Mockingbird Music Studios

29/07/2025

I finally got around to getting verified on Google Business. I appreciate all of my clients past and present. If you recorded anything at my studio, I would really appreciate a review. Artificial intelligence is really hurting small recording studios at this moment, so any review you can leave me would be greatly appreciated. I am so proud of this little studio, and I am so proud of our clients' musical and audiobook achievements. Thank you for your help.

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23/07/2025

Looking to record or mix your music or audiobook, but can't afford it? At Mockingbird Music Studios in Tauranga, we offer extremely affordable rates so you can get your job done on a budget. Details below 👇

⭐ Rates: $55 per hour for recording, mixing with engineer; $45 per hour teen/student rates; $40 for kids 12 & under; $35 per hour for DIY mixing / studio rental (you provide laptop, we provide studio space, mics, midi keyboards, monitors)

⭐ Perfect for singer/songwriters, folk, country, acoustic, electronic, World, soloists, duets, trios. We can also mix drums that you've recorded elsewhere.

⭐ We also do Audiobooks, podcasts, voiceover and narration work - recording and mixing services, including getting your audiobook ACX ready

⭐ Not in Tauranga? No problem! We can mix recordings / stems that you send to us.

For info on our gear, experience, and audio samples, check out www.mockingbirdmusicstudios.com

20/10/2024

Mockingbird Music Studios is now renting out our studio space in Papamoa, Tauranga for just $35 per hour! You bring your own laptop with recording software and instruments, and we provide the recording interface, monitors, microphones, and acoustically treated recording space. Do your own recording and mixing for just $35 an hour. (Or hire our engineer to mix it for you for just $50 an hour). Get in touch with us today to start your next project! (We also do audiobooks and voiceover work!)

31/08/2024

Exciting news! Mockingbird Studios was approached by Penguin Random House Publishing to record Lynley Dodd herself narrating all 30+ of her books, including her famous Hairy Maclary series!

It was an honor to work with Dame Lynley Dodd, who is so down to earth, witty, and passionate about children's education and imagination. We are honored that she and Penguin Random House chose our little studio to record her reciting her life's work!

So here is Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy plus 9 other Hairy Maclary Books, read by the one and only Lynley Dodd! ❤
https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Hairy-Maclary-Treasury-Audiobook/B0DDQ84LLQ

(or wherever you get your audiobooks!)

In the coming months, the publisher will release the rest of her audiobooks, including the Slinky Malinki and Schnitzel Von Krumm series + many others!

Check out this great listen on Audible.com.au. A very special recording of the complete adventures of Hairy Maclary and his friends, read by Lynley Dodd. Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy . . . Ever since Hairy Maclary first trotted out of the gate and off....

06/07/2023

Our little studio is thrilled to be recording the audio books for an internationally beloved, best-selling children's author! 🥳😃 We can't divulge yet who it is, but once we get the green light, we will be sharing more about the project and who the author is in the coming months! We are so excited to be part of this project that will enshrine these timeless children's tales on audio for decades to come!

18/05/2023

Today was a great day in the studio when we welcomed an actress from Europe to record a voiceover track for a major tech company's TV commercial. Lucky we have an awesome Lewitt 440 Pure mic, which is superb for spoken word projects like ads, audio books, and more. We do more than music here at Mockingbird Music Studios ! Get in touch with us about your next project. Our rates are just $50/hour, the most affordable in the Bay of Plenty!

27/03/2023

Off to do some remote recording for a podcast tape sync. If you need remote / on location recording, talk to us!

30/12/2022

As Mockingbird Music Studios wraps up 2022, we want to thank all of our amazing clients. Our little studio opened in April 2021, and since then we've had the most amazing clients! Most recently, we welcome Mara TK who is producing a special project with important historical significance to New Zealand. What an honour!

We also helped several local artists launch their albums and EPs - Hector Ross, Terapia Sonica, and John Ferguson Music, with more on the way from other artists in 2023. Mockingbird owner and chief engineer Melissa Cox has her single "Permission" coming out in February 2023 - follow her page to see her epic music video soon! We also welcomed two voice-over actors, one for a major commercial, and another for an A.I. gaming voiceover software company!

We've upgraded our hardware and software in the studio this year, adding the awesome Lewitt 440 Pure mic, which is absolutely killer on vocals, and some truly beautiful plugins for our in-the-box digital console.

See you in 2023! Happy New Year!

26/05/2022

Mockingbird Music Studios wants to congratulate our client Steve Jennings and his band Terapia Sonica on their debut album "Fragments" which was mixed, mastered, and partially recorded at our studio in Papamoa Beach, Tauranga. Steve's vision for an edgy, lyrically poignant grunge rock album came alive over the 8 months in the studio. This album can stand up to any of its predecessors from the grunge rock era and we are really proud of the results. The songwriting and musicianship on this album are a cut above. Our lead engineer Melissa Cox can even be heard making a cameo on tin whistle on the last track. Congratulations Steve and team, rock on! https://open.spotify.com/album/3PX10n2JFlXdnE5zpJUdU4?si=FteQp7-sRF6TEJxMcuhfTA&utm_source=copy-link

Terapia Sonica · Album · 2022 · 10 songs.

12/03/2022

New audio samples on our website now! Check out clips of some songs we were honoured to work on for our clients this past year - http://www.mockingbirdmusicstudios.com

Affordable, professional recording studio and audio engineering in Papamoa Beach, Tauranga, New Zealand. Recording, mixing, mastering, song production. Affordable rates, fast turnaround.

07/03/2022

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21/02/2022

As we come up on the 1 year official anniversary of the opening of 🎵 Mockingbird Music Studios 🎶 in Papamoa Beach, I'm filled with such gratitude for the clients who entrusted me and continue to do so with their music. ❤️ I've grown alot as an engineer and producer over these 12 months, and so proud to have worked on albums, singles, and even music videos with such talented musicians! 🎸 🎹 🎤