Spirit Studios
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Spirit Studios, formerly known as SSR and The School of Sound Recording, is a music and media training academy producing graduates within the music, television, film and radio industries. It is based in Manchester in northern England, and has offshoots in London and Jakarta.
History
[edit]Commercial studio
[edit]Spirit Studios, based on Tariff Street in Manchester, began as a commercial recording studio in 1980 as part of the Northern Quarter, also known as the creative quarter.[1] John Breakell, Spirit Studios' founder and Managing Director,[2] ran the business with facilities that included four small rehearsal rooms and a single 4-track recording studio.[3]
The first band to use Spirit's facilities were The Smiths, named by NME magazine as the most influential band since 1952.[4] Spirit Studios continued to provide rehearsal and recording space for many Mancunian bands and international artists, notably: The Stone Roses,[5]