A gap in the market. Morning from the North.

Welcome to the Klangtone website/blog/thing. This is a one-man bedroom recording studio setup. Why? Because although Sheffield has done phenomenally well at the top end of the music market recently, for the other million Sheffield bands that haven't sold a billion MP3s, life is pretty shitty.

Some basic cash-flow: The digital revolution means almost all parts of being in a band is very cheap. But rehearsal and recording music still costs a bomb. Sheffield has a piss-weak local government, which continually bows to pressure from its two (main) universities to knock down the cultural quarters of the city and replace it with student accommodation. Also, the baseline cost for a hired-hand Sheffield recording studio is £150-250 per day, which will not get you more than 3 good songs finished at best. No wonder so few bands get round to releasing their first album.

So Klangtone was set up to fill this gap. If you're shithot, skint, and realistic about what you can achieve, we want to hear from you. By the way - I might say 'we' by mistake. It's just one of me.  ¶ 12:19 AM