Home studio series. Tours of the small time (or up and coming producers) creating incredible music from their bedroom, garage, spare room, etc. Relatable and inspiring for people doubting themselves.
I really enjoyed the story about Duane Allman camping out in the parking lot and it made me wonder if you had ever looked into the backstory of the session work he did on Laura Nyro’s recording of Beads Of Sweat? Where was it recorded? Who all was involved on that album? Her music has always been a big influence on my own musical journey but it seems like these days that her story and that many of the greatest musicians of the time chose to perform on her albums is somewhat unknown to younger musicians/ recording artists.
@@Producelikeapro Also, another great recording of her’s with a multitude of top musicians is I Am The Blues from the Smile album. I doubt that most people other than her long time fans are familiar with her many musical masterpieces. Most people, if aware at all only know the songs she wrote that other mainstream artists had hits with. Her best works were always these little hidden Jems that you had to get the album’s to hear and appreciate who she really was musically. A songwriter’s songwriter! I love the tempo changes on pieces like Map To The Treasure. No quantizing or snapping to a grid. Just great piano and vocals straight from the heart!
This episode was so big for me! I'm such an huge fan of the soul stuff. Beyond that, the Allman Brothers one of my all-time biggest influences. Warren, this was so well done!! Riveted to my Mac watching this. Thanks!!
Thanks, Warren, brought back wonderful memories. Walking down the entry hall for the first time and seeing that gallery of artists is one of recording's greatest thrills. Seeing that console again was particularly sweet.
I would go between Dave's Grohl 606 studio with that famous Neve (from sound city) console or Capitol studio with also super Neve filled with 1081's. I would add to that an Engineer Paul Fig!
Great part 2. I think most musicians have played the " fiddle" at some time or another....ha ha. The studio has spanned a few generations now and I'm sure many to come. Brilliant video, thanks very much
A great tour Warren of one the classic studios. I wonder as the years go on just how many studios there will be left when the dust settles. Like myself, so many musicians are building their own personal studios. A great producer is a great producer though, and same as a great mixing engineer that you just can't replace in many ways.
The little bit at the end: "Except there are no records anymore, just downloads.. and the downloads are going away." "yeh.. oh yes.." Is a heartbreaker in some ways. I have to own things. I can't just rent them. I don't like that way of dependence. You can't really "build" something on renting. You can't give other people what you're renting once you don't need it anymore, or passed away. I am not a fan of streaming, renting and subsciptions for a lot of reasons. Goes too far to lay it all out in this comment, because it would fill a couple of books. But this little exchange of words felt exactly like this unwritten book would sound if it was read. I really enjoyed this little series.
Hi Gerhard, people do still sell music on CD and Vinyl! Unfortunately, not everyone chooses that medium anymore, streaming has really become the dominant form of music consumption.
Fabulous video Warren a privilege to see inside a timeless studio where some of the greatest songs were written and produced brilliant thanks f sharing best wishes Phil UK England 👍
@@Producelikeapro I'll shoot you a link on your FB post with this video. YT always seems to strip links here. Important studio. Leon Russel refurbished this church back in the day. People like Dylan and Tom Petty recorded there.
@@Producelikeapro Links are shared. Please feel free to delete them after you see since they aren't really relevant to FAME. I won't take any offense. I absolute MUST make it to Muscle Shoals someday. What a cool, historic studio.
I had the pleasure of meeting Rodney Hall on a tour last year when attending Jason Isbell's Shoalsfest. He was a superb tour guide and let us have a listen of some Isbell demos. Just a treasure of a place.
@@Producelikeapro If I can record my second album there that’d be great. Going to be recording my first album at my friends studio in Milwaukee at 608 Studios!
So much history, so much magic in those rooms! Now I'm pining for the days when analog was king...Wouldn't it be cool to visit RCA Studio B in Nashville?
Hi Warren, since you know both the Fame and Sunset Sound Studios reverb plugins as well as anyone, and if on a budget, and you had to pick only one, which would it be? If you have a minute to give reasons that would be great. Obviously, they aren't the same, but I imagine they would be very similar. - Thanks, Dave
Doesn't standing in those rooms just give you the fizz!!........I mean honestly!! :-) I didn't realize how many of the classics had been recorded in there??. The story of Allman camping out in the parking lot waiting for someone to throw him a bone!!......never heard that story!!. well that's one more box checked for you ;:-)
I am a beginner mixer and during the last months I’ve learned so much and improved my hearing skills. But when it comes to mixing a track I still don’t know how much time I should invest? I know that you can’t make a general statement about it and that specific songs need a more intense mixing than others. But I feel like that at some point my mixes get worse because I mix too much. So, what could be the answer to a right amount of mixing time?
