“I think that where it came from and the initial birth of it - it did come out of a jam at Bruno's studio, you know? He was playing drums. And Jeff Bhasker, who co-produced the record with us, is on synths, and I was playing bass.” ThinkingKnowsRecordsBirthStudiosInitialsBassJamPlaying DrumsPlaying Bass Author:Mark Ronson
“Dave Guy, the trumpet player, is an incredible musician. He came into the studio one day, and they had just cut a cover of "Sign, Seal, Deliver" for something with Sharon Jones, and I just was blown away by how they got that sonic. I mean, it was just so much the real deal.” MeanRealGuyDealsCuttingPlayerOne DayMusicianIncrediblesStudiosSealsTrumpetsDaveBlown AwaySharon Author:Mark Ronson
“I really love something about being around the recording studios - you know, like, those days in the '80s they'd be, like, in the studio 'til 4, 5, 6 in the morning working on these songs.” KnowsSongMorningStudios80sRecording Studio Author:Mark Ronson
“And sometimes, I'd be allowed to be hanging out in the studio, which I just loved kind of, like, being in the room with these big recording desks, with all these, like, buttons and knobs and watching the guys use them.” KindSometimesUseBigsGuyRoomsStudiosHanging OutButtonsDesksKnobs Author:Mark Ronson
“I remember that the bass was turned up slightly more on the mix from last week, and I thought that was good - or whatever. Like, there were some little things in there that he said that he came to, like, really enjoy my opinion or at least, like, my little comments on the songs. So I was kind of destined to probably be a studio rat.” KindLittlesSaidLastsRememberSongEnjoyOpinionWeekStudiosLittle ThingsCommentRatsDestinedBass Author:Mark Ronson
“Just going through a lot in my life, becoming more confident in myself, writing my own music and just really getting in the studio and just doing it.” WritingMy OwnBecomingStudiosBecoming More Author:Paris Hilton
“I have no policy for my collection. For example, there's a bunch of meteorite [on the windowsill in my studio]. I touch it and I feel the energy from the universe. I have a 1/1,000th of a fragment of stone-age tools and pottery and debris. I can learn many things from my collection. Actually, the 1,000 Buddha, I wanted to buy it, but it's a National Treasure, so I couldn't. If you cannot buy it, just photograph it!” IfsFeelsI CanAgeWantedUniverseEnergyPolicyExampleToolsStonesPhotographStudiosTreasureBunchCollectionsFragmentsPotteryDebrisStone AgeNational Treasure Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“There were the days when women were under contract, and they were thought of as a commodity, so they hired the best writers and a lot of them were women at the time. This was in the thirties and forties, to make product for the people who were under contract, who were their assets to the studios. But that doesn't exist anymore - and as a result, the people who are in the industry write products that interest them.” PeopleWritingInterestResultsProductsIndustryStudiosFortyAssetsContractsCommodity Author:Sally Field
“I'm always trying to mentor young women. I speak on college campuses and I have events in my own studio where I open it up to women's groups to learn. I feel really strongly about it.” FeelsTryingYoungSpeakMy OwnGroupsEventsCollegeStudiosMentorYoung WomenAlways TryingCampusCollege Campus Author:Emily Lazar
“I was always drawn toward the Actor's Studio. I studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute when I first came to New York. One of my favorite teachers was one of Al [Pachino]'s teachers, a guy named Charlie Laughton, who was just a wonderful, wonderful man.” MenFirstsGuyActorsTeacherWonderfulNew YorkMy FavoriteStudiosAlsCharlieInstituteWonderful Man Author:Karen Allen
“I always want to be prepared, 'cause you never know who's going to come to your studio.” KnowsWantCausesPreparedStudiosBe Prepared Author:Danny Clinch
“I was never actually signed to the label; I was just the annoying rapper that was always around at the studio sessions.” StudiosLabelsAnnoyingRapperSession Author:JD Era
“I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.” DoneBigsFilmInterestingMorningStudios Author:Kevin Spacey
“[Make a sitcom] was really the idea of Executive Producer Joe Roth who owned the property over at Revolution Studios and said he was thinking about taking it to TV. And after he said that he already had [writer/director] Ali Leroi on board, and that he was going after Terry Crews, to me it was a no-brainer. I said, "Let's put this together!"” ThinkingSaidIdeasTogetherTvsRevolutionDirectorsPropertyStudiosProducersBoardsExecutivesCrewSitcomNo Brainer Author:Ice Cube
“While I had done the movies through Revolution Studios, we own the sitcom. It was a situation where, once the team was assembled, I knew we could create something really, really good.” DoneSituationTeamRevolutionStudiosSitcom Author:Ice Cube
“I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not the studio, I can't stand the studio.” I CanMy FavoriteStudios Author:Ginuwine
“Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But while I'm doing vocal in a studio, I can't stand it.” I CanSometimesStudiosVocal Author:Ginuwine
