Before the trip.

We checked if everyone had packed lunches and jackets in case the weather was bad. We made sure that we had something to eat for lunch with us, or money to buy lunch because we knew that there was a café at the studio.

Then Mr McCormack gave us money for the subway tickets. We had to divide this money between us so that everyone had enough to buy a return ticket, which means you can go and come back on one ticket. We each needed £1.35.

We talked about why we were going to the studio and what we could learn about. For example, who would work there and how they got their job there. We also chose three songs that we wanted to record.

Getting there.

We all left the school and walked to the subway at Shields Road. We each paid for our tickets at the desk. Some of us had problems scanning our ticket to get through the barrier!

We got off at St. Enoch centre. We had to make sure all day that we had our own ticket safe so that we could get home. We walked to the studio from the subway and had to cross the River Clyde.

At the studio

We met the team who worked at the studio. We  recorded our three songs and saw how the songs were  edited and produced. We saw many new things like the mixing desk, we sang in the vocal booth, we tried the drums and microphones in the rehearsal studio. We also made sure to have a lunch break outside to get some fresh air.

We also learned the names of different types of guitar: electric, acoustic and bass and what the differences are. We spoke about people who recorded there and how you can go to college to get a job as a music producer.

You can listen to the songs we recorded at the top of this post.

Getting home was much easier as we knew how to use the subway and which stop to get off at. We had a great day!