I'm Tim, and I run Full of Joy Studios in north Wales, United Kingdom. With many years of experience and a huge variety of projects, I am able to offer many diverse services at an extremely high quality, professional level.
I have been writing and recording material for over 10 years. Music recorded at my studio has been played on major radio and TV networks throughout the world, including BBC Radio One, BBC TV, Disney Channel and many more.
We are a team of three, which allows us to offer many different services:
Production
Mixing
Mastering
Session guitar - Classical, Electric, Bass and Acoustic
Session vocals - Soprano female vocal as heard on "Royals" cover
Songwriting
Top-line melody writing
Instrumental writing
Lyric writing
Jingles
Tuning
Audio quantising
All of these techniques can be heard in our sample track. Please contact us for more information on any of our services.
I'd love to hear about your project. Click the 'Contact' button above to get in touch.
Interview with Full of Joy Studios
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Golden Fable - Ancient Blue album, which received extensive radio play all over the world and is published by BMG/ Chrysalis. Role: Songwriting, engineering, session work, production.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: The third album from Golden Fable, Youtube audio and videos for The Joys, and a new EP for Mechanical Owl.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. Analogue recording can be absolutely brilliant, but digital is improving all the time and the recall facility is invaluable.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: That every job is given the amount of time it deserves.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Getting to work with so many talented musicians from all walks of life.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: How quickly would you like to receive the finished work? Do you have examples of previous work that we can hear?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Please be specific in your requirements and give examples of work that you admire.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Ramirez classical guitar, Cubase, Neve 8801 Channel Strip, Dave Pearlman TM-1 and Gibson Jonny A Custom.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started playing guitar at 8 years old, and have been writing music since my early teens. After being in bands for a few years, I quickly wanted to record my own music. I've now owned a studio for over 10 years and have had music broadcast on TV and radio all over the world.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Thom Yorke. I have huge respect for his writing and the way he has constantly adapted and pushed himself throughout his career.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Think about what is best for the song, not what shows off musical or technical prowess.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Folk, electronic, Americana, singer-songwriter, post-rock, instrumental, classical.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Attention to detail and high quality results.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: An extremely strong work ethic with a strong eye for detail. I strive to make each song unique and full of character.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: 9-5 studio work, 6 days a week. Work includes: song-writing, arranging, mixing, tuning, session work, production, mastering, tracking, editing and more.
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: Software - Cubase 6.5, UAD (Neve, Manley, SLL plug-ins etc) , WaveLab, Komplete Outboard - Neve 8801 channel strip, TC Electronic M-One XL Mackie D8B 48 channel mixing desk Speakers - Yamaha NS-10, Wharfedale Microphones - Pearlman TM-1, Blue Kiwi, Shure SM57 (x 3), Shure SM58, Shure Beta 58, T.bone RM 700 (x 3), Sennheiser e906 and many more Keyboards - Roland RD 300, Roland VK8, Nord Lead 2 Drums - Tama Arkstar Amplifiers - Orange Rockerverb 50 with 4x14 Orange Cab, Orange Tiny Terror, Vox AC30 Guitars - Gibson Jonny A Custom, Fender Custom Shop Deluxe Stratocaster, Taylor 314CE, Jackson Other instruments - Double Bass, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Harmonium, Banjo, Mandola, Cello, Ukulele, Flute, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Bouzouki
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: Beck, Damon Albarn, Bill Fay, David Wrench, John Williams (Classical Guitarist).
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Full production. Arranging, session work, engineering, tracking, mixing, mastering.
I was the producer, instrumentalist, arranger, mixer, masterer in this production
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $250 per song
- Songwriter - MusicAverage price - $170 per song
- Singer - FemaleAverage price - $100 per song
- Vocal TuningAverage price - $40 per track
- Vocal compingAverage price - $40 per track
- Electric GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
- Classical GuitarAverage price - $70 per song
For mixing and mastering, I offer 3 rounds of revisions per song. Each song is delivered as an mp3 and a wav file. Instrumentals upon request. My right remains to display my work in my portfolio.
- Neve
- UAD
- Mackie
- Dave Pearlman
- Blue
- Fender
- Gibson
- Orange
- Vox
- Taylor
- Ramirez