“I'm very critiqueful of my own stuff, and I kick everybody out the studio when I'm singing, no one is in the studio, it's just me and the engineers, no one else in the studio when I'm doing my thing.” StuffMy OwnSingingStudiosKicksEngineers Author:Ginuwine
“I just don't like my voice in the studio, and I just don't like the studio, I'm not a studio-head. And that's why you don't get so much material from me.” VoiceMaterialsStudios Author:Ginuwine
“I had been working at home at the time and was looking to find a studio space somewhere outside of my apartment. I thought that might be good for me in terms of having a little bit more discipline with my work habits.” LittlesHomeMightBitsTermSpaceHabitDisciplineLittle BitStudiosBe GoodApartmentWork HabitsStudio Space Author:Ralph Reese
“I just went into my studio and started to compile stuff. I was so happy with what was coming out that good momentum just carried over and when I would listen back to some of the riffs and some of the ideas, I was completely happy because I felt like, "wow, this was a breakthrough!" The ideas and the songs were really strong and I couldn't wait to show everybody the stuff.” IdeasShowsSongStrongFeltStuffWaitingStudiosComing OutWowBreakthroughMomentum Author:Charlie Benante
“Dr. Paul Ekman, who worked in San Francisco - still does - which is where Pixar Animation Studios is, he had early in his career identified six. That felt like a nice, manageable number of guys to design and write for. It was anger, fear, sadness, disgust, joy and surprise.” WritingDoeStillsJoyGuyFeltNumbersCareersNiceSadnessDesignSixSurpriseStudiosDisgustingDrsAnimationSan FranciscoManageablePixar Author:Pete Docter
“I knew that there was an upcoming screening where not only were we going to show it to everybody else at the studio, we also needed to move into production... And yet I was sitting there in editorial going this is not working. I'm a failure.” ShowsMovingNeededSittingProductionsStudiosEditorialsScreening Author:Pete Docter
“I couldn't choose between all of those things! I looooove acting and dancing on Shake It Up, and I am currently in the recording studio working on my music. And one of my dreams is to walk down the runway during fashion week!” DreamWalksActingWeekFashionDancingStudiosShakesRunwayRecording StudioFashion WeekShake It Up Author:Zendaya
“In some ways, there's no typical day with all the shoots and travel and projects, but I do try and stop by my studio every day.” WayTryingProjectsStudiosTypical Author:Garance Dore
“With the business growing, work has become a little more detached from my life. But in the start, before I had a separate studio and a team, everything happened in my house and it was hard to separate the two.” LittlesTwoHardHouseGrowingHappenedTeamStudiosDetached Author:Garance Dore
“I wrote a lot of software to do various kinds of special things, and I loved the idea of composing pieces in an electronic studio.” KindIdeasPiecesSpecialVariousStudiosSoftwareComposingSpecial Things Author:Paul Lansky
“When I'm in the studio I just try to zone out and not think of whatever is in the industry, if it sounds too much like someone else, I have a tendency to erase it.” IfsThinkingTryingSoundToo MuchIndustryStudiosTendenciesZoneErase Author:Rahki
“It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe. But it's a very juvenile approach. It also became a weird signal for comedy, in the sense that when you heard the song, it meant comedy was happening on screen. I feel like this song was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio.” FeelsDoeDoneSongComedyHeardMinutesCoupleApproachHappeningsYeahStudiosScreensMaterialismCaptureSignals80sJuvenile Author:Margaret Cho
“I feel like this song [Yello, "Oh Yeah"] was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio. There was probably no thought behind it; they were just playing with some samples and threw it together. I feel like there's no dream behind the song. Usually there's a dream or some kind of passion attached to a song. This song feels very empty. It made a lot of money for the songwriters but at the expense of culture.” FeelsKindMadeDoneDreamTogetherSongCulturePassionBehindsMinutesCoupleEmptyYeahStudiosExpensesLots Of MoneySongwritersSample Author:Margaret Cho
“I had a 90-minute one-man show. I performed it and my life just exploded. Everything - my life just changed. Every writer, director, producer, studio head, movie star - they all wanted it. It was the hottest property since 'Rocky.'” MenShowsWantedStarsMinutesChangedDirectorsPropertyStudiosProducersOne ManMovie StarHottest Author:Chazz Palminteri
“I was a member of the band when it was just, like, a conversation at a bar. Then we constantly practiced, we played shows, we tooled around in the studio. And then, when I moved and kind of bailed on that, is when... So, yeah, for the first, 'Mass Romantic,' I was heavily involved. Then, for a couple records after that, I was not really involved at all.” FirstsKindShowsRecordsCoupleInvolvedBandConversationMembersMassYeahMovedStudiosBars Author:Dan Bejar
“I've always wanted to have a radio show. It has been a dream of mine for a long time. With a radio show I can sit in a studio, or ultimately even sit in my own living room, and talk to hundreds of thousands of people.” PeopleLongHas BeensI CanShowsDreamWantedMy OwnRoomsMinesLong TimeRadioStudiosLiving Room Author:Marianne Williamson
