School Projects

We are experienced in working with children of all ages and our studio experiences have proved valuable for children with special needs. To discuss your own school or organisation’s requirements phone 0131 556 4882 or email us

CLIFTON HALL SCHOOL
YOU RAISE ME UP

“Clifton Hall School worked with Iain and his team at Offbeat Recording Studio in March 2010. We wanted to record our junior and senior choirs performing the song ‘You Raise Me Up’. We had a fantastic experience, which was tailored to meet our specific needs. Iain and his team were very professional, and easy to work with. They were very patient with our students and made them feel at ease straight away. We would definitely recommend Offbeat Recording Studio for school projects and we plan to work with them again in the near future!”

ROD GRANT. HEADMASTER of CLIFTON HALL SCHOOL

NETHERMAINS SCHOOL
MAX IN THE MIDDLE – NHS DIRECT

“I want to say how very much our pupils, parents, staff and community members enjoyed the recent recording session in school with a group of approximately 90 pupils. All who were keen and engaged in the activity. This was a fabulous experience for all concerned, particularly our pupils. You gave them an insight into the sound recording process, as well as focusing on your job, which linked so well with our approach to the World of Work.”

MARY CONNOLY – Head teacher of Nethermains Primary School in Denny for the recording of Max In The Middle for NHS Direct in conjunction with Tom Houston.

DEAN PARK SCHOOL
PEACEFUL WORLD

“My name is Rand Prichard and I am a song writer and a certificated music teacher from California. While I was teaching music in primary schools in Scotland, my wife and I wrote a song entitled “Peaceful World”. The song had been well received in the schools and my wife and I felt that it should be professionally recorded and we asked Iain McKinna owner of Offbeat Music Production to do the recording.

Iain is an exceptionally gifted musician and he created a superb professional backing track for the recording. We then organized to have our selected primary school singers come to his studio to do the recording. He was wonderful with the children and calmly and professionally worked with them to get the best sound for the recording. His lovely wife added some superior background vocals and he spent a great deal of time mixing the tracks to perfection. We were well pleased with the final product.

My wife and I returned to California and I incorporated the “Peaceful World” song into an original video and posted it on YouTube. We have received almost 10,000 hits in a year and many people from around the world including many teachers from Canada and the US have requested the song for use in school concerts and other venues. We even had a teacher from Tibet request the song to be sung at a very prestigious music festival! Iain McKinna is great to work with and you can rest assured that you will get the highest quality professional product from him.”

SAMANTHA E
AUTISM AWARENESS

“As the mother of a special needs young adult I have to be very particular who I allow to be associated with my daughter Samantha E.

Last year I approached Offbeat Studio for a few recordings and was very impressed with the fact that Iain McKinna did everything he could to help make the experience a very positive one for my daughter..

I will continue to allow her to work with the studio as I now feel confident that she is in good hands.”

SHARON RUDERHAM

GARVALD SCHOOL
SELECTION OF SONGS

Garvald is registered to provide accommodation and day services for adults with learning disabilities.

“Our experience at Offbeat was one that we won’t forget. I think everyone had a good time, although most of us only had three hours sleep. The recording was done very professionally and also to our expectations. Very cool!”

Reghardt Debeer

FIRST LIGHT MOVIES
KIDS MOVIE AWARDS 2007 – ODEON LEICESTER SQUARE

Other contributors to the project were Alex Zane, Kate Winslet, Alan Parker, Minnie Driver, Daniel Craig and Barbara Broccoli. Click on movie image below to see a short film about the awards.