About Get Real Audio

Get Real Audio is run by Josh Clark, mastering engineer, producer and musician. You can find out more about him here.

The Studio

Get Real Audio is in a castellated out-building on a fascinating historic estate 5 miles north-east of Bath. The large single-room arrangement was designed with mastering and mixing in mind, but also as a high-quality tracking room for acoustic ensembles, small bands, solo performances, grand piano and drums. The lack of a ‘glass wall’ allows better communication, and helps the process feel more natural and relaxed. Purpose-designed custom-fabricated acoustics.

The studio room has a couple of sofas, but if you want to get away from the music for a while, or finish off that elusive 3rd verse, there’s a lovely quiet courtyard outside, and extensive private woodlands to explore. Josh the engineer (and ex-chef) will even make some lunch for you if arranged in advance, or Sweetapples tearoom in nearby Marshfield do great takeaway sandwiches.

Elsewhere

Josh regularly undertakes recording and mixing projects in other locations. Some artists or labels own their own studios, or need to hire another studio for the purposes of recording larger ensembles or louder performances. Sometimes mobile recording equipment is used in locations such as churches, village halls, living rooms, or to capture a specific instrument (grand piano for example). It's also possible to record live concerts. Get in touch if you'd like to discuss options.

Josh Clark is an audio engineer, producer and musician with many years of professional experience recording, mixing, mastering, and performing a wide range of styles. With over 250 releases under his belt, Josh's reputation has spread throughout the UK folk, acoustic, bluegrass and world music circles, whilst also retaining regular clients around the world from scenes as diverse as pop-classical and gothic-punk.

Alongside his work in the Get Real Audio studio, Josh performs a number of other roles:

•Front-of-house live mix engineer for Kate Rusby and high-quality acoustic music events such as Underneath the Stars festival; engineer / tour manager for Damien O’Kane & Ron Block and engineer / production manager at a number of Bluegrass music events.

• Associate lecturer at Bath Spa University delivering masterclasses and workshops for their MA Production and BA Commercial Music programmes. Josh has a long history of working with the university, where he oversaw the building of their flagship recording studio complex and earned Associate Fellowship status with the Higher Education Academy.

• Along with long-time collaborator Leon Hunt, Josh is a composer for Warner Chappell and Audio Network production music libraries.

• As a drummer / percussionist Josh performs live shows with acts such as Kate Rusby, and Sheelanagig; and appears on countless recordings on a number of instruments.

Credits

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