Noise Solution

Jun 14

Noise Solution students EP - fantastic work check it out

Recorded in a small library room over late 2012/early 2013, and mixed at Punch Studios in Suffolk. All songs and lyrics written by Cal Beaney except for Cage Around The Sun, which was written by Monster Magnet.

Play it loud.

credits

released 11 June 2013

Cal Beaney - Guitar, cigar box guitar, banjo, vocals, mixing, artwork
Simon Doling - low background drone on one song.

Apr 26

Noise Solution Summer Newsletter - good News stories

If you can’t view the embedded pdf (apple get your shizzle together with using Flash) then here is a link

https://www.box.com/s/5x724nfyqjn59ohq1dyh

otherwise here it is

Mar 25

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Mar 14

Quote from a client today.

“The music heals the wounds. Rather than having the pain from the mental health, it gives you something to channel the energy into and find a way to expand the mind instead of sitting destroying yourself.”

” — Chris

Mar 12

Freeware effects and instruments - get em here



Looking for free VST plugins? You’re certainly in the right place!
On this page, you’ll find the core part of BPB – a directory of essential freeware VST/AU plugins for Windows and Mac (aka BPB Freeware Studio).

Mar 06

Music as therapy

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Music is better than any therapy, says 19-year-old Trystran. Trystan has just completed a Noise Solution course with tutor Joe Bailey at Punch Studios in Ipswich. He says that he was quite sceptical and nervous at first because he wasn’t confident that he’d be able to do it. Now, after 10 sessions, he’s planning a career in music production and is looking at college courses either in Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds.

“I was told it was therapy through music but it’s not that. It’s purely music and that’s better than any therapy! I’ve made a lot of wrong decisions but this Noise Solution course is one of the best ones I’ve ever made”. Not only has he worked in a professional studio but also, as part of his Bronze Art Award, went on to teach some of these new-found skills to someone who had never been involved in music before. “Before I came to Noise Solution I’d say I was at about a three out of ten. Now I’m back on track and I feel like I’ve got prospects now. Now I’d say I was a seven or eight.”

This is what Trystan’s worker had to say about the sessions

I can’t thank you enough for the superb work you have done with He feels he has never stuck at anything I have come up with before and was getting down about it and feeling he would never be able to.

He now has the confidence to face what will be an uphill struggle but he has the belief that he can do it restored. Your ideas about how to move forward and build on the course sound great and your offer to support him in this is very kind.

Trystan’s mental health Professional

Amazing!

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Amazing is a word that 15-year-old Sophie uses a great deal these days. Noise Solution is amazing, her tutor is amazing, the keyboard that he obtained for her through the integrated youth service is amazing, making her own CD was amazing and having her name on Google and You Tube is amazing. But one of the best things is, thanks to Noise Solution’s music award, she has now got an application to start a new college course in September.

For Sophie, this is a real step in the right direction - as she is currently not at school. “I really wanted to play the piano and I was shown how to do that on my first session. I then went on to learn and record a song by Adele and another by Elton John.” She was also inspired through recording her Noise Solution progress on a blog and is now setting-up her own blog to continue the good work.

Creating positive change

Rob is a highly talented young musician who’s been given a new lease of life by Noise Solution. Previously he had been unable to leave his Bury St Edmunds home, couldn’t go to college to finish his music degree and found that whatever therapy he tried just didn’t make a difference. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter had been housebound for two or three years and was suffering from social anxiety disorder. “I went through all different kinds of therapy and nothing seemed to work and then I heard about Noise Solution.”

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Ten sessions later Rob is now volunteering on a regular basis for Community Service Volunteer Media Clubhouse, in Ipswich, and is trying his hand at computer games journalism for Villa House Media which reaches out to help people across Europe. “My tutor came to me for the first session and we used my own recording equipment. Then gradually as the weeks went by we moved to the recording studio. I was really scared to begin with but it was a really positive experience. Rob (pictured) says, “We picked a selection of my songs and then worked on four or five and ended up recording them. “My tutor arranged the volunteering work for me and I’ve really enjoyed it. “It’s all made such a difference to me that I now want to go back and finish my degree.”

In a letter of thanks Viv, Rob’s mum, says, “To watch Rob struggle with social anxiety disorder for two and a half years has been heart-wrenching. “Your wonderful mentoring skills have inspired Rob and most importantly rekindled his love of music.”

Feb 20

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Feb 11

I can’t thank you enough for the superb work you have done with ******. He has never stuck at anything I have come up with before and was getting down about it and feeling he would never be able to.

He now has the confidence to face what will be an uphill struggle but he has the belief that he can do it restored. Your ideas about how to move forward and build on the course sound great and your offer to support him in this is very kind.

I will continue to keep your service in mind and will recommend Noise Solution wherever possible.

If you want a quote blowing your trumpet I’m your man.

X mental health Professional

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Email from a mental health professional today

Great for the client, great for the mental health services, great for the tutor great for Noise Solution and great for society as a whole.