Services
The focus of Corvidae Music is to provide a service for singer/songwriters who wish to record a full sounding demo without the need to hire multiple musicians to provide backing tracks, or extensive programmed tracks that sound stiff and artificial. Since Jonathan plays a wide variety of instruments at a high standard of proficiency, there is little or no need to involve any other expensive studio musicians, he acts as engineer, producer, and session musicians all in one person. If session musicians are required though, Corvidae Music can recommend some very capable and professional players for whichever instrument is needed.
The advantage of this is that it greatly simplifies the creative process and keeps costs down.
How the "Songwriter Service" Works
Initially, a meeting with Jonathan as a producer will yield a game plan for the songs to be recorded, where an arrangement will be agreed upon and an estimation of how long it will take for the recording process.
Once that's done, record your vocal and accompanying instrument, either on your own, or at Corvidae Music, where the tracks are used as guide tracks and then any number of instruments are added to the arrangement. Those instruments include bass, guitar (acoustic, electric, bottleneck slide), drums, keyboards, and hand percussion, and those are just what is immediately on hand.
Once the band instruments are added, then a final vocal take and any other additional tracks are needed to be added are done. Then the song is mixed and transferred to media of your choice. A typical arrangement will take about 12 hours to yield a finished song, depending on the complexity.
Mastering is not included in the price, since some clients may opt to have their songs sent to an actual mastering studio (very advisable if it is to be used for commercial release), or, Corvidae Music can master the recording if the client would prefer to go with a less expensive option than a commercial mastering studio.
Other Services Available
Basic mastering (final mix compression, normalizing volume to broadcast standards) is available.
Mixing services for tracks already recorded.
Jonathan is available as session musician (fretted and fretless bass, acoustic and electric guitar) and/or producer for projects at other studios. Available for touring as well.