ttg studios was a recording studio in los angeles , california , established by amnon " ami " hadani and tom hidley .

the company was founded on june 8 , 1965 .

ttg studios

i have the jbl le - 5 - 2 mids from the original ttg studios .
his wife and her sister had some great stories about him and the ttg studios .
october 21 , 1968 ttg studios n . hollywood , california | the official jimi hendrix site
ttg studios n . hollywood , california jimi hendrix is photographed during studio recording sessions at ttg studios in hollywood , california in october 1968 . photo : chuck boyd / © authentic hendrix , llc
for a & r studios in new york before opening ttg in 1965 . linda ronstadt ' s first solo
listen to peace in mississippi ( ttg studios , hollywood , ca , october 24 , 1968 ) now .
ttg studios was a recording studio in los angeles , california , founded by ami hadani and tom hidley . [ 1 ]
iirc , ttg studios began using 24 track recording equipment in 1968 . i ' m trying to find out if linda ronstadt ' s
his partner and engineer tom hidley had a lot to do with my studios too . . i own paramount recording in hollywood and encore studios in burbank . .
the rest of that album [ the doors’ “waiting for the sun” ] was recorded at ttg studios , which stood for “two terrible guys” ( laughs ) .
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we ' ve talked about him before here , mainly regarding the legendary ttg studios on highland . ami was an israeli from the north in a place called kfar giladi .
zappa once in a interview said ttg stood for
two tough guys
.
corner . some people just called it sunset studios , but that causes confusion with sunset sound .
so he invented one . and he did it with just three letters : ttg .
24 track / 2 inch recording didn ' t begin to be adopted by most studios until 1976 - 1977 . ttg studios was on the low end in the 1968 time frame . an unusual version of hand sown / home grown exists . in the uk , there was a scarce mono issue . i own a copy .
the jimi hendrix experience recorded lots of material in october of 1968 at ttg . according to the jimi hendrix sessions book ttg was 16 track by october ' 68 . jimi also produced sessions for eire apparent ' s sunrise lp at ttg . these were also said to be 16 track as well . .
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hadani , legendary radio recorders and ttg recording and mastering engineer , rip . .
i did not know ami , but i purchased his 1967 ghia 450 ss from his sister today . . . beautiful car , his pride a joy . . his wife and her sister had some great stories about him and the ttg studios . i remember being at ttg in the 1970 ' s , just kid then , with my find and his dad perry botkin who was producing a carpenters record there . what a great experience it was . . i can say i got the recording studio fever after that day in ttg . . . his partner and engineer tom hidley had a lot to do with my studios too . . i own paramount recording in hollywood and encore studios in burbank . .
hello - i am amazed by this post ! i work in the building once home to ttg and i do pr . i am bulding a factual archive about recording sessions held at the legendary studio ( s ) that were there during the 40 ' s - 70 ' s ( radio recorders annex , sunset / highland studios , and ttg studios ) . you worked this session there , wow ! did you work other sessions too ? will you contact me to confirm this footage is of led zeppelin at ttg studios , in hollywood , ca , is legit ? until coming across this post there absolutely no additional references to this , however i did find liner notes for sunset sound and sir . thanks !
for those of you who remember ttg studios , ttg stood for tilhas teezee gesheften a name of a group of jewish brigade members formed immediately following wwii . under the guise of british military activity , this group engaged in the assassination of nazis and ss conspirators , facilitated the illegal emigration of holocaust survivors to israel , and smuggled weaponry for the haganah .
pretty sure ami let one believe whatever they wanted about what the initials ttg stood for . to him , they stood for
ttg studios , who recorded several seminal albums of the 1960s , got their name from the arabic - yiddish compound tilḥas ṭīzī gesheftn , ‘lick my ass enterprises’ , which had been used as a code / inside joke in the anti - british jewish underground in palestine .
zappa moved to new york ' s mayfair and apostolic 8 - track studios for most of we ' re only in it for the money .
