The ultimate professional high-end acoustic recording studio, located in the centre of Holland. The studio is run by renowned bass player Marius Beets. With his musical background and his keen sense of music he has recorded in an outstanding way significant national and international artists.
Studio Smederij is known for its special entourage, “it feels like playing on stage”. All recordings are live and acoustic, with equipment that supports the vintage sound that is so distinctive to Marius Beets and Studio Smederij. The characteristic and inspirational setting of the studio adds to the experience while recording. It finds its origin in the 1930’s and is fully renovated to enhance and refine the studios’ acoustics.
Find more about The Studio, Recordings or Contact Studio Smederij below.
The studio
Specifications:
Recording space, with optional separate drum and vocal booth
15m x 8m
Control room
8m x 5m
Equipment on hand in studio:
Yamaha C7
Grand Piano
Fender Rhodes 88 stage piano
Pearl jazz drum kit
Several double basses
Bass and guitar amplifiers
Prices:
€450 studio rent
€200 for one studio engineer
€100 to tune the grand piano
Prices are based on a rental per day, eight hours of studio access.
If you are interested in renting the studio or you would like to receive more information please contact Marius Beets at mariusbeets@gmail.com or call +31-30 69 90 469 / +316 55 34 25 27.
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Recordings
Artists that recorded at Studio Smederij:
Beets Brothers, Jazzinvaders, Lonnie Smith, Rein de Graaff, Herb Geller, John Marshall, Ronnie Cuber, Houston Person, Dave Schnitter, Eric Ineke JazzXpress, Bart van Lier, Houdini’s, Ilja Reijngoud, Don Friedman, Martin Wind, Artvark ‘The Jazz Saxophone Quartet’, Ruud Breuls, Dave Liebman, Juraj Stanik, Lils Mackintosh, Eddie Conard, Sjoerd Dijkhuizen, Martijn van Iterson, Jesse van Ruller, Deborah Brown, Rik Mol, Licks and Brains Big Band, Frank Groothof.
Albums recorded at the Studio Smederij are sold in the Jazz Records shop, click here to go to the webshop.
Contact
Studio De Smederij
Van der Heijdenlaan 41
3705 ED Zeist
T: +31 (0) 30 6990 469
M: +31 (0) 6 5534 2527