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    • Songwriters
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    • Orchestral Production
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Songwriters at shabbey road

Ever since we opened in 1999 we have had a steady stream of songwriters gracing our establishment.

Al Steele has been a songwriter all his life, so the art of building something from scratch comes easily. As our roster of songwriters increased we added Rob Sherwood who is equally skilled at interprating songs in a wide variety of ways.

There are almost as many styles of songwriters as there are songs(!) so no one size fits all here. You may have written a song on a guitar, but don't feel you play very well - no problem - just strum it to us and we will take it from there. It often helps if you have an idea in mind which direction you would like to go, but it is not essential - we always have ideas!

Of course, songs are not just played by bands (or virtual bands) and sometimes a larger canvas is required. Several of our clients are aiming for musical theatre or Disney type films. For this you would need a healthy smattering of orchestral instruments. Al, Nigel and Rob can all arrange written music  for anything up to full orchestra. If this is more your cup of tea then also check out our Orchestra Production page as some of the procedures would be the way we would work.

You may only write lyrics - or just the tune. Fancy a co-write? This takes a little more time, but we are still pretty quick!

We have put together a little presentation that takes you through lots of the variables and there is a rough guide to how much each option costs. Our basic songwriters rate starts at £120 for four hours - and we would hope to get close to the finished song in that time.

Songwriters at Shabbey Road

Ian Mitchard

Ian has recorded around 130 songs at the studio! This was a simple one initially - just piano/guitar/saxophone. When we realised how good Megan was on camera , we expanded the arrangement to include real strings.

Darren Parry

Darren has been recording his original songs a the studio since around 2003. Darren has one many awards for his songs, but he also writes for other people.
Here is Nina Jones with Never Let You Go.
Video filmed by Rob Reed and edited by our in-house designer Ceri Darknell.

Ray Gee

Ray has been in the business a good few years and has built up an awesome collection of blues/country/gospel songs.
Here is his true story from his childhood.
Recorded in a four-hour session.
Ray is a bit reticent to be in a video so Ceri Darknell had her work cut out making this one interesting.

Daniel and Laura Curtis

These guys like to work the big canvas and they are living testimony to bigger sometimes really IS better.
Arranged by Al Steele and produced by Rob Sherwood. A rock band, a brass band, a lot of singers and a full orchestra. It doesn't get much bigger!
Look at the list of stars in this video - make sure you get right to the end!!! Can't take credit for this vid - all put together by Laura Curtis.

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