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hadani , legendary radio recorders and ttg recording and mastering engineer , rip . . | steve hoffman music forums
in 1968 ttg became the first studio to use 24 track recording equipment which was built for them by jeep harned of mci .
i remember being at ttg in the 1970 ' s , just kid then , with my find and his dad perry botkin who was producing a carpenters record there . what a great experience it was . . i can say i got the recording studio fever after that day in ttg . . .
this is where the doors recorded their third album , waiting for the sun . this is also the location that frank zappa ‘s freak out and hot rats albums were recorded . other famous stars to use this studio were lowell george , the monkees , eric burdon and linda ronstadt . ttg studios 1441 n mccadden place los angeles ca 90028
no studio had 24 track recording until the 1970 ' s as far as i know . heck , most studios only made the leap to 16 track in the 1970 ' s .
hadani died in 2014 ; i was unable to find an obituary , or a birth date , but i did find a short tribute that audiophile and music - restoration specialist steve hoffman published in one of his music forums . the tribute misspells hadani’s first name and gives the wrong location for ttg studios , but it includes this bit of information :
i worked at ttg from 1967 almost to 1970 , yes we were the first 16trk studio and did use 2inch tape . . . our house tape was scotch 3 m . tom hidley by the way designed and had a crew that built the record plants , mgm and caribou studios . all the time i worked there i wondered about the initials . ttg angel balestier my mentor , told me
two tough guys
. wayne newton had a picture of him and our new 16trk machine . for endorsement .
the photographs of hendrix with a band aid over his eyebrows were taken at ttg . i was going to comment on the 16 track , but that has been thoroughly covered .
tommy flanders t . t . g . studios , la fz armand kaproff —cello harold schneier —cello gerald wiggins —piano james gordon —drums lou morell —guitar david wells —trumpet , trombone johnny rotella —c . bass flute , sax
starting from 1989 tom hidley has advised jmf audio ' s power amplifiers in his non - environmental control room design for their exceptional power handling and absolute natural sound . tom hidley designed studios including jmf audio ' s power amplifiers such as masterfonics ( nashville ) and nomis ( london ) are used as examples and illustrations in this book . other studios trusting jmf audio ' s technology are also mentioned . we are thankful to philip newell .
ttg , which stood for
two terrible guys
, was the brainchild of tom hidley and amy hadani , who previously worked for the a & r sudio ' s in ny .
the studio was founded as westlake audio in the early 1970s and is credited as “one of the first big commercial efforts to produce acoustically standardized interchangeable rooms” . westlake rooms aimed for an acoustic design that could give a fairly flat frequency response at the recording position , with the ability to control reverberation delay . the studios became very popular , and “westlake - style” rooms spread to a number of other studios and around the world by the late 1970s .
ttg was not ' two terrible guys ' . this is apocryphal . it was a term used to hide the activities of the jewish brigade in post wwii europe . they posted ttg signs to direct jewish refugees they were smuggling to british occupied palestine . it stands for tilhas teezee gescheften - an arabic and yddish mixture , israeli slang , meaning ' kiss my ass business ' . ami hadani was a member of the brigade .
ttg was one of the worst rooms in la . it was basically a demo room . they did a lot of radio commercials there . i hung out there in the very early 1970 ' s trying to get a job as an intern or something . terrible sounding place . no studio had 24 track recording until the 1970 ' s as far as i know . heck , most studios only made the leap to 16 track in the 1970 ' s .
it must have been a good place since freak out and absolutely free were both recorded there when it was a 4 - track facility , and zappa had access to the 5 - track machine that paul buff built during the pal studios / studio z days .
well , the home grown album is barely 8 track . ttg was one of the worst rooms in la . it was basically a demo room . they did a lot of radio commercials there . i hung out there in the very early 1970 ' s trying to get a job as an intern or something . terrible sounding place . no studio had 24 track recording until the 1970 ' s as far as i know . heck , most studios only made the leap to 16 track in the 1970 ' s .
