The Mill Recording Studio

17/07/2022

The Mill Recording Studio 1997-2022

After a lot of thought I have decided to close the studio. It has been an amazing 25 years; a period of time doing what I always wanted to do, never doubting that I was where I should be. I am truly fortunate to have had this time and I am so grateful to everyone who has been to the studio.

I’d like to thank my dearly departed mum and dad for putting up with the noise from the bottom of the garden and the comings and goings of an ever changing line up of musicians. More generous parents I couldn’t have wished for.

Laura Cole Matthews for supporting me in this work and understanding my time commitments on those long sessions. At least I was always home on time! 😄

Thanks to Tom Joy, Adam King Leaone Productions , David Pye, Jon Baker & Sebastian Rogers . Fantastic engineers and producers who have also worked from the studio over the years. The work they’ve produced has in turn inspired me to be a better engineer.

I should give a shout out to my old band buddies Jon Griffin, Marco Notley and Herb Sprong, as The Mill Studio began as our rehearsal room. Once I started recording our demos, I found out that I loved it and couldn’t stop!

Endless thanks to all the bands, musicians, singers and artists who have been “through The Mill” over the years. I’ve been fortunate to work on an incredibly wide range of music over 1000’s of sessions, which was something I hoped to be able to do and the quality and dedication of these musicians has been an inspiration. It’s been my honour to provide the vinyl, cassettes, CDs, downloads and streams, which I hope have brought you and your fanbase great pleasure.

I remain as fascinated by music production as ever and will be continuing to teach on the Audio Production Degree at Access Creative College. In time I hope to pop up in some other production roles & guises.

It’s probably time to delve into that old box of photos so I’ll be posting some up for a bit of a reminisce and a laugh. In the meantime thanks once again, much love and good vibes to you all.

Jonny x

13/03/2022

Finding that sweet spot in the drum room

A German officer and an NCO wearing portable sound locating apparatae to detect enemy aircraft (this was a type of early radar). Western Front, 1917.

30/01/2022

Completed mixing first half of the new Coronation Kings album 2 days ago. Straight back in to start tracking the final 5 songs.

23/12/2021

Merry Christmas everyone! Massive thanks to all who’ve been through The Mill this year, it’s been so good to get the sessions going again! Greetings to all fellow recording studios and engineers out there, hope you’ll get some quality time out to decompress, or is that expansion? Best wishes, Jonny x

30/09/2021

Tom Joy - Studio Engineer / Producer making them dreams come true. Brilliant track recorded here in stereojoyphonic sound.

🚨BIG NEWS🚨

Was great to hear New Frequency on BBC Radio 6 Music Music earlier in the week!

🚨BIGGER NEWS!🚨 New Frequency will be on BBC Radio 1 this Sunday from 11pm! On the Gemma Bradley BBC Music Introducing Show.

Thanks so much to BBC Music Introducing in Norfolk for making this possible, we're really grateful 😁

18/09/2021

I had to cut the big branches back on the oak tree by the studio sadly as the tree had died and it was looking a bit ummm…. hazardous!
I kind of like it’s totemic presence now though as the sun goes down

18/09/2021

Mark from Coronation Kings smashing another mammoth guitar session today . The man knows no limits in spite of our best efforts to break him!

17/09/2021

Returning to after 20 years! Cthru27 cut some tracks here over the summer and this is their first incendiary release from these sessions 💥

‘Learn to Love the Bomb’ by CTHRU27 is taken from the forth coming album ‘Gas Lighter’ coming 24th October 2021.► Get Tickets for the comeback show: https://...

16/09/2021

Great sounds from the live session with False Flags. Caravan available for moody lofi shoots at no extra charge 😂

07/09/2021

Beautiful day here! Blues rock power trio False Flags about to step into the studio for a live session with Tom Joy - Studio Engineer / Producer .

18/10/2020

A new live acoustic EP I recorded recently for Reg Lawrence is now streaming. With his emotive performances this particular Mr Lawrence provides a perfect bittersweet backdrop for your Sunday afternoon musings.

https://open.spotify.com/album/18wHrbmldSCg6mPAtDzrxB?nd=1

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Reg Lawrence · Single · 2020 · 4 songs.

26/09/2020

03/09/2020

Wonderful lockdown video from Molly Willis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIxVTgnZjg

We got a really productive and creative flow on these songs earlier this year and from demo to finished mix was pretty much an afternoon and a bit on each song, sweet! Her EP launch gig was postponed because of something called “lockdown” but Molly is now playing at the WildFields festival on 12th September

https://www.wildpaths.co.uk/wildfields/

i don't always make videos for my songs, but when i do, i make sure they're really bloody stupid. STREAM BED HEAD: https://www.facebook.com/mollybops/ https:...

30/07/2020

Audio visual goodness for the end of days from The Neutrinos. They will be performing a real-time-live-stream video on twitch.tv this evening at 7pm!!!!

Apocalyptic ...‘It’s an improvisation on the end of days, the end of things yet perhaps the beginning of new things. It’s playful, it’s our notional visit to Waikiki and Honolulu – but by way of Cromer’ said vocalist and guitarist Mark Howe. ‘We’re all leaving and ‘Apocalyptic’ is just a little paean to us all disappearing into the sea, back into the sea, the lovely sea, where we all came from.'
Apocalyptic is release tomorrow 19:00 twitch.tv/outpostgallery

We'll see you there....

26/04/2020

Lovely to still have some new mixing work to share.
This feels about right for now

26/04/2020

Ssssh!