PRICES
GREAT MUSIC.
WITHIN REACH.
You will find that we are very affordable, and we will do our best to work with your budget and meet your needs. Final scope and pricing are confirmed with Stephen before your session.
01 / STUDIO RATES
Recording, mastering,
and soundtracks.
Recording studio time
$30 / hour
We usually estimate about five to seven hours per song to record original soundtracks, vocals, background vocals, editing, tuning, and mixing.
- Discounts if you record with pre-recorded soundtracks you already have
- Discounts for albums with very simple instrumentation
- Add musicians from our roster (below)
Custom soundtracks
from$50 / track
An original accompaniment track built for your song.
- $50 — Piano only
- $120 — Full band (up to five instruments)
- Choose from piano, bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, keyboard orchestrations, organ, and synths
- Full-band price includes light mastering
Mastering
$50 / song
Mastering is the last step in the production to get your music to sound professional. It makes your little recording sound like a big one.
- Final EQ and compression
- Stereo widening and dither
- Volume boosted to commercial levels
- Some additional advanced tweaks
Unmastered music does not translate well outside of a studio setting, and we will not release unmastered music for the sake of quality control.
02 / SESSION MUSICIANS
Additional musicians
for track overdubs.
Players from our roster of talent can be added to your songs for additional charges.
Mark Forester
Various instruments, arranging, mixing, etc.
- Call for details
Keith Barkley
Full-band rhythm tracks and orchestrations
- $125 per song (full-band rhythm tracks), or 5 for $500
- $125 per song for orchestrations, or 5 songs for $500
Rob Mills
- Call for details
Eli Fortner
Guitars and drums
- $50 per song
Rob Novell
Bass, piano, drums, guitar, mandolin, and orchestrations
- $25 per instrument, per song
- $50–$75 per song for orchestrations
- $250 for a live string or brass section
David Johnson
Steel guitar, fiddle, harmonica, dobro, and pedal steel
- $50 per song — not each: all of those can be added to a single track for $50 per song
LIVE STRING/BRASS ORCHESTRATIONS
Violin and viola, in multiple parts and overdubs (usually 18 or more tracks)
This is done in St. Petersburg, Russia by a fantastic violin team we work with. This is an amazing value, and the quality is first rate!
- Violin & viola
- $120
- Add cello
- +$60
03 / CD DUPLICATION
Order as few as 50.
Order as needed.
CD duplication is handled by our partners at Moonlight Duplication Studio in Burton, MI. You purchase your print up front (a minimum of 500 pieces of print at a time), then order as many CDs as you want packaged at a time. They will print the disc, duplicate, package, and shrink wrap it. You can order as few as 50 at a time. No need to have 1,000 CDs on the shelf! Of course, if you need a big order, they can do that. They recently did an order of 35,000 CDs for one customer.
Traditional jewel cases
- Print cost
- $125 for 1,000 inserts and tray cards
- Duplication & packaging
- $1.35 each (minimum order of 50)
Cardboard sleeves
The newer, very popular option
- Print cost
- $320 for 1,000 sleeves
- Duplication & packaging
- $0.95 each (minimum order of 50)
Published studio rates. Final scope and pricing are confirmed with Stephen before your session. You can also pay for our services with PayPal; ask Stephen for details.
YOU HAVE A SONG.
LET’S HEAR IT.
To learn more, or to schedule a recording session at GLGS, contact Stephen Forester, owner, producer, and recording engineer.