hidley and hadani started ttg in 1965 and actracted rock stars like hendrix , the monkees & eric burdon , who all wanted to use the studio ' s innovative technology - the world ' s first sixteen - track , two - inch recorders .
this become one of the great marketing ploy ' s in recording studio history , since ttg was the only studio with the 16 - track , 2 inch recorder , musicians who started a session at the studio were forced to finsish there .
since jimi hendrix was recording at ttg at this same time , and so many people here are knowledgable about those sessions , perhaps i could learn a little about linda ' s recording from those experts . can anyone share any technical details about the recording of
in his comprehensive presentation of recording studio design , international consultant and former technical director of virgin records , philip newell obviously covered works of american designer tom hidley , who without a doubt is the most influential and respected in the world . tom hidley ' s studios ( ttg hollywood , westlake , the record plant . . . to name only a few in his hundreds of creations ) have housed the most talented engineers , producers and musicians to produce formidable international hits ( jimi hendrix , stevie wonder , michael jackson , shania twain . . . )
ttg was one of the worst rooms in la . it was basically a demo room . they did a lot of radio commercials there . i hung out there in the very early 1970 ' s trying to get a job as an intern or something . terrible sounding place .
i don ' t think i ' ve seen that one . . . there is good one that was taken of him wearing a red shirt and tall white boots , there is a clock on a paneled wall behind him , that for sure taken in studio b at ttg .
disc 1 : the jack bruce jam disc 2 : tracks 8 - 10 - the jimi hendrix experience with lee michaels disc 3 : tracks 2 - jimi hendrix and robert wyatt disc 3 : tracks 3 - 6 - jimi hendrix , andy summers , robert wyatt , and zoot money disc 3 : track 10 - the jimi hendrix experience with jim horn and lee michaels disc 4 : track 2 - the jimi hendrix experience with lee michaels disc 4 : tracks 3 - 10 - eire apparent with jimi hendrix all tracks recorded at studio b , ttg studios , 1441 n . mccadden street , hollywood , california , usa
i was told led zeppelin did some recording for their second album at ttg . my former guitar teacher was in a band called ab skhy who were recording their first album in another studio there . he said zeppelin was so loud that sound was bleeding through the walls despite the sound proofing !
the photographs of hendrix with a band aid over his eyebrows were taken at ttg . i was going to comment on the 16 track , but that has been thoroughly covered . those particular pictures were / are bootleg posters and they always bugged me because hendrix obviously wouldn ' t have wanted those made , and he looks really tired .
sadly in 1985 the studio was hit by a fire that smoldered thru the walls below the control room and then erupted above it causing enough damage for jim guercio to decide it was over and not rebuild . he removed all the gear . the famous ex george martin neve 8016 console went to the university of denver , then on to vintage king who restored it and sold to prime studios in austria .
> the hot rats booklet says 16 track ? < that is correct , sir ; number overload i guess , my old 8 track cortex din ' t keep up with my hunt - n - peck digit . sys . , looks like . it was a
homemade sixteen track
recordificator those ttg engineers scotch - taped in . thanks for the nudge .
this color picture is the one i was referring to , the one showing him with tall white boots in that room is jimi hendrix sessions , i have never seen the other one . although i can tell tell from the background it was also taken at ttg . i also remember the story about the injury . jimi ' s girlfriend hit him with brick . he picked up the brick and hit her with it . they were staying at a house in benedict canyon , the studio got call from the house that the la county sheriffs were looking for him , jimi came down to ttg and angel balestier the head engineer asked me to take jimi upstairs , until lawyers from warner brothers could get down there , so i did .
the early history of amnon “ami” hadani , who also went by omi hadan , is vague . after he and tom hidley founded ttg , at 1441 n . mccadden place in los angeles—a stone’s throw from hollywood high school—they recorded many of the era’s prominent rock musicians : the doors , frank zappa and the mothers of invention , jimi hendrix , the monkees , linda ronstadt .
