introduction

Hi, I'm james Hart, a musician and producer based in Luton, in the UK. For the past twenty years, I've been creating music and sound - this website contains quite a bit of it. If you want to jump straight to where the action is, click here.

music

I've been writing songs since I was a teenager, mostly with a light-hearted whimsical style, although I enjoy exploring other genres, and collaborating with friends and family on larger projects. My small recording / rehearsal / radio studio setup lends itself to many projects, including recording vocals for demo tapes, band rehearsals and jam sessions. You can hear much of what I've made in the music section.

jingles and voice-overs

I have recently been commissioned to produce short adverts, voice-overs and jingles for presenters at community and hospital radio stations and podcasts. A sample of my work will be available soon. I am very happy to consider requests for voice-over recordings, since I am hoping to build up a portfolio that can be used to broaden my repertoire.

other things

This site also includes my blog - a fairly frequently updated chronicle of my life and times with my family in Luton, and a gallery of our activities.

Oh, and let's not forget the mighty image fm - a radio station that finds its way onto the internet occasionally, made possible by (and quite often in an attempt to break!) the fine OnAStick Playout software created by my mate Jon Bird.

You can also find me at twitter.com/syzygy, where I chronicle the daily goings-on, and audioboo.fm/syzygy, an audio-blogging site I use to record soundscapes and interesting noises.  

studio equipment

• I have a small home studio, which has been used for vocal recording, band rehearsal, radio broadcast, voice-over work and music composition. It includes, among other things:

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• A home-built PC running Emagic Logic Audio 5.5 with various plug-ins

• Reaper music production software

• Yamaha 01X digital mixer,

• Gadget Labs Wave 8/24 eight channel sound card,

• Focusrite VoiceMaster Pro Platinum mic pre-amp
   
• Rode NT-1A microphone
  Beyer MCE90 microphone,
• Shure SM58 microphone
• Sony ECM-MS957 stereo microphone
   
• Ibanez GAX75 electric guitar,
• Behringer V-AMP 2 virtual guitar amplifier,
• Marshall AVT50 amplifier,
• Yamaha FG422-TBS acoustic guitar,
• Fender Squier P-Bass electric bass guitar,
• Alesis QS6 keyboard,
• Yamaha TX81Z, Ensoniq SQR, (thanks, Trev)  Evolution Synthesis EVS-1 and Casio VL-Tone synths
• Stylophone and various percussion instruments
   
• Behringer bits (a Tube Ultragain Pro mic pre-amp, Powerplay Pro headphone distribution amplifier, and Ultragraph equaliser),

• Quad 405 amp and Wharfedale MFM7 midfield monitors

Zoom H4 portable multitrack recorder