The Studio (Classroom)
Study and learn techniques from a Grammy Award Winning Sound Mixer in one of the most famous studios in the world. Learn in the same studio where the music you listen to was recorded and mixed.
Workshops will be held in:
Studio 1 which features an 80 channel Neve 8078 Console, the largest in the world, which was originally commissioned for Michael Jackson’s best-selling album, Thriller. Each room is equipped with a DB Technologies db4496 A/D-D/A Converter and ATC house monitors along with NS10/ProAc speakers and are set up with Pro tools HD. Studer 827, Ampex ATR124, Ampex ATR102, Studer J-37, Studer C-37 Analog recorders are available on request.
For over 50 years, EastWest Studios has attracted the best in the industry and has garnered more engineering awards than all others.
The first session recorded here in Studio 1 was Petula Clark’s number one hit “My Love”. Elvis Presley revived his career here with his 1968 Comeback Special. Frank Sinatra recorded such hits as “My Way”, “That’s Life”, “Strangers In The Night” and “The Lady Is a Tramp”, along with “Somethin’ Stupid” – the famed duet with his daughter Nancy. By the mid-60s, the studios had become the musical epicenter of the pop and hippie movement. In Studio 3, The Mamas and The Papas recorded “California Dreaming” and “Monday, Monday”. Scott McKenzie laid down his classic track “San Francisco”, while The Beach Boys ushered in a new era of sound with their masterpiece album Pet Sounds. The studios weren’t just known for turning out rock and pop hits. Famous themes for film and television were recorded here including the themes from M*A*S*H, Mission Impossible, The Monkees, Hawaii Five-O, The Partridge Family, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Godfather.
PAST CLIENTS INCLUDE:
| Fiona Apple | Hawaii Five-O theme | Iggy Pop | Joe Cocker |
| Audioslave | Don Ho | Elvis Presley | Sam Cooke |
| Franky Avalon | Whitney Houston | Lisa Marie Presley | Bing Crosby |
| Barenaked Ladies | Howlin’ Wolf | Billy Preston | Bobby Darin |
| Better Than Ezra | Janis Ian | Rage Against the Machine | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| Blondie | Ike & Tina Turner | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Jackie DeShannon |
| Buffalo Springfield | Incubus | Kenny Rogers | Duke Ellington |
| Burt Bacharach | Isley Brothers | Rolling Stones | Neil Diamond |
| Beach Boys | Michael Jackson | Ronnie & the Ronettes | Fifth Dimension |
| Blink 182 | Elton John | Bonnie Raitt | Bob Dylan |
| Glen Campbell | Stan Keaton | Helen Reddy | Ellla Fitzgerald |
| Canned Heat | Carole King | R.E.M. | Benny Goodman Big Band |
| Vickie Carr | Kris Kristofferson | Nelson Riddle | Grateful Dead |
| Carpenters | Franky Laine | Righteous Brothers | Grass Roots |
| Johnny Cash | K.D. Lang | Johnny Rivers | Green Day |
| David Cassidy | Avril Lavigne | Ronnie & the Ronnettes | Guess Who |
| Ray Charles | Godfather Theme | Diana Ross | Lani Hall |
| Chicago | Michel LeGrand | Santana | Herbie Hancock |
| Petula Clarke | Peggy Lee | Jimmy Smith | Pointer Sisters |
| Ry Cooder | Little Feat | Sonny & Cher | Paul McCartney |
| Elvis Costello | Trini Lopez | Phil Spector | Barry Manilow |
| Count Basie & Orchestra | Madonna | Tom Scott | Scott McKenzie |
| Eric Clapton | Mamas & the Papas | Carly Simon | Natalie Merchant |
| Nat King Cole | Dean Martin | Frank Sinatra | Bette Midler |
| Natalie Cole | M*A*S*H theme | Nancy Sinatra | Mission Impossible theme |
| Ornette Coleman | Johnny Mathis | Bruce Springsteen | Monkees |
| Duane Eddy | Meatloaf | Steppenwolf | Alanis Morrissette |
| Jan & Dean | Sergio Mendez & Brazil 66 | Rod Stewart | Motley Crue |
| John Coltrane | Metallica | Mathew Sweet | Muse |
| Petula Clark | Johnny Mercer | Stone Temple Pilots | Rick Nelson |
| The O’Jays | Tool | Barbra Streisand | Willie Nelson |
| The Vines | Turtles | System of a Down | Wayne Newton |
| The Who | Sarah Vaughn | Temptations | Harry Nilsson |
| Mel Torme | The Kingston Trio | The Animals | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| U2 | The GoGos | The Association | Ozzy Osborne |
| Richie Valens | Paul Revere and the Raiders | The Four Tops | |
| Stevie Wonder | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Partridge Family |
