Ten21 Recording Studio Audio Examples

Station Parade

A young 5 piece indie band from west London with a rocky edge suggests a wide and diverse range of influences. There's almost a Blondie quality in the strength of melody and attitude and the power and control in Kate's lead vocals enable her to deliver every song real punch and confidence.

I really enjoyed working with these guys and look forward to seeing them again sometime.

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny.

Super Thursday

Super Thursday came to me with a brief of recording, editing and mixing one track, in one day.

Fortunately the players were sufficently competent to minimize editing required and given the time constraints, we were all very pleased with the results.

What helped a great deal, was that the lads had read and taken on board all the preparation information in our "How to prepare for a recording session page".

Allegro

What can you say about these boys. What you hear is what you get.

A very popular five piece outfit from Dartford with high energy tracks and a live show not to be missed.

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Allegro.

Liquid Limousine

Liquid Limousine are a four piece British Rock'n'Roll band from South East London. With an impressive portfolio of songs the band came to me with a clear idea of what they wanted. This always helps.

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Liquid Limousine.

Black Market Karma

Black Market Karma are a 4 piece outfit describing themselves as a psychedelic rock'n'roll band from South East London. I wouldn't argue with that.

It was great fun working with Stan (singer and writer) who despite his youth has very clear ideas of what he wants

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Stan Belton.

Blackbird

A five piece indie rock band from Kent.

These guys were fun to work with and chose to record live, capturing the groove of the recording session.

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny.

Ten Stone Baby

This five piece indie rock band from Maidstone have a strong family presence.

The song writing was of a very high quality and these guys show real promise

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Ten Stone Baby.

Late Night Radio

This bunch of likely lads from Maidstone impressed us with their playing ability and songs at such a tender age

2 tracks were recorded and mixed in 3 days

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny

Manifold

This 6 piece band reformed after 15 year break to realise their ambition and cast in stone (or cd) some of their original compositions

Given the considerable break the results acheived were very impressive

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Manifold

Seven Day Weekend

All the way from sunny Lincolnshire, the distinctive style of this 5 piece indie rock/pop outfit is our outstanding memory of this session, along with a lot of laughs.

With strong melodies, qwerky lyrics and quality vocals Seven Day Weekend have a lot to offer.

Engineered, Edited, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny

Suburban Thrills

Another 5 piece indie rock/pop outfit with a maturity beyond their years and originality in abundance.

Engineered, Edited, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny

Brenda Edwards

Brenda Edwards puts the P in professional and is a great example of what can be achieved when a band is properly prepared for a session.

Ten tracks were recorded and mixed in just 4 days. All the band members were very well prepared and Brenda laid down the vocals live with the band. When it came to backing vocals she worked so fast I had to be on my toes to keep up with her. They say practice makes perfect so it came as no surprise to learn from Brenda that she started singing in church at the age of 4.

No surprise also to see her success in the west end.

Jennifer Douglas

Jennifer Douglas is a young talented Classical/Crossover singer from Manchester with great voice control and a highly professional approach.

Vocals were recorded elsewhere and arrived with a guide acoustic guitar track. All instruments performances were provided courtesy of producer Sean Kenny and additional string arrangements were added by Sean Kenny and Mikey G

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny.

Mottie

Busy mother of three and active gospel singer Mottie Akapo paid us a visit to record one of her compositions.

Assisted by talented musician/producer Steve Harris and session drummer Charlie Kenny

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced by Steve Harries, mixed by Sean Kenny and Mottie Akapo

Aura

This ambient new age artiste came to us with a vocal melody and lyric.

This posed an interesting challenge as she gave us free range to compose music around the melody

Engineered, Performed, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Aura

Paul Day

Armed with silky smooth vocals and a handful of quality backing tracks, Paul Day arrived at the studio with the brief of the highest quality demo possible.

The quality of his vocals did ample justice to the tracks they graced and certaimly earn Paul the right to label himself a 'crooner'.

Engineered, Edited and mixed by Sean Kenny

Graham Landi

Graham Landi is a talented singer/writer from Maidstone who came to me originally to record some acoustic guitar / vocal versions of his tracks

Like many visitors to Ten21 Graham was so pleased with result and with his choice of recording studio that he elected to return to the studio to record full band versions of his tracks this time with the aid of some session players. String sections were subsequently added courtesy of a session violinist and cellist. Following mixing the tracks were mastered by Jon Astley of Close to the Edge.

Mick Nolan

Mick Nolan is another singer/songwriter from Maidstone to cross our threshold. Mick came in with some prerecorded tracks that he had recorded at home. Quite a lot of this was rerecorded to take full advantage of Ten21 recording studio equipment and expertise. Charlie Kenny was commissioned once again for drum parts and engineer/producer Sean Kenny was also roped in for Bass and additional acoustic guitar.

