The Vox Box studio project is based around around the construction of a fully functioning professional studio within a 20ft x 7.7ft shipping container based around designs by Mark Paltridge (Australia) and his hugely successful Spark 1 Studio. The plans for the container incorporate a vocal/live recording booth and a control room fitted with state of the art recording, mixing and mastering equipment.
The aim of the project is for the studio to be available to members of the public, youth and community groups and established musicians and producers. Coupled with this is the ability for the studio to be transported to festivals, gigs and other events for demonstrations and live recordings.
The studio will be staffed by producers and technicians with a wide range of skills and capabilities with a diverse background in the local & national music scenes.
The ethos behind the project is to bridge the gap between professional and community based music within the manchester music scene and give opportunities for people who would not normally have access to a professional studio the chance to learn and improve their production and recording skills.
Also the running of a community radio station would be possible giving a chance for local artists/youth groups to broadcast their material to a wider audience.
Vox Box will be working closely with a number of established artists, producers, sound systems and club nights which will create opportunities for live performance as well as providing excellent advice and guidance with regard to production, DJ'ing, MC'ing, singing and sound engineering both studio and event based