The Sound Kitchen is a professional recording, mixing and mastering studio, based in Staffordshire
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Announcement to make… 🎙️
It’s not just that I’ve had my first proper haircut since lockdown. Full details are in pic 2.
If the changes are a real issue for anyone please just reach out and I’ll do what I can to help 🤝🏽
Big love to all who trust in The Sound Kitchen 🍴
Always guilty of forgetting to ask or take any content when I have people in the studio, so here’s 4 shots of Geth from this weeks session to make up for it.
Sounding really strong again. Great to have him back on the mic 🎙️
Huge congratulations to Geth and Steph for getting their great music out there.
These Staffordshire based artists are well worth catching live if you get the chance.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Sound Kitchen 🎙️
Ableton Live is 22 years old today. Which version did you start with?
Taking putting your heart into what you do literally when adding that personal touch ❣️ 👑
7 years ago today, The Sound Kitchen was born. Having been helping people with music for quite some time already, 2016 was when I took it official.
I’ve been able to work on pretty much every genre under the sun since then, which has richly inspired my own creativity for which I’m forever indebted to all who I’ve worked with.
What started at helping people in person on a local level, has developed into helping clients all around Europe and sometimes even further afield.
Singers, rappers, voiceovers, bands and more, but mainly specialising in helping people with electronic music production. In the last 7 years I’ve proudly taught, engineered, mixed and/or mastered for some of the best labels there is in the underground of dance music.
Thank you to all who’ve trusted in me to elevate their work to the highest level I can at that point in time. Still learning every day myself too and constantly striving to be better.
It’s been a pleasure. Thank you for allowing me to do what I love 🙏🏽
Mindset tips from Mitch
To celebrate the release of 'Space Tours: The Legacy of Phoenix', Mitch Wellings invites EG into the studio for 5 mental tips.
Interesting mini doc for your Saturday morning
Lots of ‘wow’ facts if you don’t know much about the world of video game music
Lately, we've witnessed a resurgence of Jungle/DnB music, particularly from the soundtracks of 90's videos games. Playlists are popping up all over YouTube a...
Beat making workshop last night with a local youth group!
From us, to you...
Happy New Year!
From us, to you! Here's a £20 voucher to kick start your creative year. Book in for a minimum of 2 hours at The Sound Kitchen to claim £20 off. Valid for all bookings made this January. Bookings can be for anytime this year, but must be booked in January. Voucher can be used for: Recording Mixing ...
Happy New Year from us to you! 💥
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Angelo tells it like it is
Meoko premiere the B2 of the next EP from the Sound Kitchen producer:
"Mitch Wellings delivers 5 massive tracks for the 4th release of his Space Tours Records, all with powerful basslines and acid synths that will take off the crowd in any club. On this Premiere we present 'How I Feel', a deeper, more minimal side of the EP."
Mitch Wellings delivers 5 massive tracks for the 4th release of Space Tours Records, all with powerful basslines and acid synths that will take off the crowd in any club. On this premiere, we present
This Tuesday 💜
It's back!
At the Sound Kitchen, there is a firm belief that music should be accessible to people from all walks of life. Not everyone has access to large amounts of money to pursue hobbies. We'd like to level the playing field a bit when it comes to music production. No matter where you're from, who you are,....
It’s the 8th of the 8th! 8/08! We’re celebrating our love for this classic drum machine by inviting anyone who needs help with electronic music to book their first hour (anytime/day) for just £8.08 if booked today only 🔊🍴
This weekend at The Slamwich Club outdoor music venue ‘The Back Yard’ , Hanley. Expecting a scorcher ☀️
Recording drill today with JCB 🎤
Working with different genres everyday keeps things fresh 🎵
Popped down to earlier today for a first taste of the action… and their beer! 🍻
Watched chat to on all things socials in the Bethesda church.
Looking forward to getting stuck into and later at 🎷
Any acts to watch out for?
Today only, all genres welcome 🪩
It’s been a busy week here, getting the next in the Space Tours records series finalised for pressing, as well as recording a new DJ mix for a London based series. Back to all things Sound Kitchen next week and I can’t wait to hear what you’re all working on 🥳
Mitch
There’s been some really kind messages coming through lately. Success stories. Gratitude. It’s always great to hear how The Sound Kitchen has helped you on your music journey.
Thank you,
Mitch
Strong words from our International Women’s Day blog ✨🏆✨
We caught up with some females making waves in electronic music to find out how they got into it, any challenges they faced, as well as any tips they have for anyone thinking about giving it a go.
Thanks to Holly Lester , Mother Earth and Aalice for some really great insight.
At the very top of the industry we often see a complete gender imbalance in the majority of festival lineups. At the entry level it pains me personally to see how few female clients I get at The Sound Kitchen for music production or DJ tuition. I’ve wanted to do something for International Women's...
Kind words like this can make it all worth it ❤️
The first Space Tours vinyl, produced in The Sound Kitchen in 2019, is now available digitally for the first time on Bandcamp. There's also some killer tees in the merch section.