Hey Warren! This question has nothing to do with this (fantastic - I love Muscle Shoals records) video, but you're pretty much the best UA-camr at answering viewer questions, so here goes. 😎 I've been recording and mixing in the box, and I have about $200 to play with - what do you think is most important *right now* good headphones (Beyerdynamic DT990) or bad monitors (whatever kind of crap I can get for under $200 a pair)? I currently have terrible headphones and no speaker monitors. I know room listening is important - but could room emulation make up for some of that on better cans more than I'd get out of bad speakers *and* bad headphones?
Hey man, your studio visits are always interesting! Amazing ! Just a tip, one of the two cameras is often moved and with continuous zoom .... why? ;-) unfortunately it is annoying when viewing the content....Ciao
Hi Simon, thanks for your comment! Actually Aachen was one of 7 Capitals of the Holy Roman Empire. Quick google search gets us this:- 'Bamberg experienced a period of great prosperity from the 12th century onwards, during which time it was briefly the centre of the Holy Roman Empire'. When I was there it was a frequent discussion. Many thanks, Warren
@@Producelikeapro Sure sure. I meant I see the Urei 800-series in a lot of studios, but I was curious if they get used any more, or if they just sit alone and unused in their soffits and look on as newer monitors, with perhaps higher fidelity, get used.
Okay, streaming. I guess this means people must be paying for music by subscription? Also, this must mean that people are no longer listening to music whenever there is not a network connection available. And, people are no longer collecting music the way they used to? Maybe this is the current trend, but it all seems ultimately unsatisfactory in terms of human nature.
@@musar03580 Vinyl is massive right now, and tapes made a comeback as well. This is likely holding up the "physical" demand. I still have to have something physical or digital... streaming is not for me.
What's the dream studio for your to record in? Share below?
@@don_ald1 Huge fan of Ty! Watch this space
Home studio series. Tours of the small time (or up and coming producers) creating incredible music from their bedroom, garage, spare room, etc. Relatable and inspiring for people doubting themselves.
@@BpackAudio I love that!
I like Hansa Studios where David bowie record. Thats My dream históric studio... (Berlín)
@@gonzaburdiatmonticelli8703 It's an incredible place! We did a studio tour of Hansa a couple of years ago.
I really enjoyed the story about Duane Allman camping out in the parking lot and it made me wonder if you had ever looked into the backstory of the session work he did on Laura Nyro’s recording of Beads Of Sweat? Where was it recorded? Who all was involved on that album? Her music has always been a big influence on my own musical journey but it seems like these days that her story and that many of the greatest musicians of the time chose to perform on her albums is somewhat unknown to younger musicians/ recording artists.
Thanks Allen! Please stay tuned for tomorrow's video!
@@Producelikeapro Also, another great recording of her’s with a multitude of top musicians is I Am The Blues from the Smile album. I doubt that most people other than her long time fans are familiar with her many musical masterpieces. Most people, if aware at all only know the songs she wrote that other mainstream artists had hits with. Her best works were always these little hidden Jems that you had to get the album’s to hear and appreciate who she really was musically. A songwriter’s songwriter! I love the tempo changes on pieces like Map To The Treasure. No quantizing or snapping to a grid. Just great piano and vocals straight from the heart!
Thank you Warren for the history lesson.
Thanks Carl!
This episode was so big for me! I'm such an huge fan of the soul stuff. Beyond that, the Allman Brothers one of my all-time biggest influences. Warren, this was so well done!! Riveted to my Mac watching this. Thanks!!
Thanks ever so much Dwayne! You Rock!
Thanks, Warren, brought back wonderful memories. Walking down the entry hall for the first time and seeing that gallery of artists is one of recording's greatest thrills. Seeing that console again was particularly sweet.
I would go between Dave's Grohl 606 studio with that famous Neve (from sound city) console or Capitol studio with also super Neve filled with 1081's.
I would add to that an Engineer Paul Fig!
Thanks ever so much for the great comment!
Great part 2. I think most musicians have played the " fiddle" at some time or another....ha ha. The studio has spanned a few generations now and I'm sure many to come. Brilliant video, thanks very much
Thanks ever so much Joey!
A great tour Warren of one the classic studios. I wonder as the years go on just how many studios there will be left when the dust settles. Like myself, so many musicians are building their own personal studios. A great producer is a great producer though, and same as a great mixing engineer that you just can't replace in many ways.
The little bit at the end:
"Except there are no records anymore, just downloads.. and the downloads are going away."
"yeh.. oh yes.."
