Gold Tone Studio

25/08/2026

23/07/2026

A joy working with Beau Clancy on his new release, and I say his new release, but his partner Sarah was definitely in this record as much as him. Two people finding their way to releasing the music they’ve had with them, learning a tonne every step of the way, and open to learning more and more.
I was on mixing and mastering duties, but I added a little percussion and advised on some overdubs, which I felt weren’t me imposing on the project but working as hard as they have to lift it higher than the sum of the parts.
It’s out tomorrow on all platforms, search for Beau Clancy ‘Too Real’
If you need some help, whether you are just starting out with your debut release, or are 10 records in and need something to push your ideas forward, get in touch, I can help. X

04/06/2026

Taking a quiet fragile phone recording and turning it into a proper song, whilst retaining its quietness and its fragility.

This is what drives me forward. Thanks for trusting me with your music.

Produced, mixed and mastered here, by me.

27/05/2026

I’m so proud of and his vision for the music industry.

25/05/2026

AI can’t feel. If you don’t want feeling in your music, then use AI.

19/05/2026

My thoughts about AI. I’d be interested to know what you think. X

19/03/2026

Music that Inspires me in the studio: Sebastian Tellier ‘La Ritournelle’ from 2003.

A whopper of a track that doesn’t mind giving you all the feels. A loping piano line, heavenly strings, Tony Allen on drums putting in a masterclass in lighthandedness, this track moves from heart strings pulling, to flying high above the clouds to placing you ever so gently back on the ground and kissing you on the forehead.
Arranged well, recorded well, probably only a light hand on the mix and master, it’s all there and you can feel it.
Essential.

12/03/2026

Music that inspires my work@as a producer/engineer.

Nick Drake ‘Five Leaves Left’

Every generation ‘discovers’ Nick Drake and rightly so, beautiful songs, lovingly crafted.

This debut album is a work of art, bringing a life to Nicks songs that lifted them above singer/songwriter and have given them a longevity and beauty that maybe may have been missed if not.

Nick trusted his producer Joe Boyd and that is the lesson here, Joe could hear that these tracks deserved to reach more people than maybe Nick could, and went about making them undeniably reach into people’s consciousness and stay there, as they have with me and countless others.

Make your art as undeniable as this, and you’ll be OK.

03/03/2026

I don’t often post about gear, it’s not the gear that makes the engineer, knowing what tools to use and when to bring out the emotions is what makes a good engineer.
However, I took a moment to listen to the wet signal coming through my Doctor A reverb/delay this morning and it gives me goose pimples.
These things sound amazing and deliver the tone I’m looking for to build emotional in a track.
I’ve had this for ages and use it, even in really small amounts, on everything because it has that tone, is really flexible and has depth deeper than Loch Ness.

Don’t forget that it music is all about emotion, that’s all I care about.