4 track album
We’ve been pretty quiet on the socials this month but it’s been incredibly busy in the studio. Here’s a quick recap of some of the genres that have been getting recorded, mixed or mastered at The Sound Kitchen in Jan:
Singles:
- Classic 90s House
- UK Hip Hop
- American style Auto-tune Rap
- Progressive House
- Tech Trance
- Singer/songwriter pop
All genres are accommodated in the kitchen. It’s what keeps things fun. Thanks to all those who we’ve worked with in January 🏆
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Stoke-on-Trent
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Once a year I try to give something back and provide a completely free Ableton Beginner course for anyone who wants a bit of help getting into music production. Wealth inequality when getting into and being successful in music is huge! That said, if you’ve got a desire to create tunes, you’ll find a way to jump hurdles as you go. As long as you’ve got a computer (I can’t help with this bit unfortunately), Ableton is currently free from their site for 3 months. It’s also possible to get it for free after that, with a bit of searching on Reddit or asking around. Been there and used cracked software when I had to. No other equipment is required (says the guy surrounded by equipment 🙄). You can make great music with just the software! This is open to people in any country, from any background, in or out of work, whatever gender or GNC, all I ask is that you’re above 16 and can understand English. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who may find it useful 🙏🏽
Happy New Year from us to you! 💥
This weekend at The Slamwich Club outdoor music venue ‘The Back Yard’ , Hanley. Expecting a scorcher ☀️
"Tidy project, tidy mind" Mixing and Mastering Course next week! Dates: Tuesday, 6pm-9PM Thursday 6pm - until the track is finished and everyones questions have been fully answered Watch as we mix and master a track from start to finish, fully explaining the what, where, why, when and how, leaving with a pro, club or radio ready sound! You are invited to ask any questions you like as we go. Price: £60 Reserve your spot today? Here's a little clip from the beginning of the last course...
What do you reckon to our new custom logo slipmats? 🍳💅🏼 #thesoundkitchen #studio #vinyl #technics #slipmats
Fozzer and Whitey spinning the donuts in the kitchen ahead of their set at Rotation this weekend 🍩
The Dodgy Jammers are live at The Jug , every Tuesday. We highly recommend! 🎤🥁🎷🎺
Privileged to of witnessed this blind gentleman playing piano in the centre of Liverpool on Saturday. Huge respect. 🔊🍴
@wax4youdmh and @mitchwellings back to back Friday night festivities in the kitchen 🎧 . #dj #record #studio #hirethisstudio #djroom #vinyl #technics
Local singer/songwriter/man about town @nic_andrews performing upstairs at the wonderful @bottlecraftstoke on Friday 🎤 🎸 . #singer #songwriter #craftbeer #music #livemusic #performance #stoke #hanley #culturalquarter
👾 Techno Thursdays 👾 Working on transitions with some Robert Hood 💥
You can catch Sound Kitchen tutor Mitch Wellings playing all night long in room 2 at the sold out Amelie Lens show at Underground Liverpool this Friday, with local collective Anechoic Sessions, Jack Barnett and Calum Murphy. Here is Amelie doing her thing at Pukkelpop:
“You need to think about making enough of an investment, to make sure the production is convincing. Production is obviously two aspects, one is the actual recording and the second part is the mixing” @aaron_moore67 providing an introduction to the music industry last night to a well attended @musicstorepro . #production #mixing #musicproduction #musicindustry #musicmanagement #investinyourself
Logic Pro X fast track weekend producing some great work already! 🔊🍴
Foz and Mark in the DJ room today. Do your neighbours a favour and hire out our Dj room or studio. Crank up the volume, you know it makes sense 👌🏼
Kev dropping the Techno bombs. Sunday dinner at The Sound Kitchen. . 🔊🍴 . #techno #dj #studio #hanley #stoke #stokeontrent #berlin #bomb
We all know someone who shares videos zooming in and out of a speaker cone 😂 This is what it looks like to an unsuspecting bystander. Tag your producer mates who love a speaker zoom vid 😆 🔊🍴 Video credit: DJ Shawdi P
The Hang Drum is without doubt one of our favourite instruments. The weekend wind down is in full flow. 🔊🍴
As we head into the 2nd year of the The Sound Kitchen studio's , it's time to do a comp just for the DJ's 🔊 Win a free studio session to record a super high quality mix on your chosen setup, filmed in HD and streamed live! Just like, share and tag who you'd go back to back with to enter 👌🏼 winner picked at random 🎲 DJ Equipment includes: Pioneer CDJ 2000 Nexus's Technics 1210's Pioneer DJM900 Nexus Native Instruments Maschine Studio Traktor S4 🔊🍴
Joe Feibel (Octopus/Housecats), Sam White (Anechoic Sessions/Spectrum) and Mitch Wellings (The Night Shift/The Sound Kitchen) caught up last week for a mix in our DJ lab, ahead of co headlining the Hybrid Day Party at the end of the month 💥 🔊🍴
Welcoming everyone from beginners to fully fledged producers, DJs and recording artists, we offer tailored courses and one-to-one expert tuition, alongside access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent.
