Last night we had the very talented 4 to 8 piece band, Spirit Agenda (who play 70s and 80s classic soul, R&B and Jazz Funk), into our office to do some promotional material for their act. As an independent video production company we know how hard it is to get good promotional material together to [...]
What’s it like being a Production Assistant at NoStairway Media
NoStairway Media is a multi-purpose production company specialising in music creation, voice-over production and video production; it even works as a recording studio! I have currently been a Production Assistant for this company for just under five months and have learned an incredible amount on how a professional production company works on a day to [...]
How NoStairway fit into the definition of the word Recording Studio
According to the dictionary the word recording means ‘Something on which sound or visual images have been recorded’ while studio stands for ‘An establishment where an art is taught or studied’. Combining these two words the definition signifies a workplace for the teaching and practice of audio or visual art. NoStairway Media fits perfectly into [...]
Let’s create some music!
As a recording studio we love to hear a range of musicians, from classical opera to tribute singers and classic pop. Our Managing Director originally started NoStairway as a music creation house, after spending his early career as a musician himself. Travelling the UK with his classical guitar and solo tribute act he soon realised [...]
Got a logo? You need a Sonic logo!
Although working as a audio video production company, Nostairway Media also has a sister sight called ‘Soniclogo.com’; which specialises in creating sound logos to re-enforce advertisements and brand recognition. A sonic logo (also known as audio/music/sound/acoustic branding) is a short distinctive melody or sequence of sound acting as an acoustic equivalent/enforcer of a visual logo [...]
Our first shoot with a White Vinyl Backdrop
Working as a video production company we love getting new gadgets to play with and finding new ways to progress our business. Today we were lucky enough to film an App with four young actors/actresses against our new White Vinyl Backdrop. This backdrop is a perfect tool for video production as it’s completely portable, allowing [...]
What’s orange with blonde on top?
The weather may be cloudy but the atmosphere here at Teddington Studios is as bright as….well fake tan and bleached blonde hair. That’s right! Keith Lemon has been in the studio premises filming his new TV show Lemonaid, which previewed last weekend on ITV1 at 6:15pm. Brightening up the whole studio with laughter, noise, obscure [...]
Practice makes Perfect
We have spoken about this quite a lot in prior blogs but so many artists believe it’s easy to record a demo. That you can walk straight into a recording studio and the engineer will be able to produce a masterpiece without the band even knowing how to play the track. It is key to [...]
RIP Jim Marshall
It is a sad day for the music industry as we say goodbye to the man who helped shape the sound of great music for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall. Jim Marhsall entered the music industry in the 50′s as a drum kit retailer and died aged 88 as one of the most recognisable [...]
A party at Nostairway
Wow what a great evening! Last night was our official moving in event to celebrate our transition into a larger shinier office with BPR. Inviting guests from the industry, our respected clients and close friends we were over the moon by the positive feedback we received. Everyone was incredibly impressed with the amount of space [...]
