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About Blue Lizard Studio

Blue Lizard Studio is a private project studio based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, offering professional quality sound recording, editing, mixing and pre-mastering services to clients in the surrounding area. BLS's dedication to quality and service is demonstrated in its choice of the best studio equipment in the area and the use of a comprehensive range of recording and mixing techniques, all at very reasonable rates.
If you're a singer, songwriter, band etc. wanting to get a high quality recording done locally, please drop me an email to "[email protected]" [link disabled to avoid spam ;-)] or take a look at the website www.bluelizardstudio.com for further details and contact info.
BLS is operated from a compact yet highly capable project studio, consisting of a control room and recording booth (all soundproofed and acoustically treated). The studio is ideal for vocal recording and instrumental overdubs, with drum kit or ensemble recording sessions carried out in a larger nearby venue using a comprehensive 24-track location recording rig. The resulting multi-tracks can then be transferred to the studio for further overdubs, editing and mixing.
Below are some pictures from the studio itself:

Projects

BLS caters for a wide range of projects including:
- Solo vocalists (e.g. working to backing tracks)
- Singer/songwriters (song production)
- Voiceovers
- Bands (from demos through to release material)
- Location recording (choirs, recital groups, etc.)
- Editing & rearrangement of audio (e.g. for dance events, theatrical SFX etc.)
- Provision of additional instrumentation for your project (inc. live acoustic/electric guitar, bass, synth and drum programming)
- Detailed audio editing & mixing (inc. full automation, pitch correction, guitar re-amping, drum sample replacement etc.)
- Pre-mastering & testing of CD masters
If you have existing (raw) multi-track recordings, a MIX FIX service gives you the opportunity to get your material mixed through some great EQ's, dynamics and an analogue summing buss - ideal for giving your home recorded tracks a professional treatment
Here is a selection of photos from past recording sessions with BLS:

Gear & Techie Stuff

BLS is a hybrid studio, pairing up the best aspects of digital audio with premium analogue outboard hardware. This allows tracks to be captured through a selection of industry standard valve/solid-state preamps and DI's; to be edited, mixed and automated in close detail and then output through an analogue summing and 2-buss processing path.
Gear includes:
- Mics by: AKG, Audix, Beyerdynamic, Peluso, Se Electronics, Shure, Soundelux, Rode
- Pres & DI's by: Avedis, Brent Averill, BSS, DAV Electronics, Focusrite, Little Labs, Radial Engineering, Universal Audio
- AD/DA by: SSL, Alesis HD24XR
- Hard disk recording on: PaQ & Carillon Audio PC's, Alesis HD24XR
- Sequencing & Editing with: Steinberg Cubase 5, WaveLab 6, Celemony Melodyne
- Processing by: ADA, Drawmer, Roland, TC Electronic, Tech 21, Universal Audio, Yamaha
- Monitoring by: AKG, Blue Sky, PMC, Sennheiser
For studio overdubs, in-house valve guitar amplification is by Laney (GH50L) and Orange (Tiny Terror) with DI options by Tech 21 (PSA-1) and Yamaha (DG), plus a range of popular stomp boxes (Boss, Digitech, Dunlop, Ibanez, Morley, MXR). The studio synth is a Yamaha Motif ES6.
Drum recording/ensemble recordings require tracking at the larger 'live' room - bands should provide their own backline for such sessions.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 18/01/2007
Band Website: www.bluelizardstudio.com
Band Members: Blue Lizard Studio is owned and operated
by Richard Davidson.

Record Label: N/A

My Blog

The Melophiliacs - "Free"

The second track to be completed in conjunction with Signhills School's local bands project is "Free", by The Melophiliacs...RecordingTracked on location (at The Lindsey School) using BLS's mobile rig...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:22:00 GMT

Skylight Square - recording "Sleep"

As you may have noticed, there's a new song on the playlist entitled "Sleep", by the local band Skylight Square. I'd like to thank Josh, Em, Phil & Kris for their effort and enthusiasm during the rec...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:00 GMT

BLS back upnrunning...

Hi folks,Just to let you know that after a couple of long & busy months of upgrading, re-fitting, re-patching and testing (phew), Blue Lizard Studio is back fully up and running and ready for projects...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Some guitar-related gear for sale...

FOR SALEGot a couple of items for sale - a set of 4x12" guitar speakers & a Marshall JCM 900 stack...The original speakers from my 4x12" cab are up for sale - they are a matched set of UK made H|H Pre...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:22:00 GMT

Orange Juice!

In the further interests of guitar tonal gorgeousness, Blue Lizard Studio has now added an Orange Tiny Terror to its range of amps & processors for tracking and re-amping of guitar parts in the studio...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 22:21:00 GMT

A bit of Guitar TLC (re-stringing, tuning & intonation service)

Hello to the guitarists out there...I'd just like to let you know about a little additional service I'm providing at BLS - a bit of TLC for your guitar, and ideal if you're scared of adjusting a Floyd...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:55:00 GMT

Recording, Editing, Mixing & Mastering Explained...

Hello all :-)At BLS, my aim is to bring the highest quality of equipment and technique in music production to clients in the local area, allowing them to reach professional standards with their songs ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Budget Band Demos

Geared towards budget-conscious guitar-based bands, BLS is now offering a set of fixed-cost demo recording packages.These would be ideal for bands with limited budgets, wanting to get a high quality s...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:32:00 GMT

Past project recordings up now...

I've just put up a few audio examples of past projects done at Blue Lizard Studio. These include some solo/duo vocalists and full band recordings, so please have a listen through them to give you an ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:45:00 GMT

BLS MySpace now online!

Well, after months of having my MySpace account languishing with nothing on it, I've decided to create a suitable page for Blue Lizard Studio.It's been a good start to the year, with the Accord's new ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:00 GMT