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09/23/2022

Panic! At The Disco Tracks "Viva Las Vengeance" at United Recording

https://unitedrecordingstudios.com/panic-at-the-disco/

08/02/2022

Best known as half of the musical comedy duo "Flight of the Conchords” and writer of songs for Muppets movies and TV’s "The Simpsons.”

Singer/songwriter and comedian Bret McKenzie recorded tracks at United Recording in Hollywood for his full-length, solo debut album “Songs Without Jokes.”

Pictured (L-R) in United Studio A are Drew Erickson, Mickey Petralia, Joey Waronker, Scott Moore, Leland Sklar, Darrell Thorp, Chris Caswell, Dean Parks, and Bret McKenzie. Photo by David Goggin Tahuti Bonzai.

https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/bret-mckenzie-at-united-recording-for-songs-without-jokes

06/22/2022

With Violin and Mike Viola, Andrew Bird Tracks at United - Mixonline

If you were in Los Angeles last week, you may have caught Andrew Bird at The Greek theater with Iron & Wine. The Grammy-nominated musician, songwriter, and composer showcased some of his new album, Inside Problems, which was recorded down the road here at United with producer MikeViola and engineer David Boucher.

Check out the MiX MAGAZINE interview for more details on their straight-to-tape recording process, the gear they used, mic set-ups, etc. Viola explains how he used the acoustics of the studios at United Recording: “United B is a special room; everybody I’ve ever worked with in that room is spoiled by its magic. While there are plenty of studios around town with world-class gear, there is something about the acoustics of that room that draws the ingredient X out of every performance.”

Catch Andrew Bird on his 'Outside Problems Tour' this summer with Iron & Wine, and select dates with Neko Case and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Pictured in United Studio B are (l-r) producer Mike Viola, Andrew Bird, and recording engineer David Boucher. Photo by David Goggin.

Andrew Bird recorded his new album, Inside Problems, at United Recording with producer Mike Viola and engineer David Boucher.

06/15/2022

Watch Brian Wilson produce a song

“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road” premieres tonight, Tuesday, June 14 at 9/8c on PBS. See musical genius Brian Wilson at work producing his song, “Honeycomb” here at United Recording.

Explore the life and career of the singer, songwriter and co-founder of The Beach Boys. Ride along on the legendary performer’s journey of reflection on a drive through Los Angeles with his long-time friend, Jason Fine.

Directed and Co-Produced by Wilson

05/28/2022

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Leland Sklar! Studio A was the very first studio that Leland was ever in. In 1967 Mike Post was producing his band Group Therapy with all of the Wrecking Crew players. Leland gave a quick tour of United last year while tracking Lari Basilio's new album.

You can watch his full tour on his Youtube Channel.

05/24/2022

Nothing quite like a Bill Putnam designed room. The first project cut at United in 1958 was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool” and later that same year Ella Fitzgerald is known to have recorded here. Since then, United has been a premier recording location for Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Crosby, Stills and Nash, the Everly Brothers, Adele, Paul McCartney, Queens of the Stone Age, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, James Taylor, and many others. The Studio B live room has been basically unchanged since 1958.

05/24/2022

A unique feature of Studio B is the “drumbrella,” a variable-height ceiling baffle installed by Allen Sides in 1978 that contains a mystery sound absorption material known only to Allen Sides. It’s mounted on a winch to tailor the acoustics when recording drums, and it’s useful for recording upright bass and other instruments as well.

05/19/2022

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05/19/2022

Happy Birthday to Josh Homme!

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05/18/2022

United Recording updated their website address.

United Recording updated their website address.

05/11/2022

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05/10/2022

Studio A mic shootout.

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05/09/2022

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05/05/2022

have finished recording their new album set to release next week, 5/1. Tap through to their profile and pre-save now. We can not wait to hear it!

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04/29/2022

It’s giving Euphoria/High Fidelity/The Eddy

Bonus: Swipe left for the man of mystery who can not be found on social media😎

04/27/2022

We love to support up and coming indie artists. Check out the May issue of magazine where we feature who are recording their new album here at United. 🚀

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04/18/2022

Tune-in on Instagram tonight at 8PM PST to hear young Steinway artist George Ko play a set list of originals, film favorites, songs recorded at United, and take your requests.

*everything is improvised

04/12/2022

Studio A was a whole vibe 🔥 during the JJP/Ocean Way era. Should we bring it back? Maybe throw one of those JJP legendary parties that everyone still talks about?