Is a heartbreaker in some ways. I have to own things. I can't just rent them. I don't like that way of dependence. You can't really "build" something on renting. You can't give other people what you're renting once you don't need it anymore, or passed away. I am not a fan of streaming, renting and subsciptions for a lot of reasons. Goes too far to lay it all out in this comment, because it would fill a couple of books. But this little exchange of words felt exactly like this unwritten book would sound if it was read.
I really enjoyed this little series.
Hi Gerhard, people do still sell music on CD and Vinyl! Unfortunately, not everyone chooses that medium anymore, streaming has really become the dominant form of music consumption.
Another great vignette where the mojo of the studio can live forever in the songs it produced.
Fantastic ❤️
thank you Warren for introducing germany and bavaria in particular
I love both Germany and of course beautiful Bavaria!
Fabulous video Warren a privilege to see inside a timeless studio where some of the greatest songs were written and produced brilliant thanks f sharing best wishes Phil UK England 👍
Hi Phil! Glad you enjoyed it, thanks ever so much!
This was a very cool going down memory lane, having enjoyed all the hits of the famous Fame Studios! Thank you!
Thanks ever so much Jack! I really appreciate it!
Diggin' this series so very much, thank you! Are you considering doing the same with the newly refurbished "The Church Studio" in Oklahoma?
Tell me more!
@@Producelikeapro I'll shoot you a link on your FB post with this video. YT always seems to strip links here.
Important studio. Leon Russel refurbished this church back in the day. People like Dylan and Tom Petty recorded there.
@@Producelikeapro Links are shared. Please feel free to delete them after you see since they aren't really relevant to FAME. I won't take any offense.
I absolute MUST make it to Muscle Shoals someday. What a cool, historic studio.
We had a kit harpsichord at school back in the day when I did 'O' Level music!
That's fantastic G R! Thanks for sharing!
I had the pleasure of meeting Rodney Hall on a tour last year when attending Jason Isbell's Shoalsfest. He was a superb tour guide and let us have a listen of some Isbell demos. Just a treasure of a place.
It was a pleasure to meet Rodney Hall too this year! I hope to return soon
The ceiling in the control room is top shelf! Good vibes all around.
Absolutely! Thanks ever so much!
Amazing! Thank you for this tour. It's beautifully shot and reverent.
Thanks, Lee!
Just discovered Clarence Carter and his song “Patches” such a great and sad song!
Beautiful song
Thanks for the tour. I am curing a serious cold and the southern voice is really comforting
Thanks ever so much! Feel better!
Thanks Warren for this great Tour, it really showcases FAME's very important role in musical History
Thanks ever so much!
I will record there one day! Thanks for the tour!
You should!
@@Producelikeapro If I can record my second album there that’d be great. Going to be recording my first album at my friends studio in Milwaukee at 608 Studios!
Got to love FAME! What an incredible history!
Yes, agreed!
Everyone should look up the doc called “Muscle Shoals Sound” if you haven’t already. AMAZING!!!
Warren!!! Wish I knew when you came by! I live right down the road from Muscle Shoals. A lot of us here have a connection to Fame. A true gem
Marvellous! We loved being there!
This was wonderful to hear and see. Especially seeing Twinkle Yochim tapes..
Warren, excellent pair of videos. Thanks for taking this Canadian boy to ‘bama.
Thanks ever so much Robert!
So much history, so much magic in those rooms! Now I'm pining for the days when analog was king...Wouldn't it be cool to visit RCA Studio B in Nashville?
great videos on Muscle Shoals, thanks Warren!
Thanks Willem - We'd love to return.
Oh cool, you also play keys, Warren! And rather decent, too! 😀👍 Thank you for the tour and the always good vibes! 😊🙏
Haha Thanks ever so much!
@@Producelikeapro - You are very welcome! 😀
@@mightyV444 thanks ever so much
For another field trip, visit the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, (many famous albums) First, you have to find it.
looks like that guitar hand is back!
Yes! It’s back!!
Thank you for this content.
You're very welcome!
👏🏻GREAT❣️ Is there a Part Three❓🤔
It would have been nice to go into some of the instruments a bit more. 😇
There should be!
Awesome great lnterview. So audio. Sound.
Thanks Peter!
Great stuff, could really get the vibe…
Thanks ever so much Murray!
I truly enjoyed this. Cheers warren.
Thanks ever so much!
Love the tour!
Thanks ever so much John!
Yeah I was waiting for that one, looking forward to it!!!
Same! Loved this series.
Yay! Thanks Ady!
Thanks Lee!
This was awesome!
Thanks for watching, Michael.
