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Hana Road Studios

🎼 Dolby Atmos certified Recording and Music Production Studio
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✔️ Music & Video Production Studio located in the heart of Montreux, Switzerland
✔️Audiovisual Equipment Rental

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25/04/2025

Proud to share "Tears Dry Tonight", the new song by and , with vocals recorded and produced at Hana Road Studios 🔥 Happy to be part of this project 🙌

24/04/2025

.94 at Hana Road Studios🔥 Stay tuned ✨️🙌

18/03/2025

At Hana Road Studios, we offer a variety of podcast and interview sets designed to fit any topic you want to explore. Whether you're diving into deep conversations, industry insights, or creative storytelling, our versatile spaces provide the perfect backdrop for your content ✨️
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30/01/2025

A long-awaited delivery has finally arrived — a vinyl featuring concert from 2023, mixed and mastered by Hana Road Studios 🔥 It’s both a privilege and a true pleasure to work on such legendary material ✨️ Many thanks to Montreux Media Ventures for your trust!

20/01/2025

Had the absolute pleasure of working with a true legend and pro at our studio🤩 Excited to hear the results and looking forward to having you back again soon!✨️

09/12/2024

Let's have a look at some frequent mixing mistakes:

🔸️Neglecting Proper Gain Staging
This can lead to distortion, clipping, and poor overall sound quality. If your levels are too hot early on, you risk introducing unwanted distortion or losing headroom in your mix. Similarly, if your levels are too low, you might not have enough signal to work with, leading to a lack of detail and clarity.

🔸️Overprocessing with Effects
While effects such as EQ, compression, reverb, and delay can elevate a mix, overdoing it can lead to a muddy and overly complex sound. Excessive EQ boosts or heavy compression can result in unnatural or squashed sound, while overuse of reverb or delay can make elements in the mix sound distant or cluttered.

🔸️Ignoring Stereo Image and Panning
A common mistake, especially for beginners, is treating every element in the mix as though it should be placed directly in the center. This results in a flat, two-dimensional sound that lacks width and depth. A good mix should have a sense of space, with elements placed thoughtfully across the stereo field to create a dynamic, engaging listening experience.

🔸️Overloading the Low End
The low-end frequencies in a mix are crucial for adding warmth, depth, and energy, but they can also easily overwhelm the rest of the mix if not managed carefully. Overloaded bass and kick drum frequencies can quickly become boomy or muddy, making the entire mix feel unbalanced.

🔸️Failing to Reference Other Tracks
It’s easy to get caught up in the nuances of your mix and lose perspective. Without referencing other professionally mixed tracks, it’s difficult to judge whether your mix holds up in terms of balance, clarity, and impact. You may find that your track sounds great on your system but doesn’t translate well on other speakers or in different environments.

🔸️Not Taking Breaks
Mixing for extended periods can lead to ear fatigue, which affects your ability to make objective decisions. When you’re immersed in the mix for too long, you might not hear certain frequencies properly, or you may start to make decisions based on what you’ve been hearing too much of, instead of fresh perspectives.

22/11/2024

Where music is born 🎧
Hana Road Studios 📍

19/11/2024

Artist merchandise is a way for fans to connect with their favorite musicians and for artists to express their brand. However, behind the scenes of those cool designs lies a web of copyright issues that can create headaches for artists, designers, and even fans.

In the context of merchandise, copyright ensures that the creator of a design retains exclusive rights to its reproduction, distribution, and use. For artists, this means they can control how their branding and imagery are used commercially.

🔷️Common Copyright Issues in Merchandise

🔸️ Unauthorized Use of Artwork or Logos
Many artists collaborate with designers to create unique merchandise, but disputes can arise if the rights to the artwork aren’t clearly outlined. For example:
▪️ If an artist doesn't secure a proper licensing agreement, the designer might claim ownership of the work, leading to legal battles.
▪️ Bootleggers often replicate logos or designs without permission, undercutting official merchandise sales.

🔸️Fan-Created Merch
Fans often create and sell merchandise inspired by their favorite artists, such as custom T-shirts or stickers. While this can seem harmless, it’s technically a violation of copyright law.

🔸️Sampling Other Works in Merch Designs
Incorporating existing copyrighted material—like famous album covers, lyrics, or imagery—into merch designs without proper permissions can result in infringement lawsuits.

🔸️International Copyright Issues
When artists tour internationally, they face varying copyright laws. What’s protected in one country might not be enforceable in another.

🔷️How Artists Can Protect Their Merchandise

🔸️ Artists should trademark their logos, slogans, and distinctive designs to prevent unauthorized use. A registered trademark provides a stronger legal basis for enforcement.