ttg had the short , crisp punch of a military acronym . it sounded like the name of an army unit . but carmi had chosen the letters from a phrase in a contrived , nonsensical portmanteau language , part yiddish , part arabic . the words were “ tilhas tizig gesheften . ” roughly – and it was meant to be rough – translated , it sneered , “up your ass . ” but only the jews from palestine knew that .
they weren ' t terrible guys . it was ami hadani and tom hildley , the same guys who designed and built all the famous record plant studios . anything but two terrible guys . the cool thing about ami was that he was a general in the israeli air force , and he ' d be doing a session and there ' d be problems and he ' d have to leave the session and go fly off to israel , fight the war , then come back and finish a session . weeks could go by , it was kind of funny .
according to
aufnahmetechnik von frank zappa
: studio z 1964 , 5 - track recording ( build by paul buff ? ) lumpy gravy , apostolic studios , new york 12 - track hot rats , first overdub ' s , 16 - track waka / jawaka , 24 - track , paramount studio 1979 finisch the work on studio umrk after that , all digital the london symphony orchestra vol . 1 , 24 - track digital mixonline about frank ' s recordingtechnologie - - > urltoken special technic of frank was xenochrony - - > urltoken interview with bob marshall - - > urltoken
sound engineer and r & d guru in recording development . one of the ' two terrible guys ' of the acronym that was t . t . g . highland studios * in hollywood , with engineer tom hidley . * 1441 north mccadden place , hollywood , ca , usa . hadani & hidley were the duo who also designed & built systems at record plant , los angeles for gary kellgren . during the late ' 60s hadani also served as a general in the israeli army and would manage to accomplish this role whilst also recording , back at his console in the us .
little is known about the other ttg co - founder , ami hadani , who also went by the name omi hadan . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] according to bruce botnick , hadani was a general in the israeli air force , and had to leave for weeks at a time when israel was at war . [ 3 ] ami was married to ellen weston ( actress ) and they had one child , jonathan hadani . they were divorced when their son was 6 . ami remarried christine ermacoff , a studio cellist . ami died in september 2014 in los angeles .
michael jackson , rihanna , shakira , justin timberlake , madonna , ne - yo , donna summer , alanis morissette , boston , van halen , frank ocean , josh groban , quincy jones , dave matthews , kelly clarkson , nas , keyshia cole , aaliyah , missy elliott , britney spears , nine inch nails , justin bieber , fifth harmony .
also , a countless number of films , television shows and commercials have been recorded at westlake .
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were not known as the best sounding rooms in l . a . , but by october 1968 they were the
first studio anywhere to have 2 - inch 16 - track recording machines . this was an amazing
breakthrough in technology at the time . . . doubling the capacity of the standard 8 - track recorders .
( without starting over from scratch ) because the tapes wouldn ' t work in any other machines .
founders of two very different , but equally revolutionary guitar styles that close to each other .
comes from the fact that the intersection of sunset blvd . and highland ave . is just around the
linda recorded at both . here ' s a shot of the building looking westward :
a closer view of the building today . a photo agency has been there since 1980 :
not too long ago bob warford ( linda ' s guitarist in the early 70s . . . and former bandmate with
there is still a recording studio on location , now called wax ltd . a portion of the old space in now a photo studio called studio 1444 .
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is the backside mono stamped or mono stickered ? the photo looks like a sticker .
this pressing is fabulous , clear and not half as thin sounding as the us pressing , my copy is almost completely silent , with no ticks , even when being played quite a few times it has no loss in soundstage , the bass is pronounced more though not overbearing and the drums are more upfront , which leads me to presume less compression has been applied when mastering the tapes . . . the details are outstanding , get it if you can , it outshines every edition in my opinion , also the last remaster of 2018 , which though digital , is excellent !
