Bally Rehearsal Studios.
Tottenham Hale, N17. London.
Meet the Bally team.
In many other rehearsal studios there are many different members of staff, with all of them working a few hours per week. This means they don't get to know the bands who come in, build up a relationship with them, learn which equipment they prefer, and don't get to know the small differences that together make a huge difference. Here at Bally Studios it's much more simple - we like to have a maximum of three staff members with so that you get to know us and we get to know you, meaning that rehearsals should be a much more pleasant experience here. By us knowing you better, we can make sure we can prepare the amps you prefer in advance, try and book you into your favourite room, and have the right cup of tea already brewed. Less staff means more shifts are available for each of them, which makes more experienced staff who can better serve your needs. As you can see, every single member of staff we have is a musician, with most of us playing multiple musical instruments.
Mark Edwards
Studio Assistant/ Studio Manager: 2010 - Present.
Jim Taylor
Studio Assistant: 2015 - Present.
Mark has been with Bally since 2010 having previously rehearsed at the studio. He is a drummer/songwriter with over 14 years touring and recording experience.
During this time he has achieved endorsements from TAMA drums and Zildjian Cymbals, co-written on two top 100 UK chart singles, recorded live radio sessions for The John Peel Show (BBC Maida Vale Studios), Ian Camfield (XFM), The Eurosonic Festival (BBC R1) and has worked with top producers, James Brown (Foo Fighters, Brendan Benson), Liam Watson (The White Stripes, The Kills), Lenny Franchi (Bjork, Tricky), and Luke Buttery (Nick Cave, The Horrors).
Mark also teaches the drums here at Bally and you can find out more over at his Facebook page.
Ignacio Fernandez Cacho
Studio assistant: 2015 - Present.
Ignacio was born in Madrid, Spain. After studying guitar performance at the MI in Los Angeles he moved to the UK pursuing a music career, which seemed harder to do in Spain.
He studied music technology at Derby University and moved to London looking for a vibrant environment where to play. At that time he started to learn bass and play as a bass player with a few bands, playing a few festivals around the UK. As of late 2015 he is about to commence on his first tour outside the UK.
Apart from working at Bally, he works with a bilingual company teaching Spanish to kids through music, whilst composing and producing music at home.
Jimmy Mulvihill
Co founder, Owner: 2005 - present.
Jimmy formerly played lead guitar in The March Hares, a London based independent underground band, and before that in The Infidels. In the past he taught Guitar, Piano and Drums to kids, worked as a sound engineer in 7 different live music venues in London, and has also worked in music journalism.
Jimmy left the UK in early 2013 and now lives in Valencia, Spain, spending half of his time there and the other half travelling Europe whilst working as a journalist, writing about the music business. He also writes for English based travel and sports magazines in Spain.
Francesca De Luca
Co-founder, Owner: 2005 - 2013.
Francesca De Luca was born and has lived in London all her life, although she is of Italian origin. She has acted in film, theatre, TV and voice-overs/radio. She has played both lead and character roles ranging from the evil sorceress Agleoniki (in the cult film Orpheus and Euridice with Oliver Reed as the narrator) to alternative therapist Guru (Bad Science) to a lovestruck prostitute, a London taxi driver,a New York journalist, a Texan Hollywood wannabe. a Russian secret agent and Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream).
Francesca also has a huge passion for music and plays the guitar and drums.
Francesca now no longer works at the studios and is instead living in Los Angeles pursuing acting. You can find out more about what she's up to and what she's already done over at her website.
Mark Edwards
Studio Assistant: 2010 - 2013
Studio Manager 2013 - present
Mark has been with Bally since 2010 having previously rehearsed at the studios. He is a drummer/songwriter with over 14 years touring and recording experience.
During this time he has achieved endorsements from TAMA drums and Zildjian Cymbals, co-written on two top 100 UK Chart singles, recorded live radio sessions for The John Peel Show (BBC Maida Vale Studios), Ian Camfield, (XFM), The Eurosonic Festival (BBC R1) and has worked with top producers James Brown (Foo Fighters, Brendon Bendon), Liam Watson (The White Stripes, The Kills), Lenny Franchi (Bjork, Tricky) and Luke Buttery (Nick Cave, The Horrors).
Mark also teaches the drums here at Bally, you can find out more over at his Facebook page.
Nikki Bakx
Tech Manager, Studio Engineer: 2024 - Present
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Music links:
TikTok.
YouTube.
Instagram.
Music background: Nikki started at Bally in 2024 and has been active in the London music scene as a guitarist, bassist, producer and teacher for 14 years. During this time she has performed and released music regularly with her own projects Los and the Deadlines, Yorige, and Baba Ki, as well as the music collective Holy Shift and antiracism group Love Music Hate Racism. She's also played, recorded and/or written with acts such as Charlotte Eriksson, Rhys Chatham, Anpu, Audrey Riley, and released music on Nutek, Warner Chapell and Basstones Music amongst others. Most recently she's run a social media page with daily guitar videos called NoiseByNix, found on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Alessandro Benetazzo.
Studio Assistant: 2025 - Present.
Jimmy Mulvihill
Founder/Owner 2005- Present
Studio Manager 2005-2013
Accounts, promotion, admin 2013-present
Born in North-West London to Irish descent, Jimmy entered the music industry by playing lead guitar in The Infidels and The March Hares, before working as a studio sound engineer, a live sound engineer and a club promoter form 2002-2005. He was a constant presence at the studio from 2005 until 2013, when he left the UK to travel Europe for 18 months whilst working as a writer, focusing on the financial and economic side of the music industry, initailly living in Valencia, Spain, before then moving to Sevilla, Spain, before settling in Berlin Germany. He continues to write about how bands can become self-sustaining, independent and remain in control of their music, whilst still working at Bally remotely.
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