Birdland Studio

11/04/2023

Open Day for Northern Academy of Music Education THIS FRIDAY! Featuring our studios/rehearsal rooms, and FREE LUNCH at The Peacock! 🎵🤘😋

03/04/2023

We have been recording/producing an album with the legendary Sunderland punk band, Red London. Known for aggressive electric guitars and classic punk aesthetics, the band approached us about recording an acoustic EP and we jumped at the chance. The final session was all about adding backing vocals to enhance the strong melodic content! We are delighted with how the EP has turned out we look forward to it's release! 🤘♥️🎵

21/03/2023

Red London axe-smith Scott Dixon, adding some twangy stratocaster tones to the forthcoming acoustic EP the band has been recording. Sounding GREAT! 🤘

05/03/2023

Amazing recording session with legendary Sunderland punk band Red London. Here we have the amazing Jones Brothers adding some aggressive twin acoustic guitar parts to 'Long Night in Long Island', a cover version of a song by another legendary pioneering Sunderland band Red Alert.

We are using two small diaphragm condenser mics for close capture and two awesome SE Rupert Neve ribbons in our turret room, which are great for a natural reverb! 💥🤘

26/10/2022

We are lucky to be the training ground for so many talented, ambitious musicians that are at the very beginning of their journey in becoming music business professionals!

30/08/2022

It was a pleasure for us to have one of the UK's most hotly tipped up and coming artists, Tom A Smith, recording a tune for an Apple Music Home Session, today. It's not a surprise they have selected him as an Up Next Artist as he continues to make waves in the industry, with his anthemic indie rock tunes and explosive live performances! Tom recently opened Leeds Festival and supported Elton John at Hyde Park!! Watch this space! 🔥

23/08/2022

It was great to produce Dead Wet Things today. The band delivered a tremendous performance and we can't wait to hear the finished product! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

22/08/2022

Drum set up in studio 1 for Dead Wet Things session tomorrow!

Who would have thought that an the old dinning room of the landlords apartment would sound so beautiful. With a little acoustic treatment of course!! 🤘🤘🤘

28/07/2022

Studio 1 Live Room: Before and After.
B&W photo: Meitek Padowicz
Colour: Jordan Hill

Formally used a dinning/living room when the space was most recently occupied sometime in the 1980s. This was the final room to be converted over the late spring to summer months of 2021. All the walls were stripped and restored, the floorboards pulled up for insulation, acoustic underlay, standard underlay then laminate flooring. All existing plugs recommissioned with additional floor-box power added. FD-30 stainless steel security doors and additional glazing added, and a viewing window. This treatment was carried across the whole floor, which has a foot print of 100m2 and has 3m high ceilings!

A benefit of this being an attic space is the sloping wall, which help with acoustic 'flutter'. The room sounds GREAT!!

21/07/2022

Thanks for the 👍 you little devils! 😈

20/07/2022

A little walk around Studio 1. 🤘🤘🤘

20/07/2022

Panoramic of Studio 1 control room. 🤘
Hybrid studio, with 32G RAM FireWire friendly tower to talk to our Allen and Heath ZEDR16. Yamaha HS7s and a FOSTEX R8 tape machine for analogue fun times and charming saturation. 💀

07/07/2022

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07/07/2022

Window vinyls DONE! Thanks to Jonsigns Ltd for doing the honours! LOVING IT!! ❤️

04/07/2022

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Could the world conquering nostalgic masterpiece 'Stranger Things' tip us over the edge in to another rock/metal/indie/punk renaissance like in the 00s? YES PLEASE!! 🤘🤘🤘

01/07/2022

01/07/2022

Breaking Bad Gain Staging

01/07/2022

01/07/2022

Rehearsal Room 2, formerly a derelict master bedroom for many moons. A massive part of the restoration was wall work, including scrubbing ancient black mold away from when the building had one of many holes in the roof! Just out of shot: a grade II listed Edwardian fireplace. A tight sounding room with a creative, bright feel. ♥️🎙️🎼

01/07/2022

"Hey Jimi..." 🔥

01/07/2022

Graphics have been printed for our entrances! Thanks to Jonsigns Ltd for doing the honours and also Marcus at Mammoth Creative Works for the awesome logo designs 😎

01/07/2022

01/07/2022

Studio 2: A mellow control room with the the mega Yamaha TF1 and a pair of HS8s. Not a typical studio desk but a really versatile bit of kit. A super creative space looking on to Live Room 2 with its unique 'turret' reverb chamber which is an ideal place from a room mic to add some natural ambience whilst tracking ANYTHING!! 🎼🎙️