We believe that recording a student's playing is a great idea for a few reasons. It gives the student a very different perspective of their playing than what they usually hear and this is an effective way to self-critique. A recording session can be a great goal to work towards. Having a CD of your child's playing is a permament piece of memorabilia that you and your future generations can enjoy. As a gift for family. For a small $20 fee we can record, mix and create a music CD for you that will last forever! We can even put the recordings on our website in a student page so you can let your family and friends hear your new album! For external students a $40 fee applies.

Self-critique
Playing the piano and really listening to what sounds you are making can be quite a difficult thing to do, especially for students. So, sitting back and listening to a good quality recording of yourself can be a revealing and sometimes surprising experience. It is true that often a performer can be quite deceived in how they really sound until they gain the objective position of an audience by listening to a recording. Through my own personal experience I have found listening to my recordings can highlight rhythmical and tonal uneveness, incorrect balance, tempo changes and other undesirable things.

Goal
We all know the value of having a goal to reach for in order to stay motivated and moving forward. Having an official 'recording session' scheduled in the future can help provide this sense of direction and achievement. This is particularly true for those students who don't participate in other events such as exams or competitions but still want to have a milestone that they can reflect on in the future.

Memorabilia
When a student has reached a musical peak with their pieces then it could be time to make a CD recording that will last forever. Imagine in ten years time being able to enjoy an entire history of your child's musical creativity. In the distant future when the student has grown up with their own children, they will be able to share with them how they played as a child.

Sample Recording
To listen to a sample recording click here. This is the first two movements of the Sonatina Op.36, No.1 by Clementi, a very popular early grade piano piece. It is a MP3 sound file which can be played on most Windows computers. It could take up to 10 minutes to download on a slow connection.

Equipment Although we are by no means professionals in the field of sound engerineering we have invested in some solid equipment to insure that we can create recordings which are of a quality far superior than the typical home sound system. In fact our preferred microphone is a quality Australian product which recently won the Electronic Musician Magazine Editors Choice award!