A full service digital recording studio serving the
North Texas / Southern Oklahoma area. We have managed to keep our overhead costs low buy acquiring our equipment over time, not borrowing money, and with the lower real-estate cost in our rural setting. About an hour drive north of Dallas, we can
under bid most comparable recording studios in the this area. Save money without sacrificing
quality. With lower costs you can afford to spend more time in the studio and we promise to give your project the personal attention
it deserves.
Founded by long time musician Rick Massey, who understands
the unique considerations of a creative individual or group,
when working toward a goal.
For years Rick was a professional musician with influences
ranging from Contemporary Christian, Classic Rock, Country,
Blues, Pop, Folk, Classical, Jazz, and Bluegrass. After
years of recording and producing music from his studio he
has developed a love of assisting other artists. Helping
them achieve their maximum potential.
What
We Do at the Studio:
Massey's Music Productions offers a recording / production
studio, with a unique, friendly, no-pressure, atmosphere,
in the quaint, rural setting of Windom, Texas. We specialize
in Demo's and Full-length CD projects for Groups, Single
Artists, Vocalists and Commercial Music.
Tracking:
This is the phase of recording where an artist or band actually records the tracks for the song. We may record the entire band playing at once to get a good "live" feel, or record the song in phases, with each musician performing as many takes as needed to perfect the part.
For instance, a band may play the instrumental portion of the song, then the vocalist will "overdub" vocals. This gives the vocalist as many takes as necessary to get the vocals right.
It is crucial to have a skilled engineer during this phase, as a musician or vocalist may wish to go back and change only one phrase of a take, or perhaps duplicate a single phrase over the length of the song.
Mixing:
The mixing phase sees all the recorded tracks brought together with equalization, compression, and other effects to produce a single stereo track. All instruments and vocals will need to be treated individually to create the sound desired. Again, at this stage, it takes a skilled engineer to work efficiently with the artist and producer to bring out the desired sound.
Mastering:
Mastering is the final phase in the production of the finished project. This is where the tracks are "polished" to yield the finished, release-ready sound of a commercial track. This phase involves "normalizing" the levels of completed tracks to achieve uniform loudness, controlling peaks in the mixed material, final tweaking in the frequency domain, multiband compression, and more.
Mastering is exceptionally important for commercial-grade music because it ensures the most full, rich sound possible from the recording. This is also the stage where some tracks may be cross-faded with others, or subdivided to create separate tracks on a CD.
upon request.
How
We Do It:
Massey's Music Productions features high-quality recording
gear (see equipment list), and is able to manipulate and
edit your music to a state of near perfection. Rick is known
for his creative, fast, efficient, productions, while maintaining
a keen eye for details. We strive in getting the sound that
the Artist envisions, so the end product is your flavor,
not ours. We always try to establish a stress free work
environment with open communication. We are a smoke free,
alcohol free facility, suitable for anyone including family
and religious groups.
Why
We Do It:
To Rick, the three most cherished things in his life are,
his faith in god, the love of his family, and the love of
music. Bottom line is he does this because he loves it.
Each person that walks through the door is a gift, to be
nurtured. To unlock the potential of every Artist so that
the finial mix is better than they expected. It's not about
the money. Taking pride in the fact that the customer is
happy with the results, and the job was completed in the
most satisfactory fashion. This is what takes Priority.
Special Services and Features:
• We can accommodate everyone from a single artist,
small groups, up to a full sized choir with accompaniment.
• Vocal pitch correction and many other modeling and
mastering plug-ins provided.
• Finished vocal and performance CDs from Backup tracks.
• Flexible scheduling and very reasonable hourly rates.
Give us a chance and we will make every effort to fit into
your budget and still get the quality results you desire.
Other Things
to Consider:
In this very quite rural setting the only ambient sounds
are usually the wind and the birds chirping, not like urban
settings. Plus it gives your group an opportunity to get
away from all the normal distractions. You might be surprised
how a quite day in the country helps creativity. Also with
communications like they are today, many mix-down, mastering
and correspondence can take place over the net, so repeated
trips to Windom may not be necessary.
Why
We Do It:
