“Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.” IfsKnowsYearsDoeStillsHelpingArtistStuffLevelsKnow HowRecordsFieldsStudiosSoftwareMicrophonesLaptopsPlaying FieldsYears Of Experience Author:Roger McGuinn
“I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.” I CanHomeRecordsOfficeComputerTrackStudiosFormalUpstairsRecording Studio Author:Huey Lewis
“I spend a lot of time working as a painter and in my studio I go from upstairs where I paint to downstairs where I play and record, so I get this thing crossing over.” PlayRecordsPaintStudiosPainterCrossingsUpstairsCrossing Over Author:Andy Summers
“I'd always wanted to work in the studio and experiment with sounds. Things that I'm really influenced by and that I love are like The Beatles and Radiohead, and all those records by bands whose music is really involved.” WantedSoundRecordsInvolvedBandMusic IsStudiosExperimentsRadiohead Author:Regina Spektor
“People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryRecordsPlayerJazzStudiosBobBlondeNashvilleJazz Records Author:Elvis Costello
“I've built an 8-track studio in my house that's virtually identical to what they used at Abbey Road, and I also own the 16-track set-up that Led Zeppelin used to record 'Houses of the Holy.' I'm interested in producing, but I'm mostly recording my own stuff.” UsedHouseStuffMy OwnRecordsHolyBuiltTrackStudiosIdenticalZeppelinsAbbeyAbbey Road Author:Lukas Haas
“It's a weird thing when you make records. You try to hear it before you make it, so you walk into the studio with this idea of what you expect to happen, and that usually changes. That usually turns into something else, and that's a good thing. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn't be as much fun.” IfsTryingIdeasHappensTurnsFunWalksRecordsGood ThingsStudiosWeird Things Author:Dave Grohl
“Writing more and more to the sound of music, writing more and more like music. Sitting in my studio tonight, playing record after record, writing, music a stimulant of the highest order, far more potent than wine.” WritingOrderSoundMusicRecordsHighestSittingWineStudiosTonightWriting MusicStimulantsSound Of MusicMusic Writing Author:Anais Nin
“I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.” TryingNamesRecordsStudiosFocused Author:Ariel Rechtshaid
“Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.” MenLongTwoPlayRunningDealsRecordsWeekMonthsDadLong TimeUnderstoodInspiredStudiosWowExhaustedDaddyTwo WeeksBeing A DadBanditsRecording Studio Author:Gerard Way
“You have total freedom. It's like, if you do a solo record, there are no restrictions and you can do whatever you want, good or bad. You can have these passing fancies where you go in to the studio one day and you want to do something like what you did on the way in. That's dangerous. You have to have some sort of focus.” IfsWayWantCan DoRecordsFocusDangerousOne DayStudiosPassingPassingsFancySoloRestrictionDo Whatever You Want Author:Patrick Stump
“In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.” HandsHateSoundInterestPerfectRecordsRocksMusic IsWindowI HateStudiosTunesVocalRock MusicGridsAuto Tune Author:Taylor Hawkins
“A studio is an absolute labyrinth of possibilities - this is why records take so long to make because there are millions of permutations of things you can do. The most useful thing you can do is to get rid of some of those options before you start” LongCan DoMillionsRecordsPossibilityAbsolutesStudiosLabyrinthUseful Things Author:Brian Eno
“You could go to New York City, you could go to LA, you could go to the highest class studios in the world, they'll have all the bells and whistles, but it's not going to make your record any better.” WorldCitiesClassRecordsNew YorkHighestStudiosNew York CityBells Author:Joe King
“When I record in a studio I don't use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat, full sound - which is my favorite sound.” I CanUseSoundRecordsMy FavoriteStudiosFatsBoards Author:Bill Wyman
“I think taking too long to work on a record you sort of lose some of the feeling, so I write as fast as I can; it's just this manic phase where I'm by myself and or on tour and I write and I write. And I send them to the guys, and we start planning our studio ventures.” ThinkingWritingLongI CanFeelingsGuyLosesRecordsStudiosPlanningPhasesVentureManic Author:John Darnielle
“The world has changed a lot since I started making records.I used to go into a studio and there were songs there, chosen for me to see if I liked them. I wasn't encouraged to write.” IfsWorldWritingUsedSongRecordsChangedStudiosChosen Author:Shelby Lynne
“To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained, but they still need advice about producers and collaborations and single choice. They need an army and a perspective and creative friction, because nobody has all the ideas.” NeedsStillsIdeasSelfArtistChoicesCreativeRecordsSeeingAdvicePerspectiveArmyStrategyStudiosProducersCollaborationThrowingFrictionSelf Contained Author:Tom Corson
“I couldn't sell pills no more [because my] homie went to jail. I was just dirt broke. I went to TDE and was literally living in the studio where you record. I went damn near a whole two years not getting sleep because there was always somebody there recording. I was taking baths with dishwashing liquid.I was one of the dudes [who] would never ask for nothing so I would never ask for soap.” YearsTwoWholeAsksSleepRecordsSellsStudiosBrokeDamnTwo YearsJailDirtPillsBathsSoapLiquid Author:Schoolboy Q
“A lot of rappers want somebody to always sing on their records. If you can hold a note, they're gonna' ask you to come and be apart of their creativity. At that time, they were eager and on the streets selling drugs or in the studio making music. That was a big part of our lives were I grew up.” IfsWantBigsAsksCreativityRecordsOur LivesStreetsGrewDrugGrew UpNotesStudiosSellingRapperSelling Drugs Author:Nicki Minaj
“As an independent artist it is so easy to get caught up in websites, social media, merchandise, when I am going to put out an EP, fining a producer, finding a studio to record in and you have to remember at the end of the day you should be writing music.” ShouldWritingEndsRememberArtistSocialEasyRecordsMediaFindingsIndependentCaughtStudiosSocial MediaProducersThe End Of The DayCaught UpWebsiteEasy To GetWriting MusicMerchandise Author:Tyler Hilton
“The beauty of having a studio is I can go in and record any time I want to, so you can always put down your ideas or whatever. You use your voice recorder and, you know, take your voice notes down and just preserve all the little jewels and gems when you're in there, putting that song together.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanIdeasUseTogetherSongVoiceRecordsDown AndNotesStudiosPreservesJewelsGemsRecorders Author:Big Boi
“One problem with a lot of musicians is that they remove themselves in a studio and make a record and assume people are going to pay attention to it just because they've made it.” PeopleMadeProblemPayAttentionRecordsMusicianAssumingStudiosMade ItPay AttentionRemove Author:Moby
“Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio. Whether one catches the feeling on a record is a subjective matter. How can you be sure? The machinery can hold out the promise of at least mechanical perfection.” MatterFeelingsRecordsRiskSecurityPromiseMusicianPerfectionFunctionStudiosEquipmentSubjectiveMachineryBlanketUnwilling Author:Jon Landau
“You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.” EnoughSongRecordsExpectationsStudiosGood Enough Author:Andrew Bird
“I just went into the studio and did it all in one take. All I was thinking about was the next record; I had already sourced the tracks I wanted to use. I'd been thinking a lot about it and I wanted to represent myself, Leeds and fabric. I'm not very nationalistic, but I wanted to represent what was coming out of Britain as well as at the moment there's a lot of really good new music.” ThinkingWellsMomentsUseWantedNextRecordsTrackStudiosBritainComing OutFabricNew MusicNationalisticLeeds Author:Ralph Lawson
“I was extremely fortunate to live around the corner from a recording studio and to be chosen to have a paper route to make enough money to pay for the music lessons. I was one of the chosen few to have a job and to walk through the curtain at Stax Records was just an amazing thing for me to do at age 14.” EnoughAgeJobsWalksPayRecordsLessonsPaperStudiosCornersChosenFortunateRoutesCurtainsAmazing ThingsAround The CornerRecording StudioMusic Lessons Author:Booker T. Jones
“I had to be on the set for 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' because my character was interacting with Bob Hoskins. It's a lot of 'hurry up and wait.' So there I was, at 2 a.m., sitting in a trailer at Griffith Park trying to stay awake. And I said to myself, 'This stinks.' The way I do it is better. I go into the studio about 10 a.m. There's no makeup to worry about. I can wear whatever I want. As soon I get there, I'm good to go. I record my stuff and go home.” WayWantTryingSaidI CanCharacterHomeStuffWaitingWorryRecordsSittingStudiosAwakeParksMakeupBobRabbitsRogerStinkTrailersInteractingFramedNo MakeupHurry Up And Wait Author:Jim Cummings
“I'm always blowing the speakers out in studios, like, there's smoke coming out of them. I found out that I'm not built for studio monitors. I record and mix down everything in the headphones and then I bring it to the speakers.” FoundRecordsBuiltStudiosSmokeComing OutSpeakersHeadphones Author:AraabMuzik
“I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.” WayWantPlayTogetherGuyLanguageSoundRecordsPlayerMusicianStudiosWorking TogetherGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Jason Aldean
“When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.” WholeHoursRecordsPositionProduceAlbumsStudiosHumbleBureaucracyPhilipRecording Studio Author:John Lennon
“And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.” ChildrenRememberRecordsStreetsCryStudiosParksChildren Playing Author:Michael Jackson
“Well, especially now I come to realize - and then - I would do my schooling which was three hours with a tutor and right after that I would go to the recording studio and record, and I'd record for hours and hours until it's time to go to sleep.” WellsThreeRealizingHoursSleepRecordsStudiosGoing To SleepSchoolingTutorRecording Studio Author:Michael Jackson
“I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's complete, total freedom for me. If I want to make a video, now that I own my own record company, if the video has an American flame being engulfed by a huge puddle of oil, I can do that, I can say that if I want to.” PeopleIfsWantI CanDifferentUseCan DoMy OwnCompanyRecordsPlayerHugeBandStudiosOilVideoFlamesDifferent PeoplesRecord CompaniesPuddles Author:Richard Patrick
“Once I leave the studio I'm ready to do the next thing. There are records I made that I haven't heard.” MadeNextRecordsHeardHavensReadyStudios Author:Paul Smoker
“I know how it feels to go into a studio to start a record, and eight weeks later it's finished. I know how an intense schedule feels.” KnowsFeelsKnow HowRecordsWeekStudiosEightFinishedIntenseSchedules Author:Amy Grant
“No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put out a full live record because my tour really did do well last year.” IfsYearsWellsWould BeLastsRecordsJourneyMaterialsStudiosBrandsLast YearBrand New Author:Sebastian Bach
“I think it's because we're not purists, we're open to all kinds of music. We're not afraid to take chances and we work really hard, and we gig relentlessly, we've been very active in the studio, we're active with the record labels that we have. So I think it's like a full-on assault. We've stalled in many different directions and it kept us in the limelight for so many years.” ThinkingYearsKindDifferentHardChanceRecordsStudiosActiveAll KindsLabelsNot AfraidAssaultTake A ChanceGigsDifferent DirectionsRecord LabelsLimelight Author:Ali Shirazinia