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04/11/2022

Help us wish a very Happy Birthday to 10x GRAMMY winner, United/Ocean Way alum and friend to everyone, ! 🎂🎈

04/09/2022

The Charlie Puth x Stacey Ryan "Life's Good" video is viral, nearing 12 Million views. Winners Stacey Ryan, Sade Whittier, Dani Kim, and Stacy Capers performed the Life's Good song together with Charlie Puth here at United for LG Global. Watch to see how they made this amazing piece of music together! 🎵

CREDITS:
Director: Kyle Cogan
EP: Emma Buerklin
Head of Production: Leah Butcher
Producer: Evan Thicke
Production Manager: Jami Arceo
1st AD: Parker McMillan
2nd AD: James Cornett
Production Assistant: Keats Boyd, Jose Aguila, Gage Hensley, Julia Choi & Sean Lass
Director of Photography: Justyn Moro
Second Camera Op/ Steadicam: Luke Rihl
1st AC: Alex Watson
1st AC (B Cam): Aaron Brenner
2nd AC: Shay Gunst
VTR: Manny Furlong
Sound: Miguel Angel Rodriguez
Gaffer: Pierre Habib
BBE: Larissa Pruett
Electric: Jess Paul
Key Grip: Pablo Berganza
BBG: Nick Favorite
Grip: Michael Moore
Production Designer: Jason Garofolo
Art Director: Wesley Goodrich
Set Decorator: Jazmine Burkett
Wardrobe Stylist (Winners): Ken Lawrence
Wardrobe Stylist Assist: Oliva Thomas
HMU (Winners): Julie Dinh
HMU Assist (Winners): Oono Oyunjargal & Stacy Gonzalez
Groomer (Charlie): Jamie Taylor
Wardrobe Stylist (Charlie): IIaria Urbinati
Post Producer: Logan Powaski
Editor: Jen Kennedy of Lalim Edit
Colorist: Logan Highlen of The Mill
Director Representation: Jennifer Herrera of Las Bandas Be Brave
LG Global

04/08/2022

Getting ready for a few vocalists! 🤩
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04/04/2022

Congratulations to every nominee and winner of the 2022 Grammy’s.

A special congratulations to Baby and Kendrick Lamar for their win on “Family Ties” for Best Rap Performance. We are honored and thankful for all of our clients every year.  🏆⠀
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04/04/2022

Electro-Rock band Culture Wars took a break in their touring schedule to drop in at United Recording in Hollywood to track some tunes for their upcoming album.

https://unitedrecordingstudios.com/culture-wars-drops-in-at-united-recording-while-on-tour/

Pictured (L-R) in United Studio B are Culture Wars’ drummer David Grayson, frontman Alex Dugan, engineer Gerardo Ordonez, United staff engineer Scott Moore, guitarist/electronics Dillon Randolph; and producer Caleb Contreras holding Pete. Photo by David Goggin.

03/29/2022

Taylor Hawkins, family man, friend to all and the jovial, ferocious drummer for Foo Fighters. We will miss you. Our thoughts & prayers go out to his family and the band at this very difficult time.

03/23/2022

Suzanne Ciani Groundbreaking Albums Restored at United Archiving

One of the current projects we're working on here at United Archiving is going through Suzanne Ciani's catalog and archiving the multi-track and mixmasters of her albums. It's been an incredibly exciting and rewarding project to work on. Suzanne is one of the pioneers of electronic based music and what people would term new age music. She truly is one of the most groundbreaking, not only people, but women. It's been incredibly rewarding for me to listen to the music that she has. Everything is a small little symphonies done with moog synthesizers and boo-klas and all of this early synth technology.

Suzanne Ciani - Diva of the Diode is one of the groundbreaking pioneers in modular synthesis and in quadraphonic sound and quadraphonic presentation. Suzanne's project is also an example of several of the benefits of archiving. Suzanne's tapes are old enough that they're at the point where they're beginning to degrade. So there's a need to get them off of older analog formats. But she's also planning to take these things and remix them into Dolby Atmos, and perhaps even do high-resolution stereo remixes.

So Suzanne's project is great because it's really encompassing many of the reasons you do archiving. Her music is of a value in a nature that is historical. We are doing it to preserve the assets before the originals degrade to a point where they can never be played again. It is having them for deep storage for decades to come. It is being able to take these new transferred assets and remonetize them, remix them into new formats, and then be able to reintroduce this music to a younger generation. And it really deserves to be preserved not only currently for her, but for generations to come as well. Bill Smith Chief Archiving Engineer.

03/22/2022

If you ever walk the corridors of United, you’ll see photos from this Alabama Shakes
session hanging on our walls. Some sessions just stand out like this one and are, fortunately, beautifully captured by photographer, Michelle Shiers.

Alabama Shakes
Brittany Howard
Blake Mills
Sound & Color sessions
2014 Studio B

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03/11/2022

We clearly couldn’t get enough of . If you’re in PEI you can catch them on tour and at the April 1-2. 🎉🎉

03/11/2022

The casts of Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies got a little drunk and made a band called and they recorded their new album here at United with . We had the best time with them and could not be more excited to hear what they created and hopefully see them on tour.