first , i have to admit i was pissed off , when i tore off the shrink wrap with a hype sticker sayin « . . . plus the complete libretto « to see no libretto inside the lp . . . . i’m getting used to be deceived by brand new vinyl records . . . . for many reasons , including scratches , noise , bad sound , missing record ( in a 3 record box set , having 2 disc # 1 and 1 disc # 3 ) and now missing insert . . . ( mr . bungle , butthole surfers , björk , supertramp , big boys , nick cave , tom waits , tool , metallica . . . ) but . . . this pressing of absolutely free is totally top notch ! ! ! amazing mastering and high quality pressing ! get it ! ( just hope you’ll have your insert with it ! ! ! ) also , side 4 etching has a clear white label . . . and the image is far from the pic advertisied on urltoken . . . this sucks . . . but the sound is terrific !
say no to drugs kids , especially if you are preparing a vinyl reissue such as this , otherwise you could get things totally wrong .
the libretto pages are in the wrong order . a white label in the middle of the laser etching obscures zappa ' s face ! where was quality control ?
the best out of all of the new zappa represses , absolutely ( heh ) no snap crackle or pop nowhere . the packaking is very accurate and sturdy , the sound quality is stunner . thanks bg , you did a great job mastering this . the second lp is a bit useless , but its great zappa fan - stuff . the booklet is killer , despite the order of the songs ( or parts ) is odd . the only bad thing was that i had to wait a long time for this .
my side 4 with etched artwork also has a white label . anyone else or is mine a one off ?
we need a reissue of this album on vinyl . i ' m surprised it hasn ' t happened yet .
i found the mix to be a bit muddled . also the bass seems to have no mid / high so it gets lost very easily ; especially on the longer more jammy tracks .
this is the story of a bygone hollywood recording studio whose name was an acronym for a sweary arabic - yiddish ( and also maybe turkish ) epithet . i learned about it in a comment on a blog post about a korean - english translator .
the post , “ why she learned korean , ” appeared in language hat , steve dodson’s excellent and often scholarly blog about language . about halfway into the comment section , the conversation turned to acronyms , and a commenter identified only as “y” offered this , a propos of nothing in the original post but extremely interesting to me ( and to you strong languagers , i’ll bet ) :
the other interpretations of the name , “two terrible guys” or “two talented gentlemen” , are apocryphal .
this turns out to be a highly plausible argument , for reasons i’ll get into in a minute . but what about the “apocryphal” stories ?
the link in y’s comment goes to a wikipedia entry that gives three citations for the “two terrible guys” interpretation , none of them a primary source . one of them , a 2010 article in analog planet , is an incomplete reprint of a 1997 analog planet article —so incomplete that the name of the interview subject was lopped off . he ( i assume it’s a he ) is identified only by the initials “bb . ” piecing together the evidence , i surmised that bb was bruce botnick ( born 1945 ) , an american audio engineer best known for his work with the doors . he told analog planet ’s matthew greenwald :
the haganah was a jewish paramilitary organization during the british mandate of palestine ; after israeli independence in 1948 , it became the core of the israel defense forces .
the three words that make up the phrase are arabic [ تِلحسْ طِيزي , “tilhas tizi” , “lick my ass” ] and yiddish [ געשעפטן , “gesheften” , ”business” ] , combined to form a modern hebrew slang expression , meaning “you - lick - my - ass business . ” [ 1 ] it has been more colloquially translated as “up your ass / götveren” , [ 2 ] whereas [ sic ] “götveren” is a vulgar turkish slang term for “queer / fag / faggot” .
the footnotes reference howard blum’s 2009 book the brigade : an epic story of vengeance , salvataion , and world war ii . “the brigade” was the jewish brigade , which was formed in 1944 as a unit of the british army and continued its activities after the war . according to a wikipedia entry , “under the guise of british military activity , this group engaged in the assassination of nazis , facilitated the illegal immigration of holocaust survivors to mandatory palestine , and smuggled weaponry to the haganah . ” one of the brigade’s members , israel carmi , “realized that it would require an army” to move refugees out of europe , writes blum :
according to some sleuthing done by yuval pinter , who writes the bilingual hebrew–english linguistics blog blazing hyphens , hadani not only was living in palestine during this period , he served in the brigade himself—and so would have been intimately acquainted with the acronym .
modern spoken hebrew is a young language ; the first child raised to speak only hebrew was born in 1882 . that child’s father , eliezer ben - yehuda , compiles the first modern hebrew dictionary , for which he coined hundreds of new words . ( “ben - yehuda” is to modern hebrew lexicography what “webster” is to american . ) but there were no swear words in the lexicon : with the exception , say , prostitute and bastard , off - color words were absent from the hebrew bible or its commentaries , and the high - minded ben - yehuda and his protégés had no place for them .
still , swearers gotta swear , and so modern israelis turned to their arabic - and turkish - speaking neighbors ( and not infrequently to english , russian , and yiddish ) for linguistic relief .
i’m still searching for the definitive lexicon of hebrew swears . in the meantime , i can point you to this glossary of swears used by israeli soldiers , in which arabic shows up a lot ; and to this video tutorial from swearport , which is disappointingly mild but at least provides a sabra ( native ) pronunciation .
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i would like to see the 40 second film of this . i was there , we stopped recording to watch the last time the beatles ever played together . peter grant brought in some cans of cheese popcorn . we sat in our lounge and watched the beatles , it was like the crown of rock being passed , swear to god . i was the second engineer on those sessions . terry dean
your right , i looked it up it was 3 nights in 1969 , jan 30th for sure . its been a long time ago .
however , led zeppelin was an ocean away that entire month touring north america .
no , it wasn ' t . . . the thread starters posts aren ' t making any sense thus far .
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album ( recorded there in october 1968 ) might have been a 24 track recording .
, which includes all 4 of linda ' s solo capitol albums , plus bonus tracks . (
) however , like so many of linda ' s releases , there are no track credits . if it wasn ' t for the 1977 compilation lp ,
( capitol skbb - 11629 ) , which does give some track info , i wouldn ' t know hardly anything about the early ronstadt recordings .
which prompted my question . glad i can find out the facts so quickly here . thanks again . . . .
quoted from paul verna
from audio sound to infra sound
, billboard , 1 july 1995 .
this equipment doubled the capacity of the 8 - track recorder - which was state of the art in 1968 - by increasing the tape width and modifying the motors on the machine .
and i ' d like to add , i think the hendrix track ' look over yonder ' ( which was recorded there ) sounds very good , especially when compared to the tracks on ' electric ladyland ' ( almost all recorded at record plant , ny ) .
jimi played bass on some of these sessions , him and noel redding were fighting and it was a while before
the expierence
finally all got together there .
ami left a session upstairs came down where angel and i were working with hendrix and told us it was shaking the floor .
those particular pictures were / are bootleg posters and they always bugged me because hendrix obviously wouldn ' t have wanted those made , and he looks really tired .
i don ' t know . . i tried to get a hold of the studio in the late seventies no luck . i moved back to colorado and my last contact with anyone was when i ran into tom hidley ' s construction crew when they built caribou above boulder .
my first studio job was at studio west in san diego and i didn ' t start there until may 75 . when i started we were in the process of upgrading from an mm - 1000 16 track to a stephens 24 track . that was 8 more tracks and well less than half the size .
we were a fairly high quality studio , but not quite in the same league as the big boys up in la . we did some rock sessions , but it was mainly a jingle house . my point is that if we were up to 24 tracks in 1975 i have to assume that many of the majors had made the switch well ahead of us .
i was at a session at crystal for songs in the key of life and i seem to remember they were using a studer 24 track machine . i can ' t remember the exact date but i ' m thinking it was a few months before i started at studio west .
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the hot rats booklet says 16 track ? frank had 24 track analog 1982 and 24 track digital 1984 was used for drowning witch on vol 3 .
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- - > recording techniques of frank zappa . this interesting booklet is available her . it has 18 pages and cost 5 . 99euro . i got it at home and i will do e short review about the recording equipment . just find e second book about
frank zappa und seine musik im spiegel der moeglichkeiten moderner studiotechnik
edit the umrk must had gone digital around 1982 - 1984 same time as lso .
. . . . . . . but first , a flashback to when i was recording for columbia back in ' 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . there were only eight tracks to work with ( you wonder how the beatles survived so well on that - - lots of money / time helped ) , and there was no separate cue system for overdubbing ( honest ! ) , . . . . . . . . .
by the fall of ' 66 , i ' d had it with group , recording , and first marriage , so i took some money from a small inheritance and idealistically launched out to change it all . . . what was amazing - - i did ! first , i picked a downtown location , in the village , as that ' s where all the musicians were . be where you ' re comfortable . after all , only the execs were uptown . it was a loft building on 10th st . near broadway ,
. . . . . and , of course more tracks ( how quickly you run out at only eight ) - - we went to twelve because that was as many as scully could crowd onto a relatively - editable one - inch tape transport in this first - of - a - kind machine they built to our specs . and faders , instead of pots ( goodbye ' 50s sci - fi flicks ) , also a first , and the new - fangled solenoids . . . best of all , everyone could touch them all , no union , except don ' t spill your coke on the board ! all that , and teenage whiz engineer tony bongiovi ( later , brother / producer of jon bonjovi ) were enough to launch us into the ozone . . . . . . . . . . . .
i recall the api console as a sea of blue formica , a wondrous machine praised by frank zappa , with sparkling new arc - shaped british painton faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the prototype scully twelve - track machine used one - inch tape . it had twelve sets of their normal full - size rack - mounted electronics , the ones they put in their mono and two track machines - - imagine twelve of those babies , each one with a complete set of knobs and full - size meter ! it was just huge - - but it worked . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . so i went to new york , and i got this job at this incredible twelve track studio . well , i didn ' t know from twelve track , i thought four track was really hot stuff . so i went in there and they said ,
here ' s the board . learn it .
he go ,
your first client ' s coming in in five minutes .
well , my first client was frank zappa . . . . . . . .
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was born may 27 , 1931 in los angeles , california . as a teenager , he spent long hours playing the saxophone , clarinet , and flute , until ordered to cease by his physician after a physical breakdown . he then explored non - performance areas of music , and spend nights recording at clubs and days working at loudspeaker and tape - machine organizations .
and very little research on studio acoustic design in those days so every new room evolved through trial and error from earlier ones . however , the influence of his pioneering acoustic models could be seen across the recording studio world 40 years on . for instance , hidley introduced the concept of soffit - mounted monitors , the use of moving glass doors between live and isolation rooms , and he even established the term '
was a general in the israel air force , and needed to leave for weeks at a time while israel was at war . in late sixties hadani often worked with producer tom wilson on mgm / verve recording sessions . besides engineering the sound in music industry hadani spend some years working on film soundtracks too . he died in september 2014 in los angeles .
in 1959 ,
madman muntz
hired hidley to assist in the development of the first car stereo . [ 1 ] among the first to own a muntz car stereo was frank sinatra , the famous singer and actor . [ 1 ] through sinatra ' s purchase , hidley became known to a sinatra associate val valentin , who invited hildley to assist in the building of a new recording studio in new york . [ 1 ] in 1962 , they built the mgm / verve studio . [ 1 ] in 1964 , phil ramone hired hidley to work at his a & r studio as the audio technical manager . [ 1 ] also employed at that time by a & r was ami hadani . [ 1 ]
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while growing up in the upstate ny catskill mtns area we knew of caribou only thru lps recorded there .
our own focus at the time was to someday build a studio in the mountains in a large old barn of which there were many ( and still are , albeit slowly falling down ) .
it was the beauty of the surrounding mountains , the peaceful isolation , and the prospect of inspiration year round that drove our desire . we did our best to build and operate for own purposes but we always pushed for going commercial someday . little did we know that jimmy guercio was already implementing his own plan to do just that way out west !
spot thru a friend while traveling in colorado . that friend remarked that his uncle , at one time owned an old ranch outside of boulder . . . maybe it was for sale .
it took two years for guercio to secure a deal to buy it . 3000 acres of a small green valley that ascended all the way up thru forested mountains to the high peaks of colorado rockies yet was only 45 mins to boulder and another 30 mins to denver ' s airport .
the ranch had been a working horse farm for many decades . stagecoach ( 1966 ) was filmed there . with several cabins , a lodge and mess hall plus numerous other outbuildings , there was one that stood out : a large gambrel roofed barn - it was exactly what guercio had been looking for .
caribou became the # 1 place to record . all inclusive of the $ 16 , 000 . @ wk rate : up to 10 people , 24 hr studio access , engineers , instruments , meals ( late nites included ) , lodging , snowmobiles , dirt bikes , horses , fishing poles , transportation to & from the ranch .
some artists didnt like being so isolated but the majority fell right in the groove of no distractions , being catered to in that down home mountain style . it shows in the quality / massive quantity of music written and produced there .
guercio and family lived quietly on the ranch for another 30 years . then he sold the property a couple of years ago to members of the walton family who have no other plans but to preserve it . prior to closing the deal he auctioned off many items from the studio including among others the grand pianos used by elton john , billy joel etc , those huge baffles and absorbers , a b - 3 , a gibson explorer bass used by terry kath ( caribou was chicago ' s home base for many albums ) , various furniture and even the control room door !
this place was truly one of a kind at the time . sadly it ' s golden era has long passed due to technology and a changed industry . but the innovation of the ' destination studio ' and the uniqueness of its location gave birth to soo many great recordings .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ currently in early advance planning stage for new private mountain studio . colorado usa
yes , i remember it well and the hidley designs of the time . was a major influence on my studio designs at the time . cheers john
ah , the good old days , when you could afford to buy 3000 acres for a studio and charge over $ 2000 / day for the use of it .
i love the mastering work of ami hadani . his stereo 1961 cutting of ella ' s clap hands , here comes charlie is amazing considering how long the sides are .
members formed immediately following wwii . under the guise of british military activity , this group engaged in the assassination of nazis and ss conspirators , facilitated the illegal emigration of holocaust survivors to israel , and smuggled weaponry for the
i love the mastering work of ami hadani . his stereo cutting of ella ' s clap hands , here comes charlie is amazing considering how long the sides are .
wow , that ' s quite a history and he ' s worked on a great many albums according to allmusic . com . rest in peace .
thank you for the clarification on the name . i read somewhere that it stood for
two terrible guys
and i bought that hook , line and sinker .
i had visited that studio several times when my dad was a business rep for the local 47 musicians union .
a very sad loss in the record world , steve . ami hadani was a legend and was involved with so many awesome recordings we all know and cherish here . he can ' t be replaced . a real pioneer in music .
hadani did some incredible work in the 60 ' s , he knocked it out of the park with the his recordings of ella and basie .
i have one side i know was cut by him - a blank groove that was on the back of a one - sided promo of the mamas & the papas '
creeque alley ,
pressed by monarch . it was signed ' ami h .
i was always told it stood for
two talented gentlemen
but evidently that was not the case .
recruits for the jewish brigade on the way to palestine . . view attachment 357931
i did not know ami , but i purchased his 1967 ghia 450 ss from his sister today . . . beautiful car , his pride a joy . .
welcome mike ; that ' s an interesting car with an interesting provenance , and i like that connection going all the way back to the 70 ' s .
did you know bruce botnick by any chance ? i ' m just looking for people that might have known ami that i might be able to contact . i would love to speak to someone about his car to find out more information . his family really had very limited knowledge of the car and ami didn ' t really talk about about it much unfortunately . .
thanks ben , did you know bruce botnick by any chance ? i ' m just looking for people that might have known ami that i might be able to contact .
i remember ami talking proudly about his ghia with a lot of respect . he took us ( yoav gera and me ) around hollywood with it from time to time in 1976 .
wow , that is great to hear yair . if you ever get the los angeles look me up and we can go for another ride and talk about ami , maybe we would answer .
page 503 , figure 20 . 1 , photo of a