A lot of the legendary recording studios have fallen by the wayside so it’s nice to see stories like this one from Crawdaddy about Fantasy Studios (the house that Fogerty built) in Berkeley, California. A development company bought the property last year and decided to keep the place in business. The joint has all of the Pro Tools gear but, Wareham Development has not only kept the extensive collection of vintage microphones and the 24-track analog machines, they have retained much of the staff and thus, continuity.
Studio director, Jeffrey Wood, says….
“Since 1999, when the digital home recording thing really took off, we’ve been working with a lot of indie bands. A lot of the bad sound young artists get is due to operator error. When bands come here they always ask us, ‘How come when we do it, it sounds like a demo and when we do it in the studio it sounds like a real CD?’ They realize that people who have been doing it for 25 years actually know something about recording. The home gear is sold with a ‘be your own producer, be your own engineer’ manual, but it helps to work with people who have done it for a while. The joy of playing together as a band, rather than alone in your bedroom, is important. It brings out an emotion in the song that can be communicated in the recording.”
Fantsy Studio D
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Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Duh !! Hey Jacko;
This reminds me; I’m ready for my first year final exam. Will you be giving the exam this year?
Link | August 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pm