Recording studios and rehearsal spaces

Bands book sessions and rehearsal rooms online, and sign for the EP with a deposit. Stems and mixes go back by a link that expires.

The studio, its engineers and its front desk work in one Magpie team.

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Foundry Lane Sound’s booking page for a four-hour tracking session in Studio A, with the free start times with its two engineers on the chosen day.

This combination of five Magpie areas fits a recording studio.

Appointments
Appointments lets bands book a session or a rehearsal room when the room is free.
Proposals
Proposals quotes an EP or an album, and the band signs and pays the deposit online.
Secure Files
Secure Files keeps stems and mixes encrypted, and sends them by a link that expires.
Invoicing
Invoicing bills sessions, extra hours and the rest of a project, paid by card.
Contacts
Contacts keeps each band and artist, with their sessions and invoices.

Bands book sessions and rehearsal rooms online, when a room and an engineer are free.

Appointments gives the studio a booking page. Each service has its length and price, such as a four-hour tracking session. The band chooses an engineer, or anyone available, and a free time.

Each session can need its room, kept in Resource Booking, so a room is never double-booked. Buffers keep time free to reset the room between bands.

Booking page in Appointments

A band signs for an EP online, and the deposit is invoiced as they sign.

Proposals turns your rates into a proposal the band reads and signs online. Tracking days, mixing by the song and mastering are its lines. The band can change the number of songs.

The payment schedule can take a deposit, a milestone payment and the rest at the end. You can see each time the proposal is opened.

Prices and packages in Proposals

An EP proposal from Foundry Lane Sound for The Velvet Hours, with the cover, the list of contents, the full EP package chosen and the total in a bar at the foot of the screen.

Stems and mixes go to the band by a link that expires.

Secure Files is your own encrypted store, with a folder for each project. Each file can be up to 2 GB, encrypted in your browser before it is saved.

A secure link sends one file, such as the final mix, and expires when you choose. It can need a passphrase, and allow a single download.

Secure links in Secure Files

Foundry Lane Sound’s Secure Files, open on The Velvet Hours’ EP folder: stems, rough mixes and session notes, with a Masters folder.

Sessions and extra hours are billed, and bands pay by card.

Invoicing bills a session with its hours, and extras such as a session player. A deposit paid on the day is recorded as a part payment.

An engineer's tracked hours go on an invoice with Add unbilled time. Bands pay by card into your own Stripe account, with no Magpie fee.

Create invoices in Invoicing

A Foundry Lane Sound invoice to Jade Morrison of The Velvet Hours: an extra half day in Studio A, a session player on two songs and an extra round of mix changes, with HST.

Each band's sessions, proposals and invoices are on its contact.

Contacts keeps a page for each artist, with the band as the company. Their appointments, proposals and invoices appear in its history.

A pinned note holds the engineer they like and the gear they bring. A follow-up sets the day to call, such as when the masters are back.

History and follow-ups in Contacts

Foundry Lane Sound’s bands and artists in Contacts, each with when they were last in touch and the next follow-up, such as masters to send or a rehearsal block to confirm.

Five more areas cover shared project files, hours, gift cards, posts and your links.

Client Portal
Client Portal shares a project's files and invoices with a band, who can upload theirs.
Time Tracking
Time Tracking records an engineer's hours on a project, at its rate.
Store
Store sells gift cards and merch online.
Social Media
Social Media schedules posts about sessions and the releases you worked on.
Link-In-Bio List
Link-In-Bio List puts your booking page, rates and recent work on one page of links.

An EP goes from a signed proposal to delivered masters and a paid final invoice.

Every session and invoice is on the band's contact.

  1. The proposal

    The band signs for the EP, and pays the deposit by card.

  2. The sessions

    They book tracking sessions, each reserving Studio A.

  3. The mixes

    Rough mixes go to the band by secure link, with a passphrase.

  4. The extra hours

    An engineer's extra hours go on an invoice with Add unbilled time.

  5. The masters

    The final masters go out on a link that expires in 30 days.

  6. The final payment

    You bill the final payment, and the band pays by card.

Setting up takes five steps.

  1. Add your rooms

    You add each studio and rehearsal room, with its hours. Help: Add resources and set their hours and rules.

  2. Publish your booking page

    You add your sessions, engineers and the room each one needs. Help: Set up Appointments.

  3. Set your project rates

    You save your tracking, mixing and mastering rates in a starter. Help: Proposal starters, saved sections and the price list.

  4. Unlock Secure Files

    You set up Password Vault, which Secure Files uses to encrypt. Help: Secure Files.

  5. Connect Stripe

    You connect your Stripe account, so bands can pay by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.

Plans

A studio with staff fits the Team plan, one price for up to 25 members. Bookings are unlimited on every plan.

Secure Files uses each person's own storage: 1 GB on the free plan and 20 GB on Pro. On the free plan, you can send 5 proposals and create 5 invoices a month.

Magpie adds no fee to invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. Prices are on the Pricing page.

Prices are on the Pricing page

Other people who make music and audio have pages of their own.

Podcasters

A podcaster records, publishes and grows a show.

Questions recording studios ask

Can bands book a session online?

Yes. Your booking page lists each session with its length and price. The band chooses an engineer, or anyone available, then a free time. They need only a name and an email address.

Can a booking keep the studio free?

Yes. A session can need one resource from Resource Booking, such as Studio A. A time is offered only when the room is free too.

Can we offer rehearsal rooms and studio time on one page?

Yes. Each is a service of its own, with its own length, price and room. A two-hour rehearsal can need Room 2 while a tracking session needs Studio A.

Can I quote an album with a deposit?

Yes. The proposal lists tracking days, mixing by the song and mastering. The band can change the number of songs. Its payment schedule takes a deposit on signing, a milestone payment and the rest.

How do I send stems and mixes?

From Secure Files, with a secure link for each file. The link expires in an hour, a day, a week or 30 days. It can need a passphrase you give separately, and allow a single download.

How big a file can I send?

Each file in Secure Files can be up to 2 GB. Files count towards your own storage, which your plan sets.

Can a band send us their files?

Yes, through a Client Portal for the project. The band uploads audio, video or any other file kind it allows, up to 500 MB each. Each upload shows who sent it and when.

Can I bill hours over the plan?

Yes. Engineers record their hours on the project in Time Tracking, at its rate. Add unbilled time puts them on an invoice as lines. Time on an issued invoice is locked.

Can we record a deposit for a session?

Yes. You record a part payment on the session's invoice, with how it was paid. The invoice shows as partly paid until the balance is in.

What does Magpie take from payments?

Magpie adds no fee to invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. The rest goes to the studio's own Stripe account.

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