Testimonials and Demos
Anna Slorach
Anna recorded excerpts from her repertoire for use in a vocal show reel to send to agents.
"I worked closely with James McCutcheon throughout my training at the MGA Academy of Performing Arts where he helped me a lot with sight reading, singing auditions prep and with recording my voice demos for my show reel in third year. When I first started my training I was very nervous about singing but by the time I was graduating, after a lot of help from James and the other singing teachers at college, my confidence had grown and I wanted to record voice demos so that I could apply for professional singing work. James was extremely helpful throughout this whole process and talked me through it from start to finish. He helped me choose three different styles of songs to sing in order to show diversity and ability. He then went through all the songs with me in detail so that I was completely confident with them before the final recording. When it came to the recording of the songs James was lovely to work with and made me feel very comfortable. He was very helpful throughout the whole process and never made me feel embarrassed if I made a mistake or went out of tune! I was very pleased with the final recording that he gave me and I felt that it really showed off my voice to the best of my ability which wouldn't have been possible without James's help. Since graduating I have worked mainly as a dancer as this is my strength but I have had to do a lot of ensemble singing professionally as well as covering for one of the singer/dancers for 3 weeks on board a cruise ship contract which I definitely couldn't have done without all the help I received from James. I would highly recommend James to anyone looking to record voice reels professionally." |
Laura Waterson
Laura recorded short sections of songs from her repertoire as demos to send to agents.
"I found James's recording service to be very helpful. He was very professional, used very good equipment that was easy for me to work with and provided a great balance that suited. He also did a great job on editing the tracks so that they were still natural and all the cuts sounded great. I actually found my first job as a Lead Vocalist through his service as my show reel tracks were sent out to my previous employer and was therefore hired . I owe a big thank you to James for this and would highly recommend him to those looking for great sounding tracks." |
Susy K
Susy took advantage of the vocal reel package to update her existing vocal reel to promote herself as an artist.
"When I decided to update my vocal showreel recently, I turned to James. I met him whilst teaching him on his BA Hons degree in Performance Industries, and after seeing how much work and patience he had put in to creating vocal showreels for local college students during the course, I felt confident he would do a good job. I was proven absolutely right! The fact James has the ability to bring the studio equipment to you was a definite bonus for me, and the session itself was professional yet calm and relaxed. During the mixing of the reel, he was very patient, especially when I asked for a number of minor changes to be made – nothing was a problem to him and he was very accommodating yet expressed realistic goals and expectations. I would certainly recommend James to anyone looking to record their first showreel, or to update their existing one." https://soundcloud.com/susy-k-uk |
Rio Brady
Rio recorded excerpts from her repertoire for use in a vocal show reel to send to agents.
"James was always helpful as a recording engineer, telling me what was needed and what sounded better when it came to working with a microphone in a recording studio. Before I had even graduated from college I was offered a singing contract in Israel. It was these two recordings that I sent over when the Employers needed to hear the tone of my voice and they liked what they heard as I was there for over five months! " |
Natalie Toyne
Natalie recorded a selection of a capella songs for use as promotional material for a close-harmony female vocal group.
"Not only am I pleased with the mix on the final show reel, the session itself was easy, stress-free and professional. James is really relaxed which helped me to relax. He is also a fantastic musician and I valued his feedback through the session. I can highly recommend James as a recording engineer." |
Blair Gibson
Blair took advantage of the vocal reel package to create a unique vocal reel to promote himself as a performer.
"Working with James recording my vocal reel was an extremely professional, yet relaxed and fun way to get everything necessary done. It was a quick session, but absolutely not rushed - we had some time left over because of how efficient his way of working is, and we used that time to re-record some things I wanted to go over again which made me feel at ease because I'd never want to walk out of a recording session for something so essential and feel like it was a waste of time and money. Speaking of money: the price is excellent and I definitely got my money's worth. All in all, I had a great day and I'm so happy with the outcome. Recommendations all round." |
Cameron Dyer
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Robyne Campbell
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Abbie Stenhouse
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Cameron, Robyne and Abbie recorded excerpts from their repertoires for use in a vocal show reel to send to agents.