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Andrew Beckett … gearing up for the official launch of Bullroarer Recording Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 15, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tucked away in a back street of Murgon is a recording studio which is the culmination of one man’s musical dreams.<\/p>\n

“Bullroarer Recording Studios” is the creation of Andrew Beckett, former frontman for ’90s band Tribal Link.<\/p>\n

It has taken a year to build and an investment of about $50,000.<\/p>\n

“I have spent my money wisely to make it a purpose-built studio,” Andrew said.<\/p>\n

There is a soundproofed “live room” where performers can lay down tracks, and a control room where Andrew can work his magic on the mixing desk.<\/p>\n

The floors, made of cypress pine, are raised to help control sounds and vibrations.<\/p>\n

The studio forms part of Andrew and wife Trish’s “Jemalong Productions” business which covers audio, video recording and photography.<\/p>\n

It was designed by Andrew but a lot of the carpentry work was done by his brother Kenny, who would travel down from Baralaba on his days off to lend a hand.<\/p>\n

The actual mixing desk was built to Andrew’s design by the Cherbourg Joinery, while Andrew himself set up the components and computers.<\/p>\n

Andrew is a perfectionist. It shows in his mixing – he played southburnett.com.au<\/strong> several tracks he is currently working on – and in his studio design.<\/p>\n

There will be an official opening of Bullroarer down the track, but Andrew first wants to finish off the “aesthetics” and tweak the accoustics in the control room.<\/p>\n

“It’s been a long-time dream for me and now I am at the stage to live it,” he said.<\/p>\n

At the moment, it’s “Bullroarer Recording Studios”, but Andrew can envisage the day when it’s also “Bullroarer Records” with artists signed to his label, and a stable of session musicians he can call on.<\/p>\n

“Music is a universal language,” he said. “I hope to network with anyone and everyone, and get paid for what I love doing. Music is fun!”<\/p>\n

Andrew still classes himself as a musician – he’s picking on a Fender as he’s talking – but he’s also a sound engineer and producer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If someone comes to me with a song, I could just hit ‘record’ and I will engineer the recording,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But if they want me to ‘produce’ it, I can create the sound, the arrangements, provide the instruments. They can give me a picture, and I will colour it in.”<\/p>\n

And then there’s music videos …<\/p>\n

Andrew has made a couple of professional full-length videos already and is eager to try his hand at a shorter format working with musicians.<\/p>\n

He is frustrated when people say to him “Why Murgon?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

He says “Why not?”<\/p>\n

“There’s no fence around Murgon, it’s not just Murgon, it’s the globe.<\/p>\n

“There’s a whole world of networks, people exchanging files. I’m thinking globally.”<\/p>\n

When he’s not working behind his mixing desk, Andrew can be found at Cherbourg, working on the establishment of the Council’s new recycling project.<\/p>\n

He’s also a familiar face running the regular karaoke sessions at the Hotel Cecil in Wondai and is often the “sound man” at local music events.<\/p>\n

And although Bullroarer is not yet officially open, Andrew has already started working in it on various songs.<\/p>\n

Dean Love, from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation of Queensland, hired the studio recently to put down tracks with some Nanango teenagers.<\/p>\n

And Andrew is also working on tracks with Steve Hart, from Cherbourg, as well as a couple of other local country music singers.<\/p>\n

However, there is another part of his dream that he is still working on achieving – to finally record the Tribal Link album which didn’t quite make it onto a CD all those years ago.<\/p>\n

“Tribal Link are getting back together to record what was never released,” he promised.<\/p>\n

“It has taken us 15 years or more, but we will do a proper recording.”<\/p>\n