Blue Dot Studios

Blue Dot Studios Music Producer | Live Sound Engineer | Musician. Based in my own studio in Hastings I have worked as a musician, producer and sound engineer for 20 years.

Back in 2015, I founded Blue Dot as a recording and production studio, where I get to help vocalists, bands and musicians realise their sounds and keep the independent music scene alive. In that time, I have worked with hundreds of acclaimed artists of all ages and experience. My philosophy as a producer stems from the belief that every project deserves the same enthusiasm, professionalism and res

pect, whether it’s a live demo in a rehearsal room or a full album for a major label. Every day, I’m excited to make innovative and original use of sound.

The best part of the job is helping artists to make their music as vibrant as it sounds in their head - for me, that’s the mark of a really successful recording.

On a movie set this weekend! 😎🎥 Enjoying getting ultra detailed on pure dialogue capture.
23/06/2024

On a movie set this weekend! 😎🎥 Enjoying getting ultra detailed on pure dialogue capture.

I'll be at The Media Production & Technology Show over the next 2 days. Come and have a chat at Stand C70 if you have an...
14/05/2024

I'll be at The Media Production & Technology Show over the next 2 days. Come and have a chat at Stand C70 if you have any sonic requirements!

Shout out to the sit-down singers! Always a pleasure to see . We're working on some deep, warm, hip-hop inspired electro...
02/05/2024

Shout out to the sit-down singers! Always a pleasure to see . We're working on some deep, warm, hip-hop inspired electronica.

Album sessions fully underway with . Loving the spontaneous flow of producing tunes with Will.
02/03/2024

Album sessions fully underway with . Loving the spontaneous flow of producing tunes with Will.

Had a great time tracking drums for Supermarket's new EP. Back to mine this month for the rest of the recording, mix and...
11/01/2023

Had a great time tracking drums for Supermarket's new EP. Back to mine this month for the rest of the recording, mix and master :)

Absolute pleasure working on  today on 's new tune. It's amazing how much time a top session player can actually save co...
09/11/2022

Absolute pleasure working on today on 's new tune. It's amazing how much time a top session player can actually save compared to programming parts.

Working on something big for , and having a great time doing it! 🎚️🎚️🎛️🤓
29/09/2022

Working on something big for , and having a great time doing it! 🎚️🎚️🎛️🤓

Finally joined the  owners club, thanks to inspo from  's rather clever mic stand behind the screen setup!
17/09/2022

Finally joined the owners club, thanks to inspo from 's rather clever mic stand behind the screen setup!

Indescribably proud to have worked with  on her cover of `Brass In Pocket` by  for the  adaptation of `Everything I Know...
22/06/2022

Indescribably proud to have worked with on her cover of `Brass In Pocket` by for the adaptation of `Everything I Know About Love` by and to have played a small role in such a positive female-led piece of creativity.

Proud of those numbers! I was honoured to mix & master this tune for  last year. I think it's fair to say it ain't doing...
29/04/2022

Proud of those numbers! I was honoured to mix & master this tune for last year. I think it's fair to say it ain't doing bad 🥳

The only photo I took of  at  the other week. The lighting was monochrome, it was grainy & pixelated from zoom. The mome...
16/03/2022

The only photo I took of at the other week. The lighting was monochrome, it was grainy & pixelated from zoom. The moment I took it my inebriated mind conjured this concept as a way to produce something quality around those issues. I told myself if I remembered the idea, I'd do it.

It was an excellent show.

26/02/2022

A week ago Dom Champ released his debut album. We are both incredibly proud of it. A continuous concept piece about modern times, it took over 2 years to create, was mastered at Abbey Road Studios. It feels like we truly realised his vision. He went on a personal journey during the recording process, which changed the course of the album. Give it a listen here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1Y9ueIREXU7Rt0Fun4oXnf?si=xlso6GALTQmW2985TfCgQQ

This was such a great project to work on. Misha Faulty makes music that utterly defies definition, that genuinely sounds...
10/01/2022

This was such a great project to work on. Misha Faulty makes music that utterly defies definition, that genuinely sounds like nothing else, and just so full of feeling and texture. I was honoured to master this album.

Listen here: https://mishafaulty.bandcamp.com/album/i-trusted-you

Blessed to be back at Abbey Road Studios this time with Dom Champ mastering the album we've been working on for the last...
04/12/2021

Blessed to be back at Abbey Road Studios this time with Dom Champ mastering the album we've been working on for the last 2 years.

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 The Knights Project // Something Shakes The Dust UpThis will always be a really special EP t...
04/12/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 The Knights Project
// Something Shakes The Dust Up

This will always be a really special EP to me. One of the first things I did after leaving the studio I'd worked at for 5 years and going solo. It was recorded with the whole band just sitting in a circle in a friends front room. The lead vocal went down live with the instruments, and the whole thing just came together to have that perfect organic, breathing feel.

The Knights Project

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Phantom Booth // Fight The FeelingIt's always an honour to get to work with a band for their...
04/12/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Phantom Booth // Fight The Feeling

It's always an honour to get to work with a band for their very first studio recording ever. You know that however it turns out, they are gonna remember it, and they are gonna keep it, so it's a big responsibility! These guys were such a pleasure to work with and together we created something that I think they can be proud of for their whole careers.