02/04/2022

United Recording staff engineer/producer Johnny Morgan is helming a project with LA musical performance artist “almighty Opp.” NPR radio station KCRW describes the artist’s monthly public presentation as “a puppet show, psychedelic concert, social experiment, and religious service – all in one.” All puppets are handmade and the songs are written and performed by the founder.

Sessions at United featured almighty Opp founder, known only as “Jeffrey’s Human Persona,” on guitar and vocals. On bass was Mike Watt, an Iggy & The Stooges veteran, plus a member of numerous other bands. “The bass amp was actually pointed away from the rest of the room mics and turned pretty low and recorded with an upside down Neumann U47 FET,” Morgan adds. Sessions engineered and produced by Johnny Morgan, United Recording staff.

Pictured (L-R) in United Studio A are Mike Watt, Jeffrey’s Human Persona, Larry Mullins, and United staff engineer/producer Johnny Morgan. Photo by David Goggin.

02/04/2022

Performance Artist "almighty Opp" at United Recording - Mixonline

NPR radio station, KCRW describes LA musical performance artist “almighty Opp” as “a puppet show, psychedelic concert, social experiment, and religious service – all in one.”

Sessions at United featured almighty Opp founder, known only as “Jeffrey’s Human Persona,” on guitar and vocals. On bass was Mike Watt, an Iggy & The Stooges veteran, plus a member of numerous other bands. “The bass amp was actually pointed away from the rest of the room mics and turned pretty low and recorded with an upside down Neumann U47 FET,” Morgan adds. Sessions engineered and produced by Johnny Morgan, United Recording staff.

Pictured (L-R) in United Studio A are Mike Watt, Jeffrey’s Human Persona, Larry Mullins, and United staff engineer/producer Johnny Morgan. Photo by David Goggin.

https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/performance-artist-almighty-opp-at-united-recording

United Recording staff engineer/producer Johnny Morgan is helming a project with LA musical performance artist “almighty Opp.” NPR radio station KCRW describes the artist’s monthly public presentation as “a puppet show, psychedelic concert, social experiment, and religious service – all in...

01/15/2022

Please join us in wishing our friend Adam Jones a very happy birthday

01/12/2022

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Too bad — Happy New Year! Now get back to work. ✌️

01/06/2022

All of us at United Recording are deeply saddened by the loss of Lisa Roy, President of Rock & Roy Entertainment on New Year’s Eve 2021.

Lisa was a pivotal figure in the music and recording industry with countless friends and colleagues who were touched by her flair for style and professionalism. She was not only a publicist and co-founder of Rock & Roy Entertainment firm but also wore many hats in the music world from marketing, event production, mentoring, fund-raising benefits, showcases for pro audio and M.I. manufacturers, as well as bringing attention to and honoring other women in the industry who are vital in the making of music worldwide.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Lisa’s serious work in the music business began when she co-founded Ground Control Studios, a multi-room facility in L.A. with a dedication to creativity and technology. This led to the start of Rock & Roy Entertainment, a consulting firm for artists and technologists.

Through the years, Lisa’s client’s included such technology brands as AT&T, Dell, Intel and DTS and artists such as Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Alan Parsons, Tori Amos, and Danny Elfman. Lisa was a spark behind such events as the MTV Video Music Awards, Pavarotti and Friends, the annual Audio Engineering Society convention, the Latin Grammy Awards, and The Pensado Awards, among others. Lisa worked closely with top manufacturers in the music instrument and pro audio market sectors, organizing artist relations for such brands as Audio-Technica, Roland and BOSS. Additionally, along with longtime associate Robert Clyne, Lisa co-directed the technical public relations initiatives for the annual Grammy Awards.

We are saddened by this profound loss, but realize that Lisa’s influence in the music industry will be felt for decades to come.

12/17/2021

Synchronization and it’s importance in the Archiving process with United Archiving’s Bill Smith.

12/02/2021

Have you seen the Focusrite documentary?

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11/29/2021

ICYMI ’s 🥞 Here it is again 😉 Which Apollo suits your workflow?⠀
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11/24/2021

Kevin Flournoy Tracks Multiple Albums at United Recording - Mixonline

Producer, songwriter, arranger, and keyboardist Kevin Flournoy has been working on several projects at United Recording in Hollywood. In his star-studded career, Flournoy has produced, written, performed, and recorded with artists such as Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Teena Marie, Jeffrey Osborne, The Pointer Sisters, Jennifer Hudson, The Jazz Crusaders, and Harvey Mason, to name a few.

Flournoy is currently producing and co-writing the first solo album of Amanda Cole, former member of the Grammy-winning group En Vogue.

