Music Production & Songwriting · Recording in Lahr

From the first riff
to a finished track.

Not everyone shows up with a finished recording. Some have a live show they want captured well. Others have an idea, a lyric, a riff, and need someone to think through the rest with them. I work on the whole song, songwriting and arrangement, recording, mixing and mastering, whether that happens in our own studio, out at a show, or through our network of partner studios for bigger sessions.

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Good sound, wherever it happens.

Most of a production, songwriting, arrangement, and tracking individual instruments and vocals, happens right here in our own studio. For live shows, we come to you. And for sessions that need more room than we have, we tap into a network of partner studios.

Studio Recording

Right here in our studio.

Our studio is small and personal by design, already proven with grand piano and drums. Most of our production work happens here: vocals, individual instruments, and overdub sessions tracked one layer at a time. Unlike a lot of studios, we don't just hit record and wait to see what happens: we actively contribute creatively during the session, on arrangement, structure, and sound, whenever that's wanted.

  • Vocal recording
  • Individual instruments (guitar, piano, and more)
  • Overdub sessions for existing productions
  • Creative input on arrangement & sound included
  • Straight into mixing & mastering afterward
from €800 / first day
from €700 each additional day · VAT included
Live Recording

Your show, at studio quality.

We come to your concert or performance and capture the sound professionally on location. This is a core strength of ours, sharpened over years of WeLive and our concert film work. If you've already recorded the show yourself, we can handle the post-production alone – everything about that is on our Live Recording Mixing page.

  • Professional mic setup on location
  • Clean sound capture regardless of the venue
  • Live recording mix available afterward
  • Can be paired with concert film production

EP discount: 10% off recording from 3 songs – ideal if you're tracking several songs back to back.

Bigger sessions

If a recording needs more room than we have, a full band playing together, or a big horn section, we arrange that through our network of partner studios in the region. The actual work, production, songwriting, arrangement, and mixing/mastering, still stays with us.

Songwriting & Arrangement.

Most artists don't show up with a finished plan. They show up with an idea, a feeling, or just the wish for something to finally sound professional. That's enough to start. We don't just handle the last step (mixing, mastering), we can stay involved the whole way: structure, arrangement ideas, production feedback, before or while recording happens.

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First ConversationWe listen. What you're making, what you want, what's holding it back.
2
ArrangementWorking out structure and instrumentation together.
3
RecordingOn location or in the studio, whichever fits.
4
Mixing & MasteringA finished sound that holds up everywhere.
5
Finished TrackRelease-ready. Something you can be proud of.

If we contribute creatively to composition or lyrics, we talk that through openly with you. For smaller contributions within a session, that's usually handled through fair co-writer credit with GEMA (the German performing rights society), rather than an extra fee. For more substantial compositional work, writing out full orchestral parts for example, we agree separately on the time it takes, which gets billed on its own.

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Maik Styrnol
Maik Styrnol

I'll also tell you when a song isn't finished yet.

When you send me a demo, however rough, I'm not listening for sound quality first. I'm listening for whether the song grabs me. That's what decides whether we go straight into recording, or whether we need to work on the song itself first, on structure, arrangement, on whatever's actually supposed to carry it.

That also means I'll sometimes tell you something you don't want to hear. A guitar part that needs to go. A chorus that isn't quite there yet. Not to be right, but because a song only really works once it's actually finished, not just finished recording.

In the end, it's about the artist's vision, not mine. I'm deliberately versatile and open to very different ideas, but I need to feel and understand for myself what's actually wanted. That mostly comes down to one thing: honest communication, until we're genuinely on the same wavelength. Once that's in place, the song, the recording, and eventually the mixing tend to come together on their own, right here in the studio, once you're in.

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Frequently asked questions.

How much does studio recording cost?
The first recording day costs from €800, VAT included, and each additional day from €700. Creative input on arrangement and sound is included. Booking 3 or more songs back to back gets you 10% off recording, which works well for EP productions.
Can you record a full band, or a big horn section, all at once?
Not in our own room, it's simply too small for that. For sessions that need more space, we bring in one of the partner studios in our network. The actual creative work, production, songwriting, arrangement, and mixing/mastering, still happens with us as usual.
What's the difference between studio recording and a live recording?
Studio recording means you come to us, for vocals, individual instruments, or overdubs, tracked one at a time. A live recording means we come to your show and capture the sound on location, at studio quality.
Do I need to already have a finished song?
No. Plenty of artists show up with an idea, a riff, or just the wish to finally sound professional. We can be involved the whole way, from the first idea through arrangement and structure to the finished recording, not just the last step.
Do you just record, or do you get creatively involved too?
We stay actively involved creatively during a session, when that's wanted, instead of just hitting record and waiting to see what happens. That ranges from arrangement and sound ideas to actual composition or lyrics, if desired. Smaller creative contributions are part of the normal working relationship; for more substantial compositional work, full orchestral parts for example, we talk openly about the extra time that takes.

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Live recording, studio session, or an idea that still needs shape, tell us what you're working on.