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Studios continued TV and film music produced in the control rooms include themes from “Te Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hawaii Five-O,” “ Mission Im- possible,” “Te Monkees,” “Te Partridge Family,” “M*A*S*H,” and “Te Godfather.” Ah, if walls could talk. “We’ve done scoring for TV and film – the music for ‘Glee,’ ‘Human Target,’ the new Julia Roberts’s movie and NBC’s ‘Te Event,’”says EastWest manager Candace Stewart. “We’re doing well, the primary difference these days are changes in technology, the amount of time people spent in the studio record- ing,” Stewart says. “Instead of coming in for eight months, peo- ple track what they can’t do at home, then take it home to work on it.” Te greatest boon and threat to these studios has been digital technology and each has welcomed that brave new world of home recordings for artists and pro- ducers though many agree it loses the richness found on LPs and even CDs. “I do think tech is amazing, talent is talent, but what has happened with people’s ability to make, record their own music is most everyone thinks MP3 sounds fine be- cause it’s what they know,” says EastWest’s Stewart. “Te younger generations are not familiar with analog record- ing; they only know digital. Pro Tools on computers re- placed tape machines. You can get amazing sounds, but Some of Hollywood’s Key Recording Studios: Capitol 1750 Vine Street Hollywood, CA 90028 (323) 871-5001 www.capitolstudios.com Ocean Way 6050 West Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028-6433 (323) 467-9375 www.oceanwayrecording.com 36 DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD / FALL 2010 The control booth at Sound Factory, sister studio to Sunset Sound, features the traditional analog mixing equipment that many recording artists still prefer. when compressed down into MP3 and you’re listening from the web, you’re not hearing sound reproduced as well as it can be.” Conway’s Brundo also believes the MP3 and iPod era may have been great for new areas of business, but has also made people expect less from audio. “It’s the quality level because of downloads,” he says. “It’s so bad; the music sounds like a movie would look-- out of focus.” Capitol’s Salvatore says that while home studio work has often become part of the process for artists, they often can’t get the same results. ‘You can’t have that peer alliance in a home studio; that creates its own energy,” says Salvatore. “Now, people Sunset Sound & Sound Factory 6650 West Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028-7165 (323) 469-1186 6357 Selma Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90028-6312 (323) 467-2500 www.sunsetsound.com Conway 5100 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038-4109 (323) 463-2175 www.conwayrecording.com East West 6000 West Sunset Boulevard Hollywood, California 90028 Tel: (323) 957-6969 Fax: (323) 957-6966 www.eastwest-studios.com Record Plant 1032 North Sycamore Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038-2308 (323) 993-9300 www.recordplant.com/ Henson Studios The former A&M Records studios 1416 North La Brea Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90028-7506 www.hensonrecording.com West Beach Recording “The Science of Punk” 6035 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028-5411 (323) 461-6959 www.westbeachrecorders.com