“I feel like if I do my homework practice-wise, by the time I get to the studio I can put everything exactly where I want it to be right away.” IfsWantFeelsI CanPracticeWiseStudiosHomework Author:Colin Stetson
“I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to come up with things on my own. It's a nice change helping other people with their music and not being all about what I'm trying to do myself.” PeopleTryingDoneHelpingHoursMy OwnNiceMonthsSixCome UpAlbumsStudiosHelping OthersSix MonthsHelping Other People Author:Beck
“You spend so many months and years in the studio, and you see the clock ticking and so much time spent on the minutiae of technical things. And I just thought it'd be fun to do something extremely fast and get that rush of something that had some energy, something that you weren't tired of when you finished it.” YearsEnergyFunMonthsTiredStudiosFinishedClockTime SpentMinutiaeClock Ticking Author:Beck
“Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.” IfsLittlesAbleSongBitsProcessFourLittle BitToolsTrackStudiosEightTapeBackwards Author:Beck
“When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.” MindFirstsNextMemoriesStageTvsBandFirst TimePerformancesStudiosPopsBurnedAces Author:Beck
“When you work on a computer in the studio, it's almost like fossilizing on the spot, you know, the idea of getting solidified on the spot, like a snowflake might create branches by accumulation.” KnowsIdeasMightComputerStudiosSpotsBranchesAccumulationSnowflake Author:Rob Brown
“You can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different.” DifferentClubsStudiosEdits Author:Rob Brown
“When you're in the studio, you've got a narrative for what goes on, you might switch on a bit of gear and it might not work as you intended or come out a bit wrong, and you try and exploit it.” TryingMightBitsGoes OnStudiosNarrativeExploitsGears Author:Rob Brown
“When I'm in my studio, it usually feels like a hassle to actually press all the buttons and make music come out the other end.” FeelsEndsPressesStudiosButtonsHassle Author:Max Tundra
“I love the finished product, but I find working in the studio a chore - I use an old-fashioned setup, so the recording process can be frustrating.” UseProcessProductsStudiosFinishedOld FashionedFrustratingChoresSetups Author:Max Tundra
“You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.” KindMomentsHouseEnvironmentStudios Author:Devendra Banhart
“I've made three studio albums and one live one with my brother. It's melodic singer-songwriter acoustic-rock music.” MadeThreeRocksBrotherAlbumsStudiosSingersMy BrotherSongwritersSinger SongwritersRock MusicAcoustics Author:Kevin Bacon
“In making a record there are so fewer people involved - at least in our case. There were no more than three or four people in the studio at once. So I really feel like I can stand by everything on the record and say this is something that I personally endorse.” PeopleFeelsI CanThreeCasesRecordsFourInvolvedStudiosFewer Author:Zooey Deschanel
“When I initially met with Robert I was just so excited to meet the guy. I was able to go to Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas and just hanging out was fantastic. Working on this took up all of my weekends while I was shooting Community. It was crazy, but again, no regrets.” AbleGuyCommunityCrazyRegretMetsStudiosExcitedFantasticShootingHanging OutTexasWeekendNo RegretsAustinTroublemakerAustin Texas Author:Joel McHale
“Everything in The Room, we did it the same way the big studios do it. The only difference is the budget and the actors. We put an ad in Back Stage West and in return we got almost 8,000 headshots from people who wanted to be in the film. We then do a process of selection and a rehearsal process after they are selected. The process of audition is very time consuming.” PeopleWayBigsWantedFilmActorsProcessDifferencesRoomsStageReturnWestStudiosBudgetsAdsAuditionsSelectionRehearsalConsumingSelectedTime ConsumingHeadshots Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I hit rock bottom when I was doing "The Brady Brides." I was supposed to be at the studio, screen testing to pick the guy that would play my husband. At this time, I had been up for three days doing coke and was playing solitaire in my closet.” PlayGuyThreeRocksHusbandPicksBottomStudiosScreensSupposed To BeMy HusbandClosetsTestingBridesCokeBrady Author:Maureen McCormick
“The studio's a collaborative environment. I just try to let people bring their own ideas to the songs and see what happens.” PeopleTryingIdeasHappensSongEnvironmentStudios Author:John Darnielle
