Frequently Asked Questions

My recording studio, Serif Sound, is located in an old factory building in Middletown, CT, right between New York and Boston. It is designed to have a modern workflow, and an old-school vibe. Open the 10ft tall windows to let in the light, or pull the curtains for a darker moodier feel. Smack the always-mic’d-up drumkit, or pick through the collection of guitars and other instruments. At Serif Sound, nothing stands between your inspiration and the recorder.

Typically, no. For full-song recording projects (single, EP, or album), I schedule time based on the needs of the project and charge by the song.

For one-off sessions that don’t fit the description above, I typically book full days and charge a day rate.

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Yes! My philosophy on recording is that the song is king. A great recording of a half-baked song is a half-baked recording. I am more than happy to help you develop your song and dial in sounds before and during the recording process.

If I’m in the producer role for your project, even before we hit record, we will spend some time on preproduction. That can include discussions about your goals, songwriting, arrangement, finding sounds, and sometimes demo recording to make sure everything feels the best it possibly can. Then we’ll hit the ground running for the final takes and know we are going to be successful with the end product. 

You can absolutely bring your own engineer or producer. 

However, I do require an engineer who knows the studio to be present for all sessions. Either myself or one of my engineers will need to attend the session to assist if an outside engineer is working at Serif Sound for the first time.

The recording calendar varies season to season. I recommend reaching out about booking your session as soon as all of the songs for the project are written, or mostly written. 

In general, booking as far in advance as possible is the way to go.

I try to book projects in solid blocks of days. If you have an EP and we decide we need 8 days to record all of it, we will book an 8-day block of time for it (for ex. Mon-Sat one week and then Mon-Tues the next week).

I understand that weekends are often the most convenient for people, but it’s in the best interest of every project to do the sessions in one push. This allows us to have consistency of tones between songs (keeping microphones set up between days) and more efficient use of our time (not having to re-set up the whole session multiple times). Ultimately, that saves you money and gets you a better sounding product in the end.

I will discuss your project with you so we can agree on a timeline that makes sense for your project and your budget. In general though, I plan for two days per song for recording, and one day per song for mixing.