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Recording studios · CRM

Keep every artist, band and agency in one list, with the last project beside the name.

A CRM for a recording studio is a single record of every person and company that has enquired, booked or recorded, with the project, the date and the next step. GullySales works on setting up that record, choosing a tool the team will actually open and agreeing what gets entered after each session.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For recording studios

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The contact list lives in the engineer's phone”

    Numbers saved under first names, with no note of what was recorded, mean that the studio cannot tell a past client from a stranger. When the engineer is away, nobody else can reply with any knowledge.

  • “A project has stages, not just a date”

    An enquiry becomes a quote, a booking, a recording, a mix, revisions and a delivery. If the record shows only the date of the session, the studio forgets the mix that is waiting for approval.

  • “Files and payments belong beside the contact”

    Who paid the advance, which version was approved and where the session files are stored are questions asked months later. A record that holds those answers saves a search through chats.

  • “A heavy tool will be abandoned”

    A system with a long list of fields that no one fills in is worse than a simple sheet. The record must be quick enough to update between sessions or it falls out of use.

What we do

What we deliver for recording studios.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A simple record for each person

    Name, how they found you, what they recorded, the date, the amount, the status and a note, set up in a sheet or a light CRM tool.

    Result: Any team member can find the history of a client.

  2. Project stages defined

    A short list of stages from enquiry to delivery, agreed with the engineer and used as a status on every project.

    Result: You can see at once what is waiting on you and what on the client.

  3. An after-session routine

    A short list of what to enter once a session ends: the work done, the files location, the next step and the date to follow up.

    Result: No session ends without the record updated.

  4. Tags for source and type of client

    Labels for singer, band, agency, school and institution, and for Instagram, referral, map listing and walk-in.

    Result: You can sort the list to see who comes from where.

  5. A clean-up of the existing contacts

    Merging duplicates, adding the missing project notes and marking the clients who have gone quiet.

    Result: The starting list is usable from the first day.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The record a studio should hold for each artist, band and agency.

Type of client
Singer, band, agency, school or voice-over. Chosen by the person taking the enquiry, to see who books most and who returns.
Project and stage
Enquiry, quote sent, booked, recorded, mixed, delivered. Lets the engineer see what each project is waiting on.
Source
Instagram, WhatsApp, search, referral or a past artist. Entered at the first message so you learn what fills the room.
Files and payment status
A pointer to where the session files are stored and a note on payment received. Keeps the file out of the record.
Last session and next idea
Entered after delivery. Tells you when to ask the artist about a second single or a mix of an album.

Who it is for

This is written for these recording studios.

  • Music recording studios for singers, bands and independent artists
  • Mixing and mastering studios taking files from outside
  • Voice-over and dubbing studios for ads and films
  • Audiobook and narration recording studios
  • Jingle and ad audio studios working with agencies
  • Studios inside music schools and academies
  • Home studios and project studios run by one engineer
  • Rehearsal and recording studios sharing one building

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The engineer keeps every contact on a phone and will not move them, so the record would stay empty.
  • You record fewer artists in a month than you can name, and a sheet does the same work.
  • You plan to store artists' raw audio inside the CRM, which will overload it and expose files.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Is a CRM too heavy for a small studio?
Not if it is a sheet with only a few columns. Start with the record and the habit, and move to a CRM tool only when the sheet is too slow for the number of clients.
Can we store artists' files in it?
Keep the files in your storage and put a link in the record. Be clear with clients about how long files are kept, and check data and privacy rules with your own adviser.
Who should update the record after a session?
The engineer who ran it, within the same day, in two lines. If a second person must do it, notes are lost. The reason is that the engineer knows what the artist said about a next song. Keep fields few so the update takes a moment.
Is a CRM too heavy for a small studio?
A heavy one is. A simple list with the person, the project stage and the last session suffices for a studio with one engineer. The risk is a tool nobody opens, so choose the lightest that holds source, stage and next step, and move up only when the list outgrows it.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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