hang out in (got SkyTV, Internet, loads of gamesconsoles, music & videos)... Got some great decking wrapped around the house so you can grab a drink and look at the mountains - and just 5 mins up the road is Mountains & Castles & Pubs and stuff (The Brecon Beacons, noless!). Also, one of our mates runs a paintballing centre and we get great prices, so if you fancy shooting your bandmates, you can do that too... NO MORE STUDIO FEVER!

You get free tweaks. Once you leave your session and get home, if there's anything that is still nagging at you about your end result, just let me know and I'll fix it! (no more leaving the studio with what you think is the best thing ever, only to get home and go "oh, sh*t...")

You'll have access to your multitracks and premastered mixes. If you need to get remixes done at any point just let me know and I'll provide you with what you need.

I do the WHOLE thing, if you want. I engineer, produce, mix and master. - Many producers will only produce, they'll hire an engineer and tape-op to track you, they'll hire a mix engineer to mix the tracks and they'll farm it out to mastering studio to master it. All of which is gonna cost YOU a fortune. (I have to wonder how these guys justify their personal fee, seeing as they get someone else to do nearly everything!)

I am independant. ("It's just you and me baby!") I don't work for a studio and I don't have to pay agent/manager fees. So I don't have to charge you them in turn! This also cuts out all the politics and agendas to have to toe-the-line with.

I'm totally committed to making the session as easy as possible for the musician, that means working with or without clicktracks, slice/quantise/retrigger of drums OR NOT, as you wish... Real amp or plugins... happy to accommodate whatever method you need or want. Guitar & Vocal edits oh yes! We can have a play with your songs or just take them as they are...

I know what I'm doing - despite my low pricetag, you WILL NOT get this quality from "your mate that's got cubase".

You cannot refuse an offer like this! It's a rare thing... Lets make it real.

Message me, or call me on 07828 017637 if you want to book in or if you've got any questions about methods and processes...

"We're part of the new breed, you and I - screw the multi-million dollar budgets that we'll never be able to pay back - we can do it ourselves!"

Client list - for those these things matter to: I'm trying to put together a masterlist of all the bands I've worked with - Gotta admit it's difficult remembering the whole lot! This is what I can remember so far:

Recording/Production:
After Suburbia / Inimenter
Agile Thought
Brainchoke
Buried Between The Cross
Cousin Joey
DeadIdentities / DropoutKids
DorianGrey
EmoRangers (Main Theme (fei comodo))
Endurance Of Hate
Farenheit 451 / F451
Fei Commodo
Flood Of Red
From Almost The End (FATE) / Inscape
Halomobilo
HiJinx
HondoMaclean
Indifference
Kenai
Kobe
Little Joe Zero
No Hope In New Jersey
The One Condition / Victory Pill
PDHM
Sixty Mile Smile
Sonos
Takoma Star
Thaed
Ventura Drive
Vero / UnusualSunday

Live:
The Abner
Aconite Thrill
Akercocke
Apartment26
As She Screams
Bambino
The Blueprint
Capdown
The Cassanovas
Cousin Joey
Days In December
Fallen To
Fony
Funeral For a Friend
Hondo Maclean
Junk/Ritalin
The Joy Formidable
Knuckledust
Lights/Action
Little Joe Zero
Murder One / Medulla Nocte
The One Condition/Victory Pill
PDHM
Pitchshifter
Scenes
Sikth
Skindred
The Sonic Art
RealTV
Reuben
Ripley
Slugworth
Stampin' Ground
This Is Menace
Twin Zero
Vacant Stare
Vive Finito
Ventura Drive

Live, incidental (Honestly - I've ended up doing Front Of House Sound for these people - mostly one offs - and usually by default!)
The Drifters
The Cheeky Girls
Dollar
Easyworld
abdoujaparof
arab strap

and a whole load more, 'cos I used to do house engineer duties at The Y Club and The Army&Navy in Chelmsford.

I also do loads of work with a Production solutions company called Network Audio. This means that I do loads of other stuff like:
Melas - All round the UK - loads of Asian artists including Ragav and Metz'n'tricks
Ross Unintentional festival andloads of other medium size festivals,
Various Bands from Corporate stuff - like avensys MD's band, stuff like that, did FOH for The Feeling when they did a gig for The Microsoft Challenge.
MaxPower live and Autosport International Live - Great fun, miking up Jodie Kidd'n'stuff. Loads of good cars. All fun stuff. 'loody hard work tho!