Nice! Would love to have seen more of the SSL
Hey there’s me! How cool is that?, Thank you for putting that in there wow
NIce!
that custom console is insane! cool video
IK REALLY needs to model Electric Lady!!
Agreed 100%!
@@Producelikeapro C'mon Warren-Make it happen!! You've got the stroke!! Then we get to see another studio tour!!
Wow. What a cool video. And once again Warren can flex. This time from a harpsichord reference. 😃
Haha thanks Kord!
Excellent I really enjoyed watching these 👍👍
Thanks ever so much Judd!
Bamberg (5:45) 😍
Yes! I LOVE Bamberg!
Amazing video and memorabilia. Also, you don't need to put that GATE at post production, sounds so weird on headphones.
Hi Warren, since you know both the Fame and Sunset Sound Studios reverb plugins as well as anyone, and if on a budget, and you had to pick only one, which would it be? If you have a minute to give reasons that would be great. Obviously, they aren't the same, but I imagine they would be very similar. - Thanks, Dave
Anyone who owns both have some thoughts or opinions on these two plugins?
💪💪💪
Thanks ever so much!
love the history..."the Allmans b4 they were the Allmans" lol
Haha indeed!
Doesn't standing in those rooms just give you the fizz!!........I mean honestly!! :-)
I didn't realize how many of the classics had been recorded in there??.
The story of Allman camping out in the parking lot waiting for someone to throw him a bone!!......never heard that story!!.
well that's one more box checked for you ;:-)
This is amazing, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Otis Redding. #Alabama
I am a beginner mixer and during the last months I’ve learned so much and improved my hearing skills. But when it comes to mixing a track I still don’t know how much time I should invest? I know that you can’t make a general statement about it and that specific songs need a more intense mixing than others. But I feel like that at some point my mixes get worse because I mix too much. So, what could be the answer to a right amount of mixing time?
❤️
Hey Warren! This question has nothing to do with this (fantastic - I love Muscle Shoals records) video, but you're pretty much the best UA-camr at answering viewer questions, so here goes. 😎
I've been recording and mixing in the box, and I have about $200 to play with - what do you think is most important *right now* good headphones (Beyerdynamic DT990) or bad monitors (whatever kind of crap I can get for under $200 a pair)?
I currently have terrible headphones and no speaker monitors. I know room listening is important - but could room emulation make up for some of that on better cans more than I'd get out of bad speakers *and* bad headphones?
And my dream studio to record in is Ardent. Hands down. A friend recorded there a few years back and they let him play Alex's 335.
👍👍
Thanks ever so much!
Hey man, your studio visits are always interesting! Amazing ! Just a tip, one of the two cameras is often moved and with continuous zoom .... why? ;-) unfortunately it is annoying when viewing the content....Ciao
Actually Aachen was the capitol of the holy roman empire, not Bamberg or Nürnberg. But beautiful it is, indeed!
Hi Simon, thanks for your comment! Actually Aachen was one of 7 Capitals of the Holy Roman Empire. Quick google search gets us this:- 'Bamberg experienced a period of great prosperity from the 12th century onwards, during which time it was briefly the centre of the Holy Roman Empire'. When I was there it was a frequent discussion. Many thanks, Warren
Are people actually using the Urei mains, or are they usually just set decoration?
Mains are used frequently when you have the band in the control room for playback for instance.
@@Producelikeapro Sure sure. I meant I see the Urei 800-series in a lot of studios, but I was curious if they get used any more, or if they just sit alone and unused in their soffits and look on as newer monitors, with perhaps higher fidelity, get used.
Hi Warren, didn't the stones record there? No mention, too obscure?
Hi Mark, no, The Stones didn't record at FAME, so it didn't seem pertinent to mention a band that worked at a different studio haha.
@@Producelikeapro Fair enough!
@@markmcwilliams7793 haha indeed! Apparently they recorded at Muscle Shoals, mistakenly believing they were at FAME!
@@Producelikeapro Just like me
@@markmcwilliams7793 haha indeed!
"Downloads are going away." Interesting. What is replacing downloads?
Streaming? The decline of digital downloads due to streaming is faster than the decline of CDs due to digital downloads.
Downloads have been on a massive decline for sometime now because of course of streaming
@@leefchapman exactly!
Okay, streaming. I guess this means people must be paying for music by subscription? Also, this must mean that people are no longer listening to music whenever there is not a network connection available. And, people are no longer collecting music the way they used to? Maybe this is the current trend, but it all seems ultimately unsatisfactory in terms of human nature.
@@musar03580 Vinyl is massive right now, and tapes made a comeback as well. This is likely holding up the "physical" demand. I still have to have something physical or digital... streaming is not for me.