🔸️Collaboration agreements with designers should specify ownership rights, usage terms, and royalty structures. This avoids confusion and disputes later on.

🔸️ Artists can use services that scan online marketplaces for counterfeit products.

🔸️Artists should register their trademarks in multiple jurisdictions.

05/11/2024

A songwriting camp is an organized session where artists, producers, and songwriters come together to create new music over a few days or weeks. These events have become a cornerstone in the music industry, offering a collaborative and intense environment to spark creativity, mix talents, and produce hits. Artists like Rihanna, Beyoncé, and Eurovision competitions are famous for hosting songwriting camps, bringing in top talent to create potential hits.

🔸️How Does It Work?

1. Setup: Typically, a camp has a central location where participants are divided into small groups each day. Each team usually includes songwriters, producers, and sometimes even performing artists.

2. Daily Rounds: Teams work together to craft a song from scratch. After a session, groups change, so everyone works with different people across the event.

3. Final Product: By the end of the camp, dozens of songs have been created. The best tracks may get produced, pitched to artists, or even directly recorded.

Pros 🌟

Creative Collaboration: Songwriting camps enable artists to share ideas, experiment with new sounds, and learn from each other's strengths.

Efficient Production: With intense focus, these camps can generate a lot of content quickly, leading to more chances of hitting on something unique.

Networking: Camps bring together music professionals, opening doors for future collaborations or business opportunities.

Cons ⚠️

Pressure to Perform: The high-energy, fast-paced nature can be stressful, as participants aim to make each song a potential hit.

Creative Conflicts: Differences in creative vision are common, and balancing ideas can sometimes lead to friction.

Time Constraints: The short, intense format might limit in-depth development, meaning some songs may lack refinement.

29/10/2024

The term "master rights" refers to the ownership of the original sound recording of a song. The owner of the master rights controls how and where the song is used, licensed, and monetized.

🔷️Who Can Own Master Rights?
🔸️Record labels finance the recording and take ownership of the masters in exchange for promoting and distributing the music. This means that even though an artist performs and creates the music, the label retains control over how the recording is used.
🔸️Artists who self-fund their recording projects and release music independently often retain ownership of their masters.
🔸️In some cases, a producer or an external party who invests in the production of the recording may receive a portion or full ownership
🔸️Master rights can also be sold or transferred to other parties, such as music publishers, private investors, etc
🔸️In classical music, orchestras, record labels, or sometimes even conductors may own the master rights to a particular recording of a piece.

🔷️Pros of Owning Your Masters:
🔸️Artists who own their masters have complete control over how their music is used, including in advertisements, films, and TV shows.
🔸️ Master owners collect all royalties generated from the master recording, including from streaming, sync licensing, and physical sales.
🔸️Owning master rights can be a valuable financial asset. Many artists have sold their catalogs for substantial sums, turning their masters into long-term investments.

🔷️Cons of Owning Your Masters:
🔸️Recording an album independently can be expensive. Without label funding, artists bear the full cost of production, marketing, and distribution.
🔸️ Owning your masters involves more risk. If an independently released album doesn’t perform well, the artist may struggle to recoup their investment.
🔸️Without a major label’s backing, artists may miss out on the marketing, promotion, and industry connections

💡Master rights can be bought, sold, or transferred just like any other property.
💡Reversion Clauses: Some record deals include reversion clauses, allowing artists to regain ownership of their masters after a set period (e.g., 35 years)

01/10/2024

When composing a song, it's no longer enough to just focus on traditional songwriting methods; taking social media formats and trends into account is crucial, especially if you want your song to go viral. Keep these things in mind to create a potential TikTok hit.✨️

🔸️ Focus on crafting catchy, relatable, and concise hooks that can be easily repeated. TikTok videos are short, and users need to be hooked fast.

🔸️ In your lyrics, include phrases or ideas that could inspire a viral challenge or trend, making the song easy for users to create content around. TikTok users are drawn to songs that suggest movement, emotions, or actions, like "dance," "jump," or "fly." This helps create viral moments through dances or visual storytelling.

🔸️ Identify TikTok trends (like dances or challenges) and create a song that naturally fits into them. Your track should complement popular challenges or inspire new ones. Consider tempo and rhythm that suit a trending dance style, as TikTok users love to create choreography.

🔸️ Think about moments in your song that can lead to visual creativity (e.g., a pause for a dance move, a drop for a transition). Integrate sound effects or transitions in your song that users can interact with or creatively integrate into their content.

🔸️ Write with both TikTok and long-form platforms in mind. Condense the essence of the song for TikTok—making sure your key lines or moments fit within a short video clip—while allowing space for the full emotional journey in the longer version for streaming platforms.

23/09/2024

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