“I love collecting; my joy is finding private press American or European home studio electronic music from the 60s and 70s.” HomeJoyFindingsPressesStudiosCollectingElectronic Music Author:Keith Fullerton Whitman
“I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.” FeelsFirstsWalksToolsStudiosExcitementRecording Studio Author:Jonathan Meiburg
“I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything.” WantLastsHoursStudiosTwelveClassical Music Author:Casey Spooner
“I made a few movies in Holland for a lot of TV series. I came to Los Angeles and for the last 10 years, I made a lot of feature films - all kinds of low budget action movies for the studios.” YearsKindMadeActionLastsFilmTvsLowsSeriesStudiosAll KindsBudgetsFeaturesLos AngelesAction MovieHollandTv Series Author:Roel Reine
“It's a struggle. It's really, really hard. I'm already nervous for my next one. You have to put more and more movie stars in movies these days. And of course, I would like to have more than $3million to make it. But, again, if that's what I was offered I wouldn't turn it down. I guess studios know that. But I'm one of the lucky ones, I guess.” IfsKnowsHardTurnsCoursesNextStarsStruggleLuckyStudiosNervousThese DaysMovie Star Author:Nicole Holofcener
“I'd love to direct, and I think I'd be a great director, but... I've been approved by the studio to direct, which I think is a cool jump of faith for them. Or proof that they're really stupid. But I don't think so.” ThinkingStupidDirectorsDirectStudiosProofApprovedReally Stupid Author:Paul Reubens
“There are still actors who use emotional memory, affective memory, which was Lee Strasberg's emphasis, not his total emphasis. She taught everything at the Actor's Studio. But nevertheless, she felt that it impeded her.” StillsUseActorsFeltMemoriesEmotionalTaughtStudiosNeverthelessEmphasis Author:James Lipton
“I have a big barn that I converted to my music studio, so I go there early in the morning and the first thing I do is rowing. And that's when I listen to a lot of music.” FirstsBigsMorningStudiosRowingBarns Author:Tod Machover
“The Beatles realized that what they were making in the studio could never be performed. And they had already given up on performing because there were too many screaming fans and they were playing in larger and larger venues so they couldn't even hear what they were playing, it just wasn't any fun any more.” GivenFunFansStudiosPerformingGiven UpVenues Author:Tod Machover
“I think from age 13, 14, 15, I thought, yes, this rich studio produced music is the future, but it can't be the future to go run away into the recording studio. How can we take that kind of complexity and richness and make it possible for people to touch it and play it live. That's what hyperinstruments are.” PeopleThinkingKindPlayRunningAgeRichMusic IsStudiosComplexityRunning AwayRichnessRecording Studio Author:Tod Machover
“I love the studio system. Love that studio system and all their money. They're great; I think they're fabulous . You know, what it is right now is I feel like I'm still learning as a filmmaker, I'm still starting out.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsStillsRight NowStartingStudiosFilmmakerFabulousStarting Out Author:Katie Aselton
“It's not like I go into the studio and say I'm going to try to make music to prove to somebody that I can make music.” TryingI CanProveStudios Author:Damian Marley
“I much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really.” StageStudiosStayingMainstream Author:Ian Astbury
“There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.” IdeasSittingStudiosSitting AroundCultivating Author:Ian Astbury
“I write all the time. The wonderful thing about having a cell phone is that if I get an idea, I knock it out and it's in my phone and I can transfer it to my computer and go into the studio and bring it up.” IfsWritingI CanIdeasWonderfulComputerPhonesStudiosCellsWonderful ThingsCell PhoneTransfers Author:Ian Astbury
“I want to learn something from my atheistic brothers and sisters, even though I'm a Christian. I want to learn something from my right-wing brothers and sisters, even though I'm a progressive. I want to learn something from the elderly, even though I'm middle-aged or tilting toward the elderly. I want to learn especially something from the youth. That's why I spend a lot of time in hip-hop studios.” WantChristianMiddleYouthBrotherWingsHip HopStudiosHipsHopsProgressiveBrothers And SistersElderlyRight WingAtheisticMiddle Aged Author:Cornel West
