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Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Oct 13, 1 PM • Wed, Oct 14, 5 PM • Thu, Oct 15, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-10-12Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Oct 6, 1 PM • Wed, Oct 7, 5 PM • Thu, Oct 8, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which is…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-10-05Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Sep 29, 1 PM • Wed, Sep 30, 5 PM • Thu, Oct 1, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which is…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-09-28Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Sep 22, 1 PM • Wed, Sep 23, 5 PM • Thu, Sep 24, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-09-21Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Sep 15, 1 PM • Wed, Sep 16, 5 PM • Thu, Sep 17, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-09-14Open at DJ Studio 37 in Ormond Beach: • Tue, Sep 8, 1 PM • Wed, Sep 9, 5 PM • Thu, Sep 10, 11 AM Recording is $75/hr, production $100/hr, and the packages bring that down: 8 hours is $450, which is…
Paid work · ARIA Records · 2026-09-07A venue, a rehearsal space, a certain kind of night, people who play a certain instrument. If you could add one thing to your scene, what would it be?
Question · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Not a full pitch. One link, one sentence on what you want ears on. Reply to at least one other person if you post. That's the whole rule.
Feedback wanted · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Stem separation and cleanup are genuinely useful. Generated music is a different conversation. What are you actually using, and where's your line?
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Streaming normalizes everything, so in theory the loudness war is over. In practice clients still say 'make it as loud as the reference.' Are you mastering to the platform target or to what the…
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Say where you're based and what it's actually like: venues worth playing, whether there's an audience for what you make, whether people collaborate or stay in their lane. Half the value of a board…
Shows & local scene · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Hourly, per song, per project. Everyone lands somewhere different and most people undercharge for the first few years. Curious how people got to their number and what made them change it.
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Honest question. The stock compressors and EQs in most DAWs now are genuinely good. Is anyone still buying plugins because they need to, or is it mostly workflow and habit at this point?
Gear · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Curious what everyone's actually running in 2026. We're mostly a TLM 103 into a Grace preamp, light 1176-style compression on the way in, everything else after. I keep hearing people say they've…
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Doesn't have to be finished or impressive. A verse, a mix you're stuck on, learning something new. Say what you're actually doing.
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Instrument, role, genre, and where in the world you are. The point of this board is that the person you need is probably already reading it.
Discussion · ARIA Records · 2026-09-03Newest first. Questions, answers, paid work, collaborators, gear and shows.
