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Kid’s Record & “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” &” I’m the One” at Sunset Sound
“Ain't Talking 'Bout Love” This is one of the songs on Van Halen’s album that all the kids in Los Rios Rock School immediately recognized. “Aint Talkin' 'Bout Love” is feature in Guitar Hero: Van Halen Tier 3 Hollywood and…
Interview with Bassist and Producer Greg Richling
Greg Richling is a bassist, producer and music innovator. He wrote songs, recorded and toured with the Wallflowers for 20 years. He's played bass on albums for Fiona Apple and Macy Gray as well as producing and songwriting in LA. Greg…
Teens Recording Van Halen’s "I’m The One" at Sunset Sound
Hello Lovely People! We've had such an incredible response to the recording that we did with the students from the Los Rios Rock School that we wanted to post another video today. The kids did such and amazing job, with…
Historic Sunset Sound: Where We Recreated an Iconic Album with Teenagers
As a kid I can remember looking at the back covers of my favorite albums and absorbing all the information that I could. I began to notice that many of them were made at Sunset Sound - Records like Led Zeppelin 2…
4 Tips to Becoming a Successful Songwriter: Interview with Tim Randolph
Tim Randolph is a musician, songwriter, and producer who is currently working with some of the biggest artists in the world. He is also part of a new revolution that his happening in the music industry. Without the massive budgets and…
Recreating Van Halen’s Iconic First Album at Sunset Sound with Teenage Musicians
Van Halen's first iconic album took just 7 months from it's release to become certified platinum and has since sold over 10 million copies. The album was made at Sunset Sound Studio One in 1977, was released in 1978 and took…
Orchestra and Horns. 12 Songs. World Class Recording in 2 Days
Matt Brownlie’s career is an illustrious one that speaks for itself through both the range of genres and also the sheer talent he has worked with. His accolades include working with Bette Midler, LL Cool J, Destiny’s Child, Frank Ocean,…
The Amazing Brent Fischer Orchestra Recording at NRG Studios!
Get The Brent Fischer Extended Cut Hello lovely people! Today I want to introduce you to an amazing producer, composer and musician that has done almost everything in the music industry- the wonderful Brent Fischer! Brent was kind enough to…
These 5 artists are also world class producers
By Dave S If you want to make it in the industry you’re going to need to put in the hours to make yourself known. Like any job, what will earn you the most recognition is not only performing well…
7 Ways to Go Against the Grain and Make it in the Music Industry
I moved to Los Angeles in October 1995, that same month the band Self released their first album 'Subliminal Plastic Motives'. In early '96 I heard the single 'So Low' and was blown away, Los Angeles was full of hyped…
Interview with Wes Dooley of AEA Microphones
Hello Lovely People! At NAMM this year we spoke with the founder of AEA microphones, Wes Dooley, who has an immense knowledge of ribbon microphones. When the microphone division of RCA was permanently shut down in 1976, Wes found his…
Win A Roswell Pro Audio Mini K47 Condenser Microphone ($299 Value)
Matt McGlynn runs this amazing website called RecordingHacks.com. He gives us incredible insight into the world of microphones. Matt has done us a huge favour by creating a microphone database that makes it very easy to find the information you're actually…
4 Years in Purgatory or Just Pulling My Hair Out Trying To Get Better Drum Sounds?
I remember nearly 4 years ago finishing my first recording in my new studio. I was really excited about all the new opportunities to make music having my very own place would bring me. I was lucky enough to find…
This is where legends make records; Blackbird Studio (Studio Tour)
John McBride's Blackbird Studio in Nashville, TN is easily one of the most amazing places that you will come across in this world of music, recording and producing. During our visit to Summer NAMM, Mark Rubel one of the teachers…