DMS Studio · Long Island City, NY

Record. Rehearse. Create.

Vocal and acoustic recording with over 24 years of industry experience. Take advantage of our sunny, spacious, professionally outfitted studio in a historic cigar factory dating to 1896. Engineer and recording-technique coaching included in every session.

Recording Sessions

Studio and engineer for vocals and instruments. You leave with unmixed files of your takes, or choose mixing/mastering as an add-on, and leave with a finished song.

Studio sessions

Live room with vintage condenser microphones on stands and a drummer behind them

Vocal / Track Session

Record your own vocals (solo or groups up to four), or one instrument, over your own backing track.

$1351 hr
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Instrument Session

Up to 4 instruments, overdubbed or together.

$2702 hr
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Choir / Ensemble

Choirs, a cappella groups, and vocal ensembles.

$2702 hr
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Studio Day

Bring a song, leave with a produced recording. Demo My Song musicians billed separately.

$8006 hrs
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Add-ons

Cinema camera on a rig in a studio lit with pink light and an On Air sign

Video

Two cameras, lighting, studio audio synced to video, choice of set.

$100per session
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Cinema Camera Upgrade

RED Komodo or Sony FX3 rental for a premium look.

from $220per session
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Live Stream / Remote Attendance

Stream a session or recital, or let a director watch live.

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Audition Packages

90 minutes: 30 minutes to warm up, then 60 minutes recording with a live pianist.

Grand piano in a sunlit room with tall windows and wood floors

Audition Package: Audio

Live pianist (60 min), engineer and studio (90 min), recording-technique coaching. Unmixed stereo recording of every take.

$265per session
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Audition Package: Audio + Video

Everything in Audio, plus two cameras and lighting. Submission-ready videos synced to studio audio, one file per take, raw files included.

$365per session
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Mixing & Editing

In-studio or remote—upload your files from anywhere. Delivered within 2 business days.

Producer at a studio desk with monitors, outboard gear, and keyboards
  • Mixing
  • Mastering
  • Stem Mastering
  • Vocal Editing / Tuning
  • Video Editing
  • Podcast Episode Editing

From Demo My Song

Services from our production team, booked through demomysong.com.

Songwriter with headphones at a piano reading sheet music

Hire a Singer

Hire one of our professional session singers.

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Custom Track

A backing track built from scratch for your song, with live musicians.

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Podcast & Voiceover

A quiet, treated room with mics, cameras, lights, and an engineer provided.

Podcast

Broadcast microphone on a boom arm

Episode: Audio

90-min slot, up to 4 hosts/guests, engineer, raw multitrack audio.

$135per episode
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Episode: Audio + Video

Audio episode plus multi-camera video, lighting, and choice of set.

$235per episode
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Full Production

Editing, mixing, intro/outro, social clips, and delivery.

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Weekly & monthly rates

Inquire for discounted rates on recurring episodes.

Video sets

Natural light or window covered. Greenscreen available.

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Voiceover & auditions

Engineered VO Session

Commercials, auditions, explainers. A remote director can listen in.

$75per hr
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Audiobook Narrator Block

4 hours in quiet daytime slots.

$2604 hrs
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Book the Room

The room with piano access, bring your own gear. Includes chairs, music stands, and Wi-Fi for up to 8 people. Studio mics, computer, cameras, lights, and engineer not included; no drums or amplified bands.

The open studio room with white brick walls, arched windows, wood floors, and exposed wooden roof beams

Hourly

Practice, rehearsal, a lesson, or your own recording or video.

$35per hr
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Half Day

4 hours in the room.

$1264 hrs
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Full Day

8 hours in the room.

$2388 hrs
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Teaching Block

For instructors: the same weekly slot, 20 hours a month, billed monthly.

$595per month
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Rehearsal with Accompanist

Room and a live pianist for run-throughs. No recording.

$95per hr
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Photo / Video Shoot Space

Commercial shoots with original brick. Natural light, or windows blocked. Greenscreen available.

$2002 hr
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Gift a Recording Session

A real studio session as a gift, no experience needed. The recipient brings their own original song(s), or a cover song to record. Hire the Demo My Song team as an add-on and we will produce the track for you with live musicians. Alternatively, if the gift is just for fun, we can source the instrumental as a Karaoke/MIDI track for you. Just tell us the song title(s) and we will do the rest.

Solo Session

1 singer, 1 hour, one song with a quick mix.

$165
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Solo Session + Video

Solo Session plus two-camera video of the performance.

$265
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Group Session

Up to 4 singers or musicians, 2 hours, one group song with a quick mix.

$300
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Group Session + Video

Group Session plus two-camera video.

$400
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Add a Piano Accompanist

Add a live pianist for 60 minutes to any gift session.

+$60per session
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Gift Card

Any studio service: $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, or $2,000.

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Plans

Monthly memberships for regular clients.

Studio Membership

Engineered hours with guaranteed time-slots each month, priority booking for extra time, member discounted rates.

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Self-Engineered Membership

Self-engineered hours with guaranteed time-slots each month, priority booking for extra time, member discounted rates.

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Booking Policies

Payment
Full payment at booking.
Cancel or reschedule
Free with 48 hours’ notice.
Timing & overtime
Sessions start and end at the booked time. Overtime is billed in 15-minute increments, depending on availability.

The Gear

Included in booked audio and video recording sessions.

Microphones

Neumann U87Schoeps CMC 6Audio-Technica AT4040Audio-Technica ATM450Shure SM7BShure SM58Shure SM57Electro-Voice RE20Audix D6

Preamps & processing

Neve 1073DPXGrace Design m101FMR Audio RNPFocusrite OctoPre MkIIAltec 1567AUniversal Audio LA-2AUniversal Audio 1176API 2500Crane Song IBISRupert Neve Designs Portico II

Conversion & monitoring

Lynx Aurora(n) AD/DAKali Audio IN-8 V2Yamaha HS5Sony MDR-7506Sennheiser HD 490 PRO

Software

Mac M2 ProLogic 12.4Pro Tools 2024.10.2Ableton Live 12 SuitePlugin library

Video

DJI Osmo Pocket 3Godox SL60IIBiGenaray SpectroLED 240 Bi-ColorPremium upgrade: RED Komodo ($300/day) or Sony FX3 ($220/day)

Instruments

Piano

Yamaha upright piano

Guitars & bass

Fender American StratocasterFender Player IISquier Jazz BassFender Precision BassSigma DM-1Yamaha FGX800C

Synths

RolandJuno-106XP-30AkaiMPC Live IIBehringerARP 2600RD-8RD-9TD-3Mod-DWasp

Pedals, amps & effects

Boss TU-3Boss GE-7Radial Pro DIRadial X-AmpStrymon FlintJHS Colour BoxMarshall JMP-1MXR M108Vox AC30