Yellow Shark Recording Studio

08/01/2026

Locked in for vocals with 💛🦈

06/01/2026

Behind The Scenes from todays session 👀

05/01/2026

First session of the year - set up for a drum & bass day with us 💛🦈

31/12/2025

Happy New Year everyone! We’ve had a great 2025, we had more sessions from new and existing artists than ever before & I can’t wait to see some new & old faces in 2026! 💛🦈

22/12/2025

End of year mixes & edits going out, lots of really great & exciting music has been made here in the last few months! 💛🦈

18/12/2025

Throwback to 2013 when Dionne Warwick came to Yellow Shark to record a charity single. 💛🦈

15/12/2025

Some more ‘Sounds of the Studio’ - always a pleasure to have Jokers Flight in! 💛🦈

09/12/2025

Just a quick one to say hey, been pretty busy throughout December, still the odd session and the chance to pick up a gift voucher or book a session as a gift!
Booking up January & February 2026 so get in touch if you’re wanting to stop by ! 💛🦈

06/12/2025

Kind words from a recent session. We love crafting songs & projects with artists, creating a safe place for artists to feel inspired and ready to make great music! 💛🦈

We've recently finished recording our new record, set for release in 2026.

I wanted to share the tracklisting:

1) No Reason
2) Time is an Ocean
3) Wish it was a Fable
4) Doubting Thomas
5) The Memo

I also wanted to shout out our engineer and producer, Laurence, at Yellow Shark Recording Studio Gloucestershire. We call him the wizard! 🪄

He has been instrumental in our recording process, and his guidance—especially with my son (who is also in the band)—has been exceptional. Thank you, Laurence, for your wisdom and mentoring approach that has helped us produce the record of our dreams.

We'll be sharing more details about the record, including release dates and artwork in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

04/12/2025

R.I.P. Steve Cropper

Growing up in Britain I was a massive soul and R and B fan. Long before I ever set foot in a studio, the soundtrack to my youth was shaped by the unmistakable sound of Stax Records, and at the heart of that sound was Steve Cropper. He was not only one of the most tasteful rhythm guitarists ever recorded, he was a world class songwriter whose catalogue reads like a core curriculum in soul music. Dock of the Bay, In the Midnight Hour, Knock on Wood, Soul Man, 634-5789, Green Onions. He did not just play on them, he helped write them, arrange them, define them. Steve Cropper’s guitar is the steady pulse in some of the greatest songs ever captured on tape.

By the late seventies and early eighties The Blues Brothers film ignited a full blown soul revival in Britain. That movie was absolutely massive for us. It brought the Stax legends into living rooms across the country and introduced an entire generation of kids to players like Cropper and Donald “Duck” Dunn. When the Blues Brothers Band began touring, they were nothing short of heroes to a young British soul fan.

I went to see them every chance I had, including unforgettable gigs at The Town and Country Club and the Hammersmith Odeon. After the shows I would wait outside the backstage door, usually with a handful of other diehards, hoping to catch even a brief moment with the musicians who had shaped so much of the music I loved. And incredibly they always came out. They always took time with us. Steve Cropper signed my ticket. So did Duck Dunn. I spoke to them both, and for a kid who lived and breathed those records it was beyond inspiring. The kindness they showed stayed with me for life.

Steve Cropper’s passing marks the loss of a true architect of modern music. His parts were never about showing off, they were about elevating the song. He gave guitarists a lifelong lesson in restraint, groove, clarity, and purpose. And he gave the world songs that will outlive all of us.

Rest in peace, Steve. Thank you for the riffs, the songs, the generosity, and the example. The world sounds better because you were in it.

03/12/2025

Great to have songwriter & Producer Simon Toulson Clark in last week, working with Abhi, an artist who flew from India just to work at YS. What a treat!

02/12/2025

Don’t know what to get that music lover in your family, friend group or secret Santa? Gift vouchers, now available! Get in touch to find out more! 💛🦈