Swift River Music

Swift River Music productions stand up to any in the business. All sessions take place in a state-of-the–art studio in Nashville, Tennessee with a top-notch engineer. All projects are produced by Andy May, who has a great gift for capturing the essence of both the artist and the music in the studio. His unique set of qualifications makes him particularly well-suited to produce Americana and “roots” music projects. (See Andy May: producer)

Projects are scaled to meet each client's needs. Most projects fall into one of four categories:

Commercial Product
Pro-Demos
Songwriter Demos
Artist Demos

Related services include:

Client Critiques
Co-Writing

Commercial Product

World-class studio recordings that showcase our artists’ talents and personalities

At Swift River Music, our business is to make you the recording of your dreams: your best performance, the best supporting band and singers for your project, the best arrangements, the best sound, the best value—these are what we strive for on every project. Artists are individuals and we treat them as such—we have no cookie-cutters!

All our clients own the masters of their projects. You will be free to shop the project how and where you see fit, or to release it commercially.

SRM Pro-Demos

Full-band songwriter or performer studio recordings produced with Swift River Music’s signature care and attention to detail

SRM Pro-Demos are commercial CD-quality recordings of 3-4 songs that our clients use to promote their work to potential venues, record labels, publishers, radio and others in the music business. SRM Pro-Demos are also an efficient means of working towards a commercial release for independent artists who can’t complete an entire CD at one time due to budget or time constraints. Three Pro-Demos provide you with 9-12 songs that can be put together and released as a commercial CD. Though each Pro-Demo is scheduled and completed based on your needs and resources, we take great pains to ensure they are of consistent sound and quality and that the project works as a whole. In the meantime, of course, you can use the completed SRM Pro-Demos to further your career.

Songwriter Demos

Excellent, clean & simple presentations—generally 1-2 instruments and a vocal—of original songs

SRM Songwriter Demos are a cost-effective means of recording original songs to pitch to artists, record labels and music publishers. We present your songs in their best light. Though SRM Songwriter Demos are simple in terms of instrumentation, we take great care with the arrangement of the song, sound quality, and performance. We can also provide top musicians and/or vocalists, as needed.

Artist Demos

Excellent, clean & simple presentations—generally 1-2 instruments and a vocal for singers, or 1-3 instruments without a vocal for instrumentalists

SRM Singer or Instrumentalist Demos are a cost-effective means of showcasing an artist’s talents. They can be used to promote a singer or instrumentalist to songwriters, other artists, bandleaders, record labels, music publishers and others in the industry. As always, we take great care with the arrangement of the song and the sound quality, and take extra pains over the featured performance. We provide top musicians and/or vocalists in supporting roles, as needed. Since previously unreleased material gives you an edge in the music business, we can also provide excellent original songs or instrumentals, hand-picked to suit your style and abilities.

Client Critiques

An add-on service for Swift River Music recording clients

A certain amount of critique, on both artistic and commercial levels, is part of high-quality production by definition. Still, occasionally a client profits from a little extra help with their performing or songwriting skills. At Swift River Music, since our business is about making you look your best, we will let you know if we think you will benefit from this service. There is an additional up-front charge for this service. However, in terms of songwriting, no matter how much you benefit from our critique, you make the actual fixes and you retain the copyright for your song.

Co-Writing

An add-on service for Swift River Music recording clients

In rare cases, a client has a song in his or her portfolio that is based on a great idea but needs a re-write rather than an edit. If, for whatever reason, the writer wants us to contribute to the re-writing rather than doing it him- or herself, it becomes a co-write. Co-writing differs from critiquing in that everyone who works on the song becomes a co-author and is listed in the copyright equally. There is no up-front charge for our input as co-writers.

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