THE WEB Dusty and Mella in particular have worked very hard to satisfy my expectations. It has been a learning experience for me and I haven't always made the right decisions regarding choice of instruments etc. I do like to make these choices myself and generally, with the producers help it works out. The expertise of the musicians and vocalists is of the highest standard and everyone I have worked with has done their very best for me. Sincerely Lola

Smartest money I have ever spent!! Smartest money I have ever spent!!! Tremendous musicians, great vocalists. If I make it in this field ( fingers crossed ), it will be because I trusted these guys, men and women, to record my songs.

Music from the mind of a non musician... I wouldn't claim to be a musician at all; I'm not even on the periphery of the periphery of musicianship. But I can come up with a simple melody line on the piano and I am good with words. So I can create songs in my head, but where do I go from there? Can the answer be on the internet somewhere? Of course it can, and after investigation up pops the Tunedly site. I like what I see and decide to give it a go. I send them my lyrics and embarrassingly awful audio clips of my piano playing and attempted singthrough of the song. After some email discussions with the musician and the mixing engineer I've chosen from their roster, and a couple of redo requests, I get a finished song that is just amazing! I can't believe it started in my head, it sounds so good. This is no doubt the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

Finding professional session musicians … Finding professional session musicians and singers to give me the quality sound I am looking for has not always been easy. But Tunedly has made it a piece of cake. My favorite thing about this online music recording studio is the ease of use. The musicians are magnificent and took my humble ideas and turned them into that stunning song. My chosen guitarist was no ordinary guitarist. There’s something about his guitar riffs, he created that cool sound with his own bare fingers pointing forward to the grooves of the future. I wish I would have discovered Tunedly sooner.

Not for everyone Tunedly is a cool idea. You pay a guy around 600 dollars (unless you pay for a membership, then its cheaper) to produce a 3 minute song that will surely impress the friends and family. Initially I was so excited I signed up for a membership ($100 a month) and had a few songs submitted. However, the entire process was so disappointing I cancelled my membership and cried silently as I realized I wasted nearly 500 dollars on a song I will keep buried deep on my hardrive. For that amount of money you can literally buy an entire studio set-up and record all the songs you want yourself. For the amount I paid I was extremely disappointed with the turn out. In fact, nearly 3 months later I still haven't received the final version of my song. You're only offered 1 revision , so if you have any sort of creative vision for your song then your hard-pressed to get it right on the first go. No disrespect to my project manager, he is a totally competent musician and in a different context we could have made a great tune. But Tunedly's guidelines don't allow for much collaboration, and unfortunately even the little things turned out to be a major problem. I recommend you save your money and either buy your own studio equipment, or try an alternative website and do the same thing for hundreds of dollars less. In the end I cut my losses and did both, and after recording my own version I sent it to some incredible freelance musicians for the mix and mastering. The entire process took about a week, and the song turned out even better than I could have imagined. What's even better is that the total cost of both the studio equipment and the freelance work was still LESS than what I paid for Tunedly. If your a musician or have any emotional attachment to your song, then I would recommend you use something else. EDIT* Reply to Tunedly Thank you Tunedly for the reply and the clarifications. They actually had spotted a monetary error I had made in my original post. I fixed the error in my original review. As for the rest: Tunedly wrote: "you're looking at a price point of $10,000+ to create a real studio environment that can produce radio-ready, commercially viable songs." DO NOT let anybody tell you it will take upwards of $10,000 to produce radio-ready songs. This is completely untrue, and the fact is NO new artist could ever realistically ever afford that. The reality is you can replicate "radio ready" songs for not even a fraction of that price. I bought my initial set up online for $229. (Mic, headphones and audio interface) My keyboard was around $150 and my software cost $100. I have a laptop I use for school for my software and my guitar was a hand me down. (thanks dad) Lastly, the freelance work I purchased was around $100 total. ($45 for vocals and $65 for mastering) In total, my set up is around $500 and it does just fine. I recorded my song at my local studio, (my city has free slots on the weekdays) but you can honestly record it in your bedroom and it wouldn’t be that different. you can just use free plug-ins for the noise filtering. The fact is you don't need fancy equipment to produce a high quality song, this is completely false and a shameful way to discourage young musicians. Tunedly wrote: "In addition, the client received two basic demo recordings, which are free of charge and are part of the member benefits." Ah yes, the demo recordings. One of them was so bad it was almost insulting and completely unusable. The other I only recieved a MONTH later, after which I had already started the paid version of the song. You're actually paying $100 a month for "free" demo recordings. I wouldn't bother wasting time with these. Tunedly wrote: "To this date, the client hasn’t come back to us with a revised vocal track from his singer." I did actually come back to Tunedly with the revised track from my singer. On June 17th I sent the REVISED lyrics in a WAV. file to my project manager to no reply. Actually as of July 31st, I still have not received a completed song from Tunedly. This is nearly 3 months later. Not that I'm mad though, I just assumed we all had called it a day and moved on to other things. Tunedly wrote: "Clients are offered one revision per part." Each instrument is included with a revision, that is correct. The problem is my song is entirely dependent on the piano, so after a failed 2nd revision there was no point in even continuing the song. This could be fixed if Tunedly would include their clients in the song making process or at least increase the allowed revisions. There is no collaboration, even though making music is supposed to be a collaborative process. You have to explain everything to your project manager through text and it's incredibly difficult to translate exactly what you want. I had actually requested to call my project manager for the 2nd revision (which he graciously accepted) and tried my best to describe what I wanted. He sent the 2nd revision, but I realized we just weren't on the same page. If Tunedly would allow us to be more involved in the actual making of our song, then it would be a thousand times better. Instead you have to sit back and hope your project manager gets it right. If he/she doesn’t, well then you're plain out of luck. In summary: If you just want somebody to do it for you and don't really care too much on the details, then Tunedly is just fine. I am not saying don't use their service; I am saying it's not for everyone. If you're a musician or aspiring musician, I can't recommend Tunedly. For those who want a fun song for the friends and family, then have at it.