Studio Policies

Scheduling:
A 50% deposit is required to schedule a session unless you are setup for Purchase Orders (P.O.) by your record label or other organization approved by Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc. The deposit will be applied to your session or refunded if you cancel within 24 hours of the session time.

Payment:
A deposit of 50% is required to hold your recording date and Full Payment is required prior to the beginning of your session. Payment may be made by cash, company check, certified funds, and all major credit cards. Clients meeting certain requirements will be able to issue a P.O. and have their sessions invoiced.

Masters:
Your account must be paid in full prior to receiving your masters.

Tours:
Tours are scheduled by appointment only.

Set Up:
When possible you may move-in and start setting up prior to your scheduled start time. Please be mindful that billing begins as soon as the engineer starts working with you in any capacity.

Starting Time:
All sessions expected to begin on time, however we will allow for a 15 minute grace period before your session is cancelled and your deposit is forfeited. Please understand that we will bill clients from the beginning of their scheduled time regardless of what time that they arrive. If any additional time is needed you will be charge you in 15 minute increments.

Ending Time:
Since we understand that sessions sometimes run over, we try to schedule sessions with a 30 minute grace period in-between. If you should require more time we will ask the next scheduled client if they don t mind waiting. If this is NOT acceptable to them, we ask that you be considerate stop your project immediately, and schedule another session.

Restricted Recordings:
As a professional recording studio we must uphold all copyright laws. As such, we will cancel your session if we believe that the client is infringing upon the copyrighted material of another artist.

Equipment:
Damage to Equipment:
Please understand that damages to equipment by client or anyone in client s party will be assessed to the clients invoice.

Equipment Rental:
If there some equipment that you require that we do not have available you may bring it yourself or request that we rent it for you up to 48hrs prior to your session. Please understand that the cost of renting said equipment will be added to your invoice and that you are solely responsible for it while it is being used.

Amenities:
Food Beverage:
Food and beverage may be brought in, but must be stored in the lounge & recreational area provided by the studio. If there is a food or beverage item that you would like us to have on hand, please call ahead within 24 hours of your session. The cost of any additional food or beverage item will be billed to your invoice.

Lounge Area:
We offer our clients a full lounge, kitchen and recreational area for their convenience at no additional charge. Please be advised that consumption of all food and beverage must be confined to the lounge area. We ask you to clean up after yourself and be mindful that you are responsible for any damages that may occur.

Smoking:
Smoking must be confined to the outside breezeway area. Please use the trash receptacle to dispose of all cigarette butts and packaging.

Drugs:
Drug use is strictly prohibited.

Liabilities:
Downtime:

The liability of Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc. with respect to downtime of any and all studio sessions as a result from equipment malfunction or availability, personnel hired musicians or acts of nature shall be limited solely to the studio time of such booked secessions. Client agrees to hold Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc harmless from any and all labiality from such downtime

Rescheduling of Session:
Diamond Recording and Productions, Corp makes no warranties either express or implied other than those contained herein. We will not be liable for unforeseen consequential damages of any kind. Should Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc. be unable to conduct a scheduled session for any reason, then we warrant that such canceled session shall be re-scheduled at a time that is mutually available and agreed to by both Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc. and the client.

Thank you for reviewing the recording policies of Diamond Recording and Productions, Inc. Please feel free to contact our studio manager via email at gregg@diamondrecordingstudio.com or by phone at 713-462-4400 should you have any further questions or concerns.