Recording Studio Services
Recording at Performance High is more than booking a few hours in a room and hoping for the best. You get a major-label-experienced engineer who’s also kind, patient, and great at working with both total beginners and signed artists, so you feel supported from the first take to the final mix.
We don’t just hit Record and let the clock run while you try to figure out how to use the time. Artist development is built in. That might mean refining your sound and brand, tightening up lyrics, and making production choices that fit who you are as an artist - plus advice on how to release and promote your music to the world once it's done.
Or, if you come in with a solid plan, we’ll help you get it recorded smoothly and efficiently, while fully respecting your vision.
We empower artists
Your Song
Even if we help write lyrics, we don't claim songwriting credit. Your song is 100% yours.
Your Vision
Want opinions for how to make your song more radio-ready? We are happy to give you new options to consider. Have a clear vision? We'll help you execute it.
Your Ideas
Started a song with AI? We'll take your AI ideas that last 20%. We’ll help you clean up stems, humanize the track, and finish it so it feels like a true expression of what you heard in your head.
Your Plan
We can help you plan what to do with your music after your project is complete, so your songs don’t just sit on a hard drive or languish quietly on Soundcloud.
Your Time
If you’d like to be more hands-on in the future, we’ll show you how capture solid vocal or guitar takes at home - so you can keep creating between sessions without having to book time.
New to recording?
If you’re new to the recording studio, we recommend that you read The 5 Steps to Recording a Song to understand the process, but Justin is also happy to educate you. He’ll offer choices that can save time, money, or headaches. He’ll discuss the pros and cons of different approaches. Our goal isn’t to get you to spend as much as you can, it’s to empower you to record as much music as you want.
Production, Engineering, and Mixing
Do you need a producer, recording engineer, or mixing engineer?
A producer helps you make choices to make your song the best it can be through arrangement, lyrics, and instrumentation. This is best done before recording starts.
A recording engineer accurately and cleanly records the sounds you make.
A mixing engineer mixes the recorded tracks together, making choices about levels, EQ, effects like delay and reverb, compression, and more.
At Performance High, you get all these skills in the same person, which can save time and money. But if you already have a producer or engineer, Justin can fill in your team.