Phantom Booth

Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Friend of Franky // Died In A DreamAnother valuable chance to work with a band on their firs...
22/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Friend of Franky // Died In A Dream

Another valuable chance to work with a band on their first ever studio recording. This was a really lovely project. They have such an innovative, haunting style. The drum kit was kick, snare and one cymbal played with beaters!

of Franky

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 The Lounge Kittens// Yeah!What can I even say about this band? It was a journey. I love all ...
17/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 The Lounge Kittens// Yeah!

What can I even say about this band? It was a journey. I love all of them so much. We created so much great stuff it was nearly impossible to pick one song. 2.9 million video views, hundreds of thousands of streams, over 2k monthly listeners more than 2 years after they called it a day. Just go check them out ❤️💙💜

The Lounge Kittens

Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 BTNB // Faked ItFemale fronted alt rock band "Big T**s No Bra" is the brainchild of singer, ...
15/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 BTNB // Faked It

Female fronted alt rock band "Big T**s No Bra" is the brainchild of singer, songwriter & auteur Hermione. She's an absolute creative powerhouse and this is what happens when she turns her talents to rock. I love these tunes and they were so fun to record, mix & master.

BTNB

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Remayn // Coffee & ProzakThis is such an honest recording. It went down in a couple of whole...
12/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Remayn // Coffee & Prozak

This is such an honest recording. It went down in a couple of whole takes. A perfect little indie tune about the first lockdown, mental health and just taking it day by day.

Remayn

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Frannie B // Made For You (Avengers)What stared as a silly verse for TikTok has since racked...
08/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Frannie B // Made For You (Avengers)

What stared as a silly verse for TikTok has since racked up over 700k plays! Frannie is so talented as a writer & artist, not to mention her production skills. I pretty much just added some finishing touches then mixed & mastered this one, but its a bop.

Frannie B

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Mione Million // Blue Hair. This was so fun to create. It's an absolute EARWORM with some ve...
02/11/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Mione Million // Blue Hair. This was so fun to create. It's an absolute EARWORM with some very cool vocoder in the chorus.

Listen here: https://linktr.ee/bluedotstudios

This bag + far too early to be out & about can mean only one thing... Location recording! Glad to be back at this 🤓
02/10/2021

This bag + far too early to be out & about can mean only one thing... Location recording! Glad to be back at this 🤓

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Dom Champ // Slow. After recording Dom's amazing verses for this, I couldn't help but move e...
28/09/2021

New Website Feat. Artist! 🎊 Dom Champ // Slow. After recording Dom's amazing verses for this, I couldn't help but move every single kick & snare to fit his flow. The piano sample is a piece by Chopin.

Listen here: shorturl.at/puzU7

💥 NEW WEBSITE 🥳 There are 8 artists featured on my homepage who I'll be posting in no particular order over the coming d...
23/09/2021

💥 NEW WEBSITE 🥳 There are 8 artists featured on my homepage who I'll be posting in no particular order over the coming days.

21/09/2021

Just a message to let everyone know that my email [email protected] is temporarily down. Please use [email protected] for now. Hopefully will be back up and running today.

Proud to have mixed & mastered this with Dan. We've been working together a long time, and the direction his music is ta...
10/09/2021

Proud to have mixed & mastered this with Dan. We've been working together a long time, and the direction his music is taking just keeps getting better.

We’re coming at you with another amazing Bad Luck premiere today. We are stoked to be sharing with you a new one from Dan Rumsey and the Dark Days titled Night Drive , with a cover of Kraftwerk’s Radioactivity on the b-side. We introduced you to Rumsey (known for being the bass guitarist in The

Please to be seeing so much good press for the new Remayn album. It's something both of us are super proud of, and in so...
10/09/2021

Please to be seeing so much good press for the new Remayn album. It's something both of us are super proud of, and in some ways a new direction for him.

A Stellar Album From My New Favourite Artist Remayn’s ‘Him Always. Them Sometimes. Her Forever.’ by Skope • September 9, 2021 Remayn’s new album, ‘Him Always. Them Sometimes. Her Forever,’ was just recently released and I am once again reminded as to why he is and will always be one ...

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Berlin Road
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TN35 5LH

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Monday 10:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 10:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 7pm
Thursday 10:30am - 7pm
Friday 10:30am - 7pm
Saturday 10:30am - 7pm
Sunday 10:30am - 7pm

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“For five years, I worked as a resident producer and sound engineer at a renowned Southampton studio, developing, producing and recording literally hundreds of acclaimed artists of all ages and abilities.

I created Blue Dot Studios in January 2015 as my personal project studio in central Brighton, where I get to help vocalists, bands and musicians realise their sounds and keep the independent music scene alive.

My philosophy as a producer stems from the belief that every project deserves the same professionalism and respect, whether it’s a live demo in a rehearsal room or a full album for a major label.

The best part of the job is helping artists to realise the sound they have in their head - for me, that’s the mark of a really successful recording.”


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