“I'm ready to run a studio. I'm ready to green light movies, and be in it to win it, you know? It's close. It'll happen.” KnowsLightHappensRunningWinningReadyGreenStudiosGreen Lights Author:Ice Cube
“My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.” YearsI CanStudiosCrapBecause I CanFiling Author:Aphex Twin
“When I look at commercial studios, I think, "Oh, they're all so nice and tidy," but it's because they don't actually write music in them.” ThinkingWritingLooksNiceStudiosTidy Author:Aphex Twin
“If it takes you three years to set up a studio, and you've made one track with that setup, then the logical thing to do is not change anything and just do another one using the same set of sounds.” IfsYearsMadeThreeSoundTrackStudiosThings To DoLogicalThree YearsSetups Author:Aphex Twin
“I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.” YearsMadeDifferentDoneLastsBitsFiveSixTrackStudiosComplicatedFive YearsLast Five Years Author:Aphex Twin
“When I go in to the recording studio, I already know almost exactly what I am going to do, but when I go to set, it is really a wildcard. I have no idea what is going to happen.” KnowsIdeasHappensStudiosNo IdeaRecording StudioWildcard Author:Joshua Rush
“It was more about getting together with other musicians and playing live. I needed to suss out a full set [for the Last Summer tour], and I didn't want to play Fiery Furnaces material. So half of our set was new songs that we ended up recording for this album. And that made such a huge difference - going into the studio after playing a song for two years, knowing it inside-out and having sung it millions of times, and then recording it is a totally satisfying experience. You're suddenly in this controlled environment and you can make it sound exactly as you've been imagining it.” WantYearsMadeTwoPlayTogetherLastsSongSoundDifferencesHalfMillionsKnowingEnvironmentMaterialsHugeNeededSummerMusicianAlbumsStudiosTwo YearsControlledSatisfyingFieryFurnacesNew SongsLast Summer Author:Eleanor Friedberger
“When Rolling Stone handed me this crazy assignment to be in the studio with James Brown, they had the misapprehension that I'd written for them already just because I claimed my character had.” CharacterWrittenCrazyStonesStudiosBrownRollingAssignmentsRolling Stones Author:Jonathan Lethem
“Beyonce gave us direction, and she had like four or five studios going at one time, but then she only sings what she likes. "Back Up" was one of those records.” RecordsFiveFourStudiosLikesOne TimeBeyonce Author:Rodney Jerkins
“I mean, just like every other prominent songwriter or producer, you have the shot. You send in records and if they make it, they make it. If they get heard, they get heard. I'm not sure if you know how that circle of songwriting and producing works, but every time a big artist is working, everybody and their mother is in the studio writing records to try to get on it.” IfsKnowsWritingTryingMeanBigsMotherArtistKnow HowRecordsHeardShotsStudiosCirclesProducersNot SureSongwritingSongwritersProminent Author:Bryce Wilson
“I lived on Fulton Street in an enormous studio - I needed a bicycle to get to the toilet, about half a mile between two streets - next to Wall Street.” TwoNextHalfStreetsWallNeededStudiosMilesEnormousToiletsBicycle Author:Erro
“There was so much going on. I remember a very interesting dinner in the studio of [Robert] Rauschenberg. He had convinced Sidney Janis, Leo Castelli, and a third big gallery man to serve us, the artists, at the table. So they were dressed up as waiters, we were sitting at the table, and they were only allowed to sit down at the end of the table for the cognac. This is not possible now.” MenEndsBigsRememberArtistInterestingSittingThirdsTablesStudiosDinnerConvincedVery InterestingGalleryDressed UpWaiterCognac Author:Erro
“The collages I never wanted to sell. I thought it was a very private thing, so I kept the collages. Then, in the end, I had a big collage in the Pinault Collection in Venice and the director of the [Centre] Pompidou said, "Did you make big collages like this in the '60s?" I said yes, so he came to the studio and said, "Let's make an exhibition in the Pompidou."” SaidEndsBigsWantedDirectorsSellsStudiosCollectionsCentreVeniceExhibitionsCollagesPrivate Things Author:Erro
“There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.” PeopleFeelsHelpingUseStudiosHelping OthersI've LearnedThings I've Learned Author:Beck
“I'm really not working in a environment that's sonically pristine. It's not a conventional studio, obviously; it's a bit ramshackle.” BitsEnvironmentStudiosConventionalPristine Author:Julia Kent
“Learning how to record has been super empowering for me, because I spent so many years going into the studio and watching other people do it. I guess a lot of musicians have gone through this because now recording is really available for everybody.” PeopleYearsHas BeensGoneRecordsMusicianStudiosAvailableEmpowering Author:Julia Kent
“The hard part was when I went into the studio with co-producer Eric Broucek, and he started slashing my demos. I always sweat that.” HardStudiosProducersSweatEricDemos Author:Britta Phillips