Produced, recorded, edited and mixed by Sean Kenny @ Ten21.
Roll out - 11 tracks spread over 12 month period.

Liam Jackson

Yet another talented singer/songwriter to cross the threshold and a real youngster too

Liam roped in the services of Sean Kenny on Bass and Charlie Kenny on drums. Keeping it on the family he also persuaded his father to play some bass and his sister to sing backing vocals

Here are a selection of tracks from two visits to the studio.

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Liam Jackson.

Jimmy Etheridge

This singer-songwriter from Kent, has originality in abundance.

Thoughtful provoking lyrics and clever melodies throughout.

Engineered by Sean Kenny, mixed by Sean Kenny and the Jimmy Etheridge.

Lotte Mullan

This talented singer songwriter visited us with her band in toe and some classy songs matched by her silky vocals

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny

Natalie Charles

Natalie is not only a talented singer/songwriter, but also to be classically trained concert pianist.

Her classical training shows through in her compositions, which are more musical journeys than the stereotypical pop song structures of today, lending a distinct aire of originality to her material

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Natalie Charles

Emphasize

Emphasize first came to me in 2008 with a view to embellishing their crafted 'Logic' based compositions with some real drums, courtesy of my son and session drummer Charlie Kenny.

Their return in 2009 was no surprise to me as I knew that the strength of their material was such that it was unlikely to be matched with their mixing skills, and thus, as the reason for their return was an inevitable and natural step in the musical journey.

Emphasize are a Surrey based band with immense talent. A thinking mans' rapper combined with a musical whiz-kid, excellent musicianship and composition make for a heady concoction of rock, funk and rap sufficient to satisfy the frustrations of many an uptight middle-aged heavy rock lover whilst still be cutting-edge enough to quench the insatiable appetites of the more discerning rap youth tired of the same old durge dished up on the mainstream radio.

Dark Room Project

This 4 piece rock outfit didn't pull their punches when it came to volume and boy do they deliver. Andy (leadsinger) is a proper rock chick with voice to rival the best and vocal chords made of steel.

When the band first fired up I thought she wouldn't make the end of the first day. Three days later she was still hammering out backing vocals. The boys in the band certainly did her justice with some gut wrenching power-playing.

Ledbetter

This 3 piece rock outfit from London came to Ten21 for a 3 day session. Being just a trio demands good songs good playing. Staying true to their live performaces the guys cut these tracks live.

Dan manages to deliver great guitar and vocals. A real nod to the 70's in their style (can't be a bad thing!)

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Ledbetter.

Freshman

This very competent 4 piece heavy rock outfit from London came to me with recordings from various other studios to mix the tracks to the highest possible standard

Their professional musicanship is easily matched with great classic rock vocals

Edited and mixed by Sean Kenny and the Freshman.

Guardians of Dust

Probably the most cosmopolitan 4 piece indie rock band from London to have crossed our threshold.

With band members from Italy, France, Poland and England/Asia, this blend of diverse ethnic influences gives the songs an interesting twist and inherent originality.

Having visited the studio twice the band are going from strength to strength and fine the studio experience has helped them hone their craft

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Guardians of Dust.

Dead Reckonin'

This 5 piece rock band from Kent played with a maturity beyond their years

The sassy lead vocals from Ruth give them a real edge and refreshing sound

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Dead Reckonin'.

Hayley Oliver Band

This new six piece country band from south east London are one the best country bands to be found in the UK. This album of covers is a pre-cursor to an album of originals which they hope to be recording next year. Lead singer Hayley has a special feel for country music and attracting attention even from Nashville where they have been invited by WSM and CMR to perform at the Music City Roots show.

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny.

Waterhorse

This six piece outfit from Canterbury were certainly a breath of fresh air. Lead singer/songwriter Terence Reis' South African and originally Mozambique roots make for an intriguing slant on his writing. Competent playing and singing throughout, Terence also had a real hand in the mix production on this project.

Engineered by Sean Kenny. Produced and mixed by Waterhorse and Sean Kenny.

Kid Charlemagne

This 5 piece jazz outfit from Kent restore your faith in musical youth. Quality of writing, singing and playing is right up there

Here are just a couple of tracks that we mixed

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Kid Charlemagne.

Goosebumps

Goosebumps are one of the hottest Swing Jive and Jump Blues bands in Kent.

The sense of fun these guys radiate was obvious even in the recording session.

Engineered by Sean Kenny, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and the Goosebumps.

Citizen Steve

Citizen Steve is a proud patriotic ex paratrooper with a genuine concern for 'the state of the nation'.

His sunny dispostion and clever lyrics, make for a funny light hearted slant on what is an ever growing view amongst the common people.

Engineered, Produced and mixed by Sean Kenny and Citizen Steve