Boutique Music Recording & Mixing in the Kent Countryside
Sound Exceptional
2. Record & mix in a beautiful, relaxed setting
3. Release your music & build your audience
We know that recording your own music can be time-consuming, frustrating and costly…
You spend more time setting up gear than recording.
You’re constantly battling how your room sounds - boxy, small, honky. Sound familiar?
You’re trying to juggle too many tasks - setting mic levels, punching in, mic positions, keeping track of files, backing up - when you could be focusing on musical arrangements and performance.
Software updates, computer crashes, learning new plugins. These often steal time and energy you could use recording your music.
Your neighbours don’t appreciate your music.
There’s so much conflicting advice on YouTube about how to record, it’s overwhelming.
When you record at Rimshot, you don’t have to worry about anything
You can relax and focus on your performances and music
For 15 years we’ve been fortunate to work with hundreds of fabulous artists, bands, producers and dozens of the world’s top labels including…
Matt Berry & Eddie Piller
What people are saying
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"What an utterly gorgeous and perfect place to make a record. Thank you, Mike, for giving us the ideal space to do our thing. It has been truly wonderful :-)"
Musician of the year, BBC Folk Awads
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"Rimshot is a great studio. Fantastic for vocals and the Bechstein sings! See you again and thanks!!! Thanks too to Petra for “the soup” and bread."
Legend
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"Thanks for everything. It’s been one of the most beautiful recording sessions ever. You and Petra are legends!"
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I love this place!
Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Tool
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"Dear Mike and Petra. Working with you has been a complete joy. I love your studio - it feels like home - no greater praise is possible. Thank you for making the project special."
Jeff Beck, Talk Talk, Queen, Supertramp
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"Thank you for creating such a great atmosphere the last few days, the musical moments we captured would have been impossible to find without you. Can’t wait to come back and do some more recording soon!"
Decca Records Artist
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"Great room, great vibe, great engineer, great lunch! Mike, an absolute pleasure to work with you and can’t wait until the next time! Cannot come soon enough."
Mike Vernon
Blues Breakers, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac
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"Rimshot Studio Rocks! What a great place! Sounds are killer! So is the hospitality."
DownBeat Critics and Readers Polls Organ Player of the Year
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"Thanks, Mike for a fantastic sound. Love the studio!"
Pete Townshend, Big Country, Procol Harum, Phil Collins, Roger Daltry
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"Thank you, Mike, for a great day recording the strings for BBC Hetty Feather Christmas special. It has been a real pleasure working with you."
Composer, BBC
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"Fantastic day at Rimshot. The final piece of the jigsaw for my album - the lovely Bechstein piano which I really liked and enjoyed playing. Great place and I was well looked after. See you again!"
Sony Records artist, composer & conductor, George Michael, Sinéad O’Connor, Suede, Imogen Heap, Daniel Pemberton
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"Sound. Atmosphere. Setting. People. Hospitality… Amazing (as always!)"
https://www.instagram.com/samtannermusicSam Tanner
Brother Strut, The Who, The Faces, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart
How it works
Book your session
Record & mix in a beautiful, relaxed setting
Release your music and build your audience
Download Your Free Drum Recording Guide
In this guide we'll show you:
Why it’s important to have a finished drum sound in mind before you start.
What to listen to and aim for when placing overhead mics.
How to prepare for your drum session so you get the best performances.
Why recording drums in a larger room isn’t always the best thing.
These tips will save you time and help you get the most from your session.
Why should you record or mix at Rimshot Studio?
Rimshot is all about capturing great performances - everything has been designed and geared towards recording musicians performing live.
To this end, the live room is a throwback to studios of a bygone era: it’s a large, acoustically designed, open-plan space with a high ceiling – whether we’re recording vocals, solo piano, rock ’n ’ roll drums or a string section, this room is versatile, but also has its own sonic character: warm and rich and full-sounding.
We back this up with really good infrastructure: great monitoring (individual headphone mixers), excellent sight lines and communications between the live room, booth and control room, lots of daylight (one wall is floor-to-ceiling windows), a well-stocked mic locker and some wonderful instruments.
You can read more about the studio and equipment here.
Take the 3D virtual tour and have a look around…
Photos on this page © Mike Banks, Petra Biedermann, Rob Blackham and Mike Thorne