Flournoy is also composing and producing the first of his two solo instrumental albums. “The first record will focus on my production and writing and will feature several well-known and up-and-coming vocalists. I’ve been asking artists I’ve toured with over the years to work with me on this project. Initially, at United, we tracked musicians for “Caribbean Blue,” a song I co-wrote with Gary Benson and Quino McWhinney, the lead singer of the reggae group Big Mountain. And for my contemporary jazz record, we recorded legendary jazz saxophonist Ronnie Laws as well as guitarist Ramon Stagnaro, both of whom will be featured players on my first single.”

Full article https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/kevin-flournoy-tracks-multiple-albums-at-united-recording

Pictured (L-R) in Studio B at United Recording are producer, pianist, songwriter Kevin Flournoy; recording engineer David Rideau; steel drummer and percussionist Leon Alexander, Jr.; and singer/songwriter Amanda Cole. Photo by David Goggin.

Gifted producer, songwriter, arranger and keyboardist Kevin Flournoy has been working on several projects at United Recording in Hollywood. In his star-studded career, Flournoy has produced, written, performed, and recorded with artists such as Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Teena Marie,...

11/24/2021

Congratulations to 2x GRAMMY Award winning and 8 x Nominee powerhouse

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – Respect by Jennifer Hudson
Best Song Written for Visual Media – Here I Am (Singing My Way Home) by Jennifer Hudson

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11/24/2021

Baby Keem just celebrated his 21st birthday and now has 3 GRAMMY nominations!! Congratulations and from the United team. So much talent here we are incredibly honored to have had you at United.

Best New Artist – Baby Keem
Best Rap Song – Family Ties by Baby Keem (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap Performance – Family Ties by Baby Keem (Feat. Kendrick Lamar)

11/24/2021

Congratulations to and team!! Nominated for Best R&B Album – Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
and Best R&B Performance – Lost You

Recorded at United. Incredible album and incredible person. We are absolutely ecstatic for you!!!

11/02/2021

Take a virtual tour of one of the most famous tracking rooms in the world.  Explore United Recording Studio B with the realistic, interactive and 3D experience. Tap the link in our bio or check it out at unitedrecordingstudios.com
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10/27/2021

The Mitsubishi X-86, 2-Track Digital tape recorder was introduced in 1986 as the replacement
for their X-80 deck and was the first to feature the “ProDigi” or PD digital format.

It featured
stationary head technology and could record 16bit stereo audio at 44.1/48K along with SMPTE
timecode.

It also featured 2 analog/1 digital auxiliary channels, AES/EBU I/O, shuttle wheel
control and stereo speakers built into the meter bridge for monitoring.

Because of its
exceptional audio quality and functionality upgrades the X-86 was extremely popular in
professional recording studios from its introduction through the 1990’s.

United Archiving’s X-86
machine has Apogee filter upgrades and is in excellent working condition.

10/23/2021

Noise Reduction - United Archiving

What is noise reduction? A tool used to fight the deficiencies of analog tape. Bill Smith summarizes noise reduction and its systems and methodology including Dolby and DBX in under three minutes. Worth the watch at any engineering level.

10/19/2021

Take a virtual tour of one of the most famous tracking rooms in the world. Explore United Recording Studio A with the realistic, interactive and 3D experience. Check it out at unitedrecordingstudios.com or tap the link in our bio.
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10/18/2021

Snoh Aalegra
Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies 💜☁️
Recording Academy / GRAMMYs

10/18/2021

Hey music lovers! We are so happy to feature Snoh Aalegra today alongside The and their wonderful global initiative that brings the names of the producers, mixers, engineers, songwriters, composers, and other collaborators who work behind the record, to the front.

Snoh was one of the lucky few people who had a close friendship with who saw great potential in her and mentored her in the final years of his life.

We have Tara Coleman , United’s Client Services Associate helping Vic feature Snoh’s third album, Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies. It was released on July 9, 2021 through and . United is honored to have been a part of the recording and production process. 💜 ☁️

For the full credits listing see below and follow for more music from this incredible powerhouse.

10/14/2021

The Ampex ATR 102/104 tape recorder was introduced in 1976 and has gone on to become one of the most revered and beloved analog recording and mastering tape machines ever built.

Key design features include an easily interchangeable headblock system which allows the machine to be set up for either ½” or ¼” use in 2, 3 or 4 track formats, while a servo-controlled direct- drive-capstan transport is responsible for the machines impressively low wow and flutter
specifications.

They’re fantastic sounding machines whose classic warm full tone has made
them the favorites of recording studios and engineers around the world over the past 45 years.

United Archiving has every format of mono/2/3/4 track ¼” and ½” headstacks available and our ATR machines are maintained in pristine working condition.

10/13/2021

Ocean Way / United Alumnus, Darrell Thorp joins Andrew Scheps next week on his podcast. We’re looking forward to this one! 🙌

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