Francis Dixon
Saskatchewan Recording Studio
Taking your voice notes to the next level!
Grace Abbey Studios
What's holding you back from sharing your music with the world?
Is it cost?
Let's work out a pay as you go plan.
Is it time?
No problem, we can do 90% of your recording over high quality audio streaming video calls!
Is it motivation?
There's no better motivator then having a producer by your side to keep you moving forward.
Your music should be heard
Pay Per Track
The traditional model of buying studio time works for some artists. At Grace Abbey Studios we're taking on a completely different approach. Rather than paying for studio time you'll pay for the tracks you want. Only recording an acoustic guitar and vocals, only pay for those tracks. Want to add some bass and drums, in a few months, buy more tracks when you want to add them.
You only pay for what you create. This doesn't mean you have unlimited studio time. After a decade of recording, we have established an average amount of time it takes to record specific tracks and most artist we believe are able to record in that time frame.
That being said, artist must come prepared to record having rehearsed they're songs, ran through vocal warm-ups, or mapped out their ideas for production.
PAY AS YOU GO!
We encourage the pay as you go model. Rather than paying for every track at once, you can pay for specific tracks as your budget affords.
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Pay to record your vocals and guitar in April.
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In June pay to add some bass and drums.
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Then save up to mix, master and release your song in August.
Pricing
Final Mix
$25 per track package
A "track package" is all the tracks included in the item you purchased. Lead Vocals has five tracks inside the "track package" so you would pay $25 for all 5 tracks, not $125.
Your final mix takes all the parts of your song and puts them together to create one cohesive sound. The more tracks you have the more time it takes to mix them together.
Mixing is exactly that...it's mixing all the ingredients together to make a single sound. It's bringing all the recorded elements together to play together nicely. This is a very specific skill that is very different than the recording process. Levelling EQ, panning sounds, compressing everything together is an art by itself.
Master & Release
$100/song
Mastering your song is the final process of all recorded music and ensures your song is dynamic and consistent in volume.
if you're gonna pay to master your song, you might as well release it to the world. That is why this cost covers both mastering and releasing your song.
Time in studio
This is the estimated time needed with the artist, in studio or over video call. This does not include production or editing time that takes place outside of the recording session.
Vocal tracks take the most amount of time to record and edit because it is the most important part of your song. Compression, EQ, Automation, Pitch Correction, Alignment, Blending is all part of Vocal production. Why 2 extra tracks? Our promise is to deliver high quality recordings and this is one of the ways that is accomplished.
INCLUDES:
1 Master Vocal Track
2 Backup/Double Vocals
TIME IN STUDIO
3 hours
Lead Vocals
$200
Adding more vocals such as harmonies, doubles, adlibs, can really bring your song to life, but the more you add the more there is to edit and mix. We sell this in groups of two because in the recording world having two tracks creates a wide stereo sound. This is an industry standard technique used by the biggest names in music production.
INCLUDES:
2 Extra Vocal Tracks
TIME IN STUDIO
1 hour
Extra Vocals
$100
The acoustic guitar is an extremely dynamic instrument that can be recorded with many different techniques. We use best in class microphones, preamps and compressors to get the best sounding acoustic performance possible. You may want additional guitar tracks to fill out the sound, added some picking or different strumming patterns. Additional guitar tracks come with a discount of 25% off for each additional track when purchased at the same time as your main guitar track.
INCLUDES:
1 Acoustic Guitar Track
25% off additional guitar tracks when purchased at the same time
TIME IN STUDIO
1 hour / guitar track
GRACE ABBEY ACOUSTIC GUITARS
Godin Seagull
Taylor Mini
Yamaha Full Body
Acoustic Guitar
$100
We have a wide range of digital pianos to choose from that will give you the most realistic sounding piano you can image. The time is in the sound selection. Choosing the right piano sound is just as important as what is played on the piano, which is a large part of the cost.
INCLUDES:
1 Piano Track
TIME IN STUDIO
2 hour
GRACE ABBEY MIDI PIANOS
Steinway
Bosenhoeffer
Roland
Piano
$150
Electric guitar is completely different compared to acoustic guitar. Choosing the right amp set up, delays, reverbs and tone is all part of bringing your electric guitar into your song. With this you'll get a rhythm and lead guitar parts for your song. Additional electric guitar parts are the same price.
INCLUDES:
1 Electric Guitar (rythm or lead)
TIME IN STUDIO
2 hours
GRACE ABBEY ELECTRIC GUITAR
Fender Stratocaster
Electric Guitar
$150
The low end can make or break a song. If you're looking for that radio sound, then skipping out on the bass, may cost you the sound you're looking for in the long run. Bass is not required by no means, but it is highly recommended for any songs that go beyond an "acoustic" sound. We've priced this at a lower cost to help make it affordable for adding it to your song, while the work likely should have this cost closer to $100.
INCLUDES:
1 Bass Guitar Track
TIME IN STUDIO
1 hours
GRACE ABBEY BASS GUITAR
Gretsch Short Bass
Bass Guitar
$100
Synthesizers can transform the sound of your song and take it in a completely different direction. They have the power to add energy, create a mood, evoke emotions and create texture in your song. The "and more" refers to choirs, trumpets, violins, and other types of string or wind instruments. Purchasing this option will give your song depth and breadth.
INCLUDES:
1 Option from this Category
(selection to be made during production)
TIME IN STUDIO
1 hour
Synthesizers & more
$50
Other than your lead vocals, drums is the most important part of your songs. Drums also take the most amount of time to dial in to get the perfect sound for your song. Drums have many different parts and each part must be mixed individually. For this we use drum samples to create your sound. If you want to hear drum samples in action, listen to "All I Want For Christmas" by Mariah Carey which is 100% drum samples. This is roughly $50/kit piece.
INCLUDES:
Full Drum Kit Mix
(Snare, Kick, Toms, High-hat, Cymbals)
TIME IN STUDIO
4 hours
Drums
$250
Start to finish
Studio
Equipment
Acoustic Seagull
Acoustic Yamaha
Acoustic Taylor Mini
Electric Fender Stratocaster
Gretsch Short Bass
Instruments
Capitol Studio Compressor
API 2500
LA-2A
LA-3
Avalon
Compressors
Logic Pro X EQ
Hitsville Channel EQ
Avalon Compressor EQ
EQ's
Capitol Chambers
Delay and Echo
Vahalla Reverb
Effects
Logic Pro 11
Splice Full Library
Sample Library
Logic Pro 11 Mastering
Yamaha HS8 Mixing Monitors
Landr Mastering Plugin
Avalon Mastering
Mastering
This is how the magic happens