“The late '60s and the '70s, a lot of this really beautiful equipment was being made and installed into studios around the world and the Neve boards were considered like the Cadillacs of recording consoles. They're these really big, behemoth-looking recording desks; they kind of look like they're from the Enterprise in Star Trek or something like that. They're like a grayish color, sort of like an old Army tank with lots of knobs, and to any studio geek or gear enthusiast it's like the coolest toy in the world.” WorldLooksKindMadeBigsBeautifulStarsColorLateArmyStudiosAround The WorldBoardsEnterpriseToysDesksEquipmentGeekTanksGearsConsoleReally BeautifulCadillacsKnobsBehemoth Author:Dave Grohl
“It's funny, there aren't too many musicians that also moonlight as studio engineers. There's a few - the really brilliant ones.” MusicianStudiosBrilliantEngineersMoonlight Author:Dave Grohl
“I thought, well, if we're inviting an audience, let's do it right. So I put in a proper studio audience at our studios in Los Angeles and it was just a little showcase and it was just for fun.” IfsWellsLittlesFunAudienceStudiosLos AngelesInvitingShowcaseJust For Fun Author:Brian Henson
“I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.” WantYoungActorsFunWatchesHavensDirectorsStudiosScreensHungryProducersWant MeTestedHiringFootloose Author:Kevin Bacon
“Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.” WritingProjectsStudiosGigs Author:Taryn Manning
“The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning.” Has BeensIndustryMeetingsStudiosCaliforniaMovie Industry Author:Emily Ratajkowski
“I wanted to do with Antarctica was say let's hit the reset button on that and see what happens to your creative process. Let's go to the most remote place that you can imagine, set up a studio and see what music comes out of it.” HappensWantedProcessCreativeImagineStudiosCreative ProcessButtonsResetAntarcticaReset ButtonRemote Places Author:DJ Spooky
“[Television] is a great medium for writers, because there's just no time for a studio to interfere very long. You write it, you shoot it; it's on TV.” WritingLongTelevisionTvsStudiosMediumsInterfere Author:Tina Fey
“I guess that's the major difference between '80s-club Madonna and today's Madonna is she can get anyone she wants to show up in the studio for her.” WantShowsTodayDifferencesMajorsClubsStudios80s Author:Mike Pesca
“I think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you are mentored it inspires a generosity in you to mentor others and that I know is what happened with me, so for instance, the people that come through my studio to work for me, it's not good enough for me to just give them a paycheck.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingEnoughHappenedInspireEssentialsStudiosInstanceGenerosityGood EnoughMentorBeing MeNot Good EnoughMentoringPaychecks Author:Carol Friedman
“I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.” FirstsUsedArtistStreetsStudiosPosts Author:Carl Andre
“Every production is by faith, every single one. You can't do it unless you have faith because one, you never know if it's going to work, and two, if you aren't compelled and you aren't passionate, then you can't convince the studio to give you millions of dollars to make a movie and then spend millions more to market it.” IfsKnowsGivingTwoMillionsDollarsPassionateProductionsStudiosConvinceHave FaithCompelledGoing To Work Author:DeVon Franklin
“I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.” OpportunityEuropeStudiosDependentFinancing Author:Julie Delpy
“I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing to watch her perform. She's just such an incredible singer. She so funny, and so smart, yet she's doing it for this silly, silly song.” SongWatchesRightsGaySmartIncrediblesStudiosSingersSillyGay RightsAnthemRecording Studio Author:Judd Apatow
“There have been a few little films I'd done like that that the studio just decided not to do much with, films like Anywhere but Here [1999] or Jeff, Who Lives at Home [2012]. Thank God people find them later and love them. I'm always really drawn to people who have seen these strange little films.” PeopleLittlesHas BeensDoneHomeFilmStrangeDecidedAnd LoveStudiosThank GodAnywhere But Here Author:Susan Sarandon
“I'm fortunate in one respect; that I don't have a lot of work in my studio. Most of it's out, gone; either sold or in galleries. I work with a lot of galleries.” GoneStudiosFortunateGallery Author:Robert Barry