Guitar/Keyboard/Vocal Demo's

$50.00 per song (average turn-around time 60-90 minutes)

$400.00 per 10 song album (average turn-around time 8-10 hours)

SPECIAL!  $100.00 per song  (Are you a songwriter or lyricist that doesn't sing or play an instrument?  Bring your lyric, melody or both and we will perform the guitar or keyboard track and then sing the song for you!  Don't have a melody?  We will make one up for an additional fee!  This offer is also available online, which means you don't ever have to come to the studio!  You can just email the lyric and an mp3 of the song or melody.  Once again, if you don't have a melody, then just email the lyric and a description of the idea and mood you want for the song!  Click here for more info about our online recording services!)

All recordings include eq, compression, and peak limiting.  If you do not have a guitar or keyboard we can provide either at no additional cost.

Mixing/Editing/Drum and Instrumental programming/Vocal tracking/Guitar, Bass, and Keyboard overdubs

$50.00 per hour

Mastering

$50.00 per song

$400.00 per 10 song album (average turn-around time 6-8 hours)

$500.00 per 15 song album (average turn-around time 8-10 hours)

Why Master? 

1. The overall volume of your project is very low, even compared to your lowest volumed commercially/store bought CDs. It also seems to lack punch, thickness, and an overall density.
2. Individual songs differ drastically in volume from one to another, to the point of disrupting the continuous flow of the whole CD.
3. Along with level differences, there is also a dramatic tonal difference in each song. For instance, one track is boomy and bass heavy, while another is thin, piercing bright and lacks any power. Again, that wrecks havoc on the flow of the work as a whole.
4.  Some of the basic utilitarian items, such as track order, fade ins and outs, basic editing, pq code writing, and a host of other general assembly steps to make your project ready for mass replication/duplication and retail, haven't been performed yet.

Here is an example of a song with master processing and without master processing.  You will clearly see the difference and the importance of mastering.  Mastererd-mix      Un-mastered-mix

Progressive Records mastering includes finalizing, master equalizing, final compression and limiting, cd authoring, and isrc coding burned directly to a professional red book reference CD ready for duplication.

Want an example of how Progressive Records mastering can improve the sound quality of your recordings?  Send an mp3 to dthami2@hotmail.com.  Make sure you put 'Mastering' in the subject header of the email.

All Mp3's must be at least 192 kbps, but we prefer 320 kbps if possible.  The higher the resolution the better the results will sound!  Take your wav. file into Apple itunes and go to the preferences section.  Then go to the advanced tab and adjust the settings to convert your wav. file to mp3.

Don't live in the Nashville area?  Are you unavailable to attend the session?  Mail us your mixes and we will master them and email back references until you are satified!  For more details Click here to go to online mastering.

Band Projects

$300.00-$600.00 a song (average turn-around time 5-7 business days)

$3500.00 for package A (includes 10 songs tracked in big studio, overdubs, editing, mixing, mastering, and  2 red book reference CD's)

$5000.00 for package B (includes 15 songs tracked in big studio, overdubs, editing, mixing, mastering, and  2 red book reference CD's)

Average turn-around time is 3-4 weeks from the date of the first tracking session.

Examples:

Ok 2 Be Angry - Pop/Rock

Long Night Heartache - Progressive Country/Rock

Tonight - California Alt/Rock

Solo Artist Projects

$300.00 a song (average turn-around time 5-7 business days)

$2500.00 for package A (includes 10 songs, overdubs, editing, mixing, mastering, and  2 red book reference CD's)

$3500.00 for package B (includes 15 songs, overdubs, editing, mixing, mastering, and  2 red book reference CD's)

Average turn-around time is 3-4 weeks from the date of the first tracking session.

Examples:

In My Mind - Progressive Country/Pop

Backroad - Country/Southern Pop

Soon As I Could - Contemporary/Country

Starting Today - Progressive Bluegrass/Pop

'The Nashville Sound' Projects

$500.00 a song (must record at least 4 songs) (average turn-around time 5-7 business days)

$5000.00 for package A (includes 10 songs tracked at big studio using the Nashville A-team session musicians that play on all of the modern country hits, overdubs, editing, mixing, mastering, and  2 red book reference CD's)

Average turn-around time is 3-4 weeks from the date of the first tracking session.

Why The Nashville Sound?

Do you want your recordings to sound exactly like today's biggest hits?  We don't mean in loudness and volume, we are talking about the guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and drum tones that we hear when listening to the radio as well as our favorite country CD's.  The reason the songs on the radio and our country CD's sound similar is because there are a handful of session musicians that play on all of them.  They are known as the Nashville A-team musicians.  We use the same musicians on our Nashville Sound projects!  These musicians are paid by the AFM standard scale at a 3-4 hour standard rate.  That is why this project is more expensive and why we have to record at least 4 songs. 

Examples:

Job Well Done - Contemporary/Country

I Believe In You - Contemporary/Country

Terms and Conditions

All project packages require a deposit equal to half of the projects total cost.  For example; a $3500.00 band project will require a $1750.00 advance before the big studio and session dates are booked.  After approval of the final mixes from the band/manager/investor/label, etc the project will be mastered.  After the master is approved the remaining $1750.00 will be paid in full for the 2 red book master reference CD's.  Click Here for complete terms and conditions.