Guides for studio owners and musicians

Listing a room for the first time: photos, descriptions, and the details bookers actually ask about.

Getting started

Writing a studio description that answers the real questions

Half of what people cram into a description already has its own field on the listing. Use the space for the thing only you can say.

July 21, 2026

Setting an hourly rate, handling deposits and cancellations, and understanding when the money lands.

Pricing and payouts

How to price your room by the hour

Pricing from your costs gets a number nobody pays. Copying the room down the road gets one that does not cover yours. The useful method starts with what you actually keep.

July 16, 2026

Pricing and payouts

When to offer a day rate, and when it costs you

A day rate does not sell a long session. It sells the whole day, and it is the only way a guest can book you across several.

July 4, 2026

Finding the right room, asking the right questions, and showing up ready to work.

Booking a session

How to Book a Recording Studio: A Beginner's Guide

The right studio isn't the fanciest or the cheapest, it's the one whose room, gear, and engineer actually fit what you're recording.

August 4, 2026

Booking a session

What happens to your money when you cancel

Every listing carries one of three cancellation policies, and whichever is showing when you book is locked in. Here is exactly what each one refunds.

August 1, 2026

Booking a session

What to bring to a session, and what the room should already have

The line between your kit and the studio's is blurrier than it should be. Assume less and you will lose fewer hours.

June 22, 2026

Acoustics, gear, and working habits that hold up on both sides of the glass.

Studio craft

Treating a small room without rebuilding it

You cannot fix a small room's low end with foam, and you do not need to. Most of the available improvement comes from three moves.

June 15, 2026

Studio craft

Session etiquette that gets you invited back

Being easy to work with is a skill, and it books more days over a career than playing does.

June 6, 2026

Availability, instant book, minimum notice, and the day-to-day of keeping a room booked.

Running your studio

Setting Up Your Home Studio for the Best Guest Experience

A great home studio isn't just about the gear, it's about what it feels like to walk in as a guest. A little planning turns a good room into a space people book again and again.

August 4, 2026

Running your studio

Connecting Google Calendar to Claude

Claude can read your calendar and answer questions about your week in plain English. Here is how to connect it, and what it will not do for a studio.

August 1, 2026

Running your studio

Putting your studio on your own website

If you already have a website, two lines of code will put your live listing on it: your photos, your hourly rate, your reviews, and a link through to your Soundbooked page.

August 1, 2026

Cancellations and refunds, house rules, keeping payment on the platform, and what to do when a session goes wrong.

Safety and policies

Choosing a cancellation policy

Three policies, three different answers to the same question: who carries the cost when a session does not happen. Here is exactly what each one refunds.

July 27, 2026

Safety and policies

House rules that actually get followed

Rules nobody reads protect nobody. The ones that work are specific, short, and explain the consequence rather than asserting authority.

July 27, 2026

Safety and policies

Why booking and paying stays on Soundbooked

Taking a session off the platform to save the fee sounds like free money. Here is what both sides are actually giving up when the booking moves to cash.

July 27, 2026