Recording Studio offering high quality productions at
affordable rates.
Our aim is to give you satisfaction and get the best possible results
for your project.
Albums, Demos, Jingles, Backing Tracks or whatever you require, we
will help you do it... and do it cost effectively.
Located in Coolum, the studio room is situated a quiet location
surrounded is a great, relaxed enviorment to work in.
Production
The studio is owned and operated by
Ian Hildebrand who has nearly 30 years studio experience and the same as a
professional musician.
Lighthouse, (now called Big Dealz and on the Sunshine Coast) has been running as a commercial
recording studio for nearly 10 years. Ian will
work with you as engineer, producer or co-producer of your project, depending on
your needs. He is just as happy to give advise on song arrangements or any help required
in getting the best possible outcome.
Studio.
The studio has been busy doing a string of CDs and demos for all styles of music from
Country & Rock through to Jazz and Pop.
Ian has also done pre production for The Whitlams and co-writing with Tim Freedman,
featuring and performing on the Whitlams ARIA winning 'Eternal Nightcap' album.
Musician.
With an Associate Dip. in Jazz Studies, grades in classical guitar, years of teaching
experience in guitar and musicianship, as well being a side man and MD for countless top
artists, he is well qualified in the area of arranging and producing.
Getting There
"I have been messing around in studios
since I was at school. My best friend's dad owned Clover Studios (now Sun Studios) in Kippax St Surry
Hills. We would be in there every weekend recording ideas and experimenting with different
ways of getting sounds onto tape. It was a very valuable experience having all that free
time to learn and to try out different ways of doing things in a proper commercial setup.
Since then I have had various home recording systems which became progressively better as
time went on. Getting good sounds on not so good gear was a challenging exercise, but it
does teach you a lot".
"The gear they have now is so much more
advanced and opens up a lot more possibilities with great effects and editing
capabilities.. still, you still have to know how to use it to get the best results".
Save Money.
How? ... Simple, record at
Lighthouse Studios.
Flat Rate $35 per hour.
Other ways to save.
Have your material as well organised as possible before even thinking
about walking into a studio.
The clearer the picture of what you want a song to sound like, the quicker
it can be achieved and the less it will cost you in studio time.
Things worth thinking about.
Is the song be an album track or are you aiming at radio airplay?
How long is the song?
Is it too long or too short?
Do you want harmonies? If so where and which harmony parts.
Does the arrangement work or could it be trimmed down or extended for a
better result?
Does it really need a guitar solo or would keyboards be better? Is the
solo to long/short?
Does the feel work? etc.
Careful consideration of these things beforehand can help save valuable
recording studio time and lead to a much better end result.
Gear
Yamaha 02R fully automated digital mixing
console.
Alesis Adat XT
Cubase SX Audio Software
Yamaha NS-10Ms
Creamware / Scope PC Cards
J L Cooper Data Master Sync Box
Yamaha Motif Rack-ES
Tascam DA-20 Dat Recorder
Mackie 1202 Mixer
Revox B77 MK11
Akai DR4
Duncan KTG-1 Valve Preamp
Alesis Dm5 Drum Module
Ensonique SQ1 Keyboard
Roland Controllere Keyboard
