Riverside Studios is situated in the south side of Glasgow in Busby, twenty minutes from the city centre and 30 minutes from Glasgow Airport.
The studio complex features 2 fully equipped, spacious rehearsal/pre-production rooms and 2 recording studios.Whether you want to record your first demo, or your latest album, we have the facilites - and experience - to ensure you get exactly what you want from your recordings.
Studio 1 is a 24/48 track analogue with a fully automated 60 channel Amek Mozart desk, pine and stone live room, and isolation booths. Studio 1 also includes full digital spec.
Studio 2 is a 16 track analogue studio with soundcraft desk. Mastering in both studios is analogue and digital. Both studios have full mic specs and impressive outboard lists.
We aslo provide full digital and analogue mastering services.
We have 2 recently refurbished, spacious rehearsal/pre-production rooms, situated in a seperate building from the main studios, with recreation/vending facilities. Free car parking is also available for anyone using the studio.
We also offer a vintage gear hire service.
Please visit our website, for details of our equipment spec and studio rates.
Riverside Studios also hosts The Optimus Project, which is a 3 level youth music development programne with over 50 bands participating to date. The programne is aimed at developing the participants songwrititng, performing and recording skills as well as increasing their knowledgeof the music industry and the opportunities which may become available to them. This is acheived through a series of skill workshops and a supervised rehersal, recording and performance programne, helping the participants to write, record and perform their works, which are included in project compilation CD's and on level 3, single releases for each of the artists.These releases are circulated and distributed for sale and review, helping the artists to build their profile in the music scene.
The project is run in partnership with Stow College, and participants completing the programne are able to gain up to 11 National Certificate Credits, making the project unique in delivering both practical and educational outcomes.
Optimus is both popular and successfull, with 5 compilation albums and 25 CD singles releases to date, and another compilation about to be released from the current participants , who are now working on tracks for their individual single releases in the summer. More details available from our website.
Would you like to study for a SQA award from NQ to HNC/D in
sound production or music performance, based in one of Scotland's renowned professional Recording Studios.
Riverside Studios have relocated to a new state of the art
purpose built facility in Busby in the South Side of Glasgow.
The new rehearsal and studio facilities have been designed to enable students to study the above the courses within the Riverside Complex.
For further information and an application form contact either
Duncan Cameron : tel. 01416445571 email. [email protected]
Also check out our partners, Grundioso Records who have released 3 singles so far.. The Debut St Deluxe single 'distant Light' and the first two MAXI Singles. .
The First MAXI Singles which features Duglas Stewart and the Brides of Frankenstein (Duglas BMX Bandits - Norman Teenage Fanclub - Francis Teenage Fanclub, Shoeshine Records). The Starlets and St Deluxe.
The second in the series features the live fav 'Stupid Ideas' from St Deluxe and 'Nobel prize' from the mighty Music and Movement. which can be bought or downloaded from the all new Grundioso Shop
