At five o'clock on the afternoon of 31st May 2023, CD Makers closed down after 30 years of business.
Thank you to all my customers, those who have had one job done, and those who've been with me many times since 1993.
The journey has not been without mistakes, but I leave with a clear conscience, knowing that at all times I have done my very best.
With best wishes to all,
Andrew Host.
CD Makers is one of the trading names of Andrew Host.
Andrew has been involved with audio in a professional capacity for around 43 years.
CD Makers was one of the first CD recording services, starting business in 1993.
Back in those days, CD recorders were eight thousand dollars and blank discs were sixty dollars each. That's EACH - not per spindle of a hundred!
CD Makers began with an Audio Design CD recorder and a Panasonic SV-3700 DAT player
After five years of business, in 1998, Andrew joined CD-ROM Services Pty Ltd in North Sydney, and CD Makers was absorbed into their business.
Whilst keeping links with CD-ROM Services, Andrew re-launched CD Makers as a separate entity in 2010, operating from a studio in Thornleigh, in Sydney's north-west.
At the end of May 2023, after successfully running the business for 30 years, he decided that he didn't want to run a business any more and CD Makers ceased trading.