Giving students the opportunity to be professionals

“Productions On Tour is a production team giving secondary school students the opportunity to have their music recorded professionally in a familiar environment for a friendly price.”

What do we do? Give an opportunity that otherwise might be missed out on Tour the schools of Leeds & Bradford Affordable recording and producing sessions in comparison to other recording studios Have students there during mixing, to get their approval or disapproval on the sound Simple yet professional sounding mix We will act as session musicians if any other instrument need playing Starting September next year

Where are we going? LEEDS Cardinal Heenan Roman Catholic High School Parklands Girls High School Temple Moor High School Joseph Priestly College South Leeds High School BRADFORD Eternal Light Secondary School Catherine’s Catholic High School Belle Vue Girls School Coral College Olive Secondary School Woodhouse Grove School

Planning Assemblies in May to advertise and give students time to decide 3 studios/classrooms set up with equipment 8 hour day from 9-5, lunch break whenever the school has lunch, 1 hour per song per student, between 12 and 24 students a day Produce demos over 2 days (first day recording, second day mixing)

Gap in the Market? Carried out a survey on SurveyMonkey.com

Facebook and Twitter to ask the questions

Majority of schools haven’t experienced a service like ours! Almost EVERYONE would be interested! Most teenagers might or do want to be famous!

Factory St. Studios: £100 for one song Silent City Productions (Hyde Park, Leeds): £245 for a high quality demo Peak Studios in Bradford: £250 a day Valley Rd Studio (edge of Leeds & Bradford): £192 a day Proof we are the Cheapest! Productions On Tour Silent CityFactory St. Studios Valley RdPeak Studios Per Day£192£250 Demo£80/£120£245£100 (1 song)

Equipment and Funding Macbook Pro’s x3 Logic Pro 9 x3 High quality microphones Audio Interfaces x3 Monitors and headphones

Equipment and Funding £80 for 1 song demo/£120 for 2 song demo £8-£10 travelling costs per school Average of £1590 per day Basic disclosure CRB check = £25 5 x 25 = £125 CD DVD Inkjet Printer £ plastic CD wallets = £4 100 blank printable CD-R's = £35 Web domain registration = £3 100 posters = £ business cards = £20 Total = £1162 We are visiting 11 schools in our initial run £1590 per school 1590 x 11 = £17,490 17, = £16,328 total profit at the end of our project

Promotion Business Card

Booking, Payments & Cancellations Booking: Letter with form sent home to parents (specifying 1 song/2songs, preference of time of day) Payments: Cheque payable to Productions on Tour, sent back with form (inclusive £30 deposit) Cancellations: 48 hours notice or deposit lost

Future Developments Expand to other Northern areas such as Manchester and Nottingham Radio advertisement Possibly franchise the business

Questions?