The Guild is pleased to now offer LIVE RECORDING OF shows and concerts.
The Guild is the only venue on PEI that offers this in-house recording service with our new Digidesign Venue SC48 digital console. The Venue SC48 features 48 mic/line XLR inputs and 16 line outputs, and it packs I/O, digital signal processing and mixing control into a single console. ProTools is fully integrated with the board, allowing one sound engineer to manage recordings with ease. This keeps costs down and increases the potential for an inexpensive Live Demo EP or CD.
Our recent upgrades, made possible with the financial assistance of ACOA’s Innovative Communites Fund, include new audio equipment, theatre seating, lighting, cabaret tables, stage curtains, skirting, staging components and safety rails. The Guild is a very classy joint to record your LIVE! OFF THE FLOOR CD.
There is that special “something” that you hear in the music of live recordings…it’s “one-take magic”…the exchange of infectious energy back and forth between the performers and the audience is audible and captured in the recording. Set the tables up cabaret style …candles…glasses of wine…great music…great applause and you leave with digitally recorded tracks of the night, ready for mastering.
The Guild’s audio and light technician is Eric Fortune. He graduated from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology (OIART); one of the premiere recording schools in North America. He is highly skilled and has worked with a variety of groups including musicians, actors and comedians. About the Venue SC48 Eric says, “The system has the same studio grade pre-amps that large studios use, we can record 18 tracks directly to Disk on a Pro Tools LE system. It’s super user-friendly. We can do what would normally take racks and racks of gear and record it all straight to disk on a professional system - from mics to recorder we're good to go.”
The Guild Provides:
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The Guild black box theatre, including theatre-style or cabaret style seating for up to 150 people, and FOH staff.
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All equipment (48-channel Digitech), mics, effects, lighting, etc.
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Ticketing service for the live audience
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Publicity, postering (if posters are provided)
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Cash bar & service if desired
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The recording technician, Eric Fortune
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Mastering tech - Eric can also master the tracks at a pre-determined cost with a separate contract.
The Details
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The Guild only records with a live studio audience.
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The recording session is a contract between The Guild and the Artist.
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The session is based on an 8 hour period of time, including set-up, tear down and performance/recording period.
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The audience ticket price offsets the cost of the live recording session. Artists/group set ticket price. The ticket sales go against the full rental with the remaining money paid to the artist directly.
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The Guild retains the standard $2 box office surcharge as well as bar sales.
Costs
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Live recording session (up to 6 hours + 2 hours max for setup/tech/strike) - $250-$400 (subsidies apply for emerging artists)
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Technical Surcharge - $30/hr (quote based on 6 hrs for Guild technician, full use of equipment, effects, mics, etc. for one digital copy of all tracks) - $180
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Recording Fee - $100
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Basic Recording cost for emerging artists - $530
Revenue/Funding offsetting costs
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Ticket Sales to (say) 50 people @ $10 per ticket - $500
Mastering Costs (optional via Eric Fortune)
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12 hour minimum for 5-6 songs x $25 per hour - $300
GST will be added to all costs
For further information on booking a LIVE! OFF THE FLOOR recording session call Michelle Hooper, Event Liaison at 368-4479 or email: events@theguildpei.com.
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