At a recent gathering of friends, it came up that there are so many aspiring “wanna be” artists who always wanted to be recorded but could not afford the costs of today’s stateside recording studios.

I spoke to some members of a touring show that graced our small village here in Ajijic, Mexico, who related to me, just how expensive it is in the States to get recorded. Later at another party it came up again, but this time it was mentioned that there was a recording studio somewhere in our area. I set out to find it and find it I did. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found.

I had a country and western player/singer friend visiting me from Nashville at the time, so I took him with me to the interview, since he knows some of the ins and out of recording.

When I arrived, Alan met us at the gate and escorted us through the garden/yard to the house. As I remember, there was a fountain on the right of the front door just bubbling away and on the left a  waterfall. There were lots of tropical plants to complete this picture of calm ambiance..

Alan and Carols’ attractive front door was obliviously custom made just for them. It was black wrought iron with musical notes scattered here and there. It may have exuded a musical message but since I don’t read music, I can’t say.

She is a local singing star in our area and has sung professionally with her band throughout the USA and it was for her that Alan built this studio: to further her career. He tells me that she is blessed with “Perfect Pitch”.

The story behind the Bedford’s is really amazing. Carol was telling me that she recently wrote a musical for Broadway and sent it in and it was well received. Perhaps it will become a top Broadway musical. I certainly hope so.

Look at Alan for a moment. I’ll just touch on the highlights of his earlier career:

Alan was Grand National Ballroom Dancing Champion for 4 yrs in a row, and when he graduated from high school, he was hired to be the choreographer for the movie ‘Viva Las Vegas” starring Elvis Prestly and Ann Margaret.
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He’s been a DJ, which he did between jobs while in the construction business as an engineer.

He is an accomplished piano player and presently plays in a band in local music halls. And I had the pleasure of hearing him play the drums recently at a local club. He’s great!

He met his wife Carol while she was playing in a country band in San Diego. She played in this band for some 4 years. They are both very accomplished musicians and entertainers.
Now a little about the studio here in San Juan Cosla, Mexico.

Name “South of the Border Productions”
Phone: 011 52 387 761 0259
e-mail: Music@Laguna.com.mx

Tracking capabilities?  Up to 24 tracks
Do you provide musicians?  No
Digitally mastered?  Yes
Master here?  Yes
Do you provide the master tape, yes
Price per hour for recording? $ 500 Pesos ( Less than $50 US dollars) – 
Set price or by the hour