Chas Maguire
Guitar Bass Vocals Touring Live Production Recording Mixing Mastering
MAY WE ALWAYS HAVE MUSIC…
During several happy decades of my professional life playing live, as well as with many recording and writing projects, I’ve learned some things. Some are even relevant to music…
In 2020/21 came lockdowns, shutdowns, and a desire to slowdown (a bit). It was clearly time for a change.
Embracing this change I swapped hours on the road for refocussing my efforts on studiocraft. To that end I’ve been spending these last few years honing existing studio skills, and learning new ones. I’d love to put some of that knowledge into your project – I’m passionate about music, and my goal is always to make each and every song the best it can possibly be.
Let’s create something fantastic together!
What can we do together?
- Guitar, bass, drums, vocals and more…
- Production, editing, mixing and mastering
- Arrange and record high quality live instruments for your studio project
- Demo-production service – turn voice notes into songs!
Features
Live Instruments
Nothing wrong with loops and programmed drums, but sometimes you just need a live drummer to groove to your tunes
Experience
Decades of collective experience in creating great music
Sound-Quality
Listening, listening, listening – the most important part of music production. Taking the time to get the most out of your song
Take It From The Top
Turn your ideas into songs with our production and arrangement service
Services
Services
Recording
REAL live instruments for your project. Drums you can groove to and more percussion than you can shake a stick at. Recorded in our live room in Cambridge.
Editing
Sometimes you know what you want but you don’t know how to get it. A fresh pair of ears can often hear exactly what is needed. Over 25 years DAW experience
Mixing / Mastering
Muddy mixes? Need some clarity?
Does everything need to be louder than everything else? Send me your stems and let’s get it fixed.
We take your initial ideas and create whatever is required to bring the song to life. Our extensive network of musicians means we’ve always got just what you need
Think of us as the house band. All styles, great chemistry. Decades of experience in all realms of music.
our artist team
Roger Batting
Drums | Percussion | Potatoes
Tony Qunta
Guitar | Violin | Vocals | Piano | Yelps
Chas Maguire
Bass | Guitar | Vocals | Keys | Buttons
Where the magic happens – Colleagues and friends I’ve made over the years who I trust to deliver the goods, and who I recommend wholeheartedly. Each delivers something unique, and every one strives to do whatever is required for the song. Truly lovely people to work with.
Amsterdam
https://chasmaguire.com/
Cambridge
Awesome drum sounds live here.
A drummer with decades of experience, Roger plays with a lovely touch and a real feel for what’s required. Passionate about Percussion.
https://rogerbatting.com/
Zeeland NL
Great analogue sound with digital editing finesse. Whole project can be recorded, mixed and mastered here, or in collaboration with Dokter Zolder Studios. Residential also available by arrangement.
https://tape-it.reijnierse.nl/studios.html
Audio Pops and Clicks
I've been doing quite a lot more mixing for other people recently, where they are recording using a DAW, editing it themselves and then sending the mixes to me to finish. The one thing I think I've noticed more than anything else is bad audio edits. Although,...
Changes
Since moving to the Netherlands I've not been doing much live work; mostly to spend the first few months of post-lockdown normality learning about my adopted home country, but of course it also has to be said that 700 miles is a long way to drive for some of the £50...
Public Service Announcement for Speed Triple owners
...or: "This post will only be of interest to about 6 people" After being in the Netherlands for almost four months, we finally got our belongings sent out from the UK. Along with winter clothes, boxes of family photographs and all my guitars, came both of our...
