Ryan Tilby

Mutli-Instrumentalist, Audio Engineer, Producer

Making an album, but don't have a terrific guitar, banjo, bass, mandolin, or dobro player in your neighborhood? Don't worry. That's what we're here for. Acoustic Instrument Overdubs was designed to give anyone, anywhere, access to a world-class studio musician, and to make it affordable.

Hire a professional studio musician to play on your tracks... from anywhere in the world.

Making an album, but don’t have a terrific guitar, banjo, bass, mandolin, or dobro player in your neighborhood? Don’t worry. That’s what we’re here for. Acoustic Instrument Overdubs was designed to give anyone, anywhere, access to a world-class studio musician, and to make it affordable. Acoustic Instrument Overdubs combines the studio, engineer, and musicians into an all-in-one service, and we charge by the track, not by the hour. It’s your music, with world-class acoustic overdubs—delivered right to you, just how you want it.

HOW IT WORKS

It usually starts with the line “You know what would sound cool?” 

Our goal is to get that sound on your track as efficiently and affordably as possible.  Here’s the method that seems to work the best in four easy steps:

STEP 1

You’ll provide a mixdown (“bounce”) of your track, bounced from the beginning of your session.  This constant start point guarantees that the track you get lines right up.  You’ll also provide the bpm (beats per minute), if your track is to a click.

STEP 2

You’ll send an email to Acoustic Instrument Overdubs, outlining what it is you’d like.  After we have listened through the song and read through your notes, we’ll get in touch, just to be sure we’re on the same page.  We’ll also go over a few technical notes like file types, sample rates, bit depth, etc.

STEP 3

We’ll go into the studio and create just the right sound for your song.  We’ll send you a reference mix to be sure you like what you’re getting.  If you’d like to make a revision, we’re happy to make it.

STEP 4

When you’re happy with the overdubs and we’ve received PayPal confirmation, we’ll deliver the files to you via DropBox.

We love what we do and we believe in good music.  We record in a professional recording studio with carefully chosen mics and mic pre’s.  We have professional instruments and we know how to record them.  And above all, we want you to be happy.

That's it.  You request it.  You produce it.  You approve it.  We're here to give your music something unique, organic.  Acoustic Instrument Overdubs is here to make your music better.

Having all those instruments on hand made me feel like I’d hired half of Nashville!
— Travis

RATES

$75 per track

$50 per additional overdub (on the same song)

In some instances, we may ask you to provide a chord chart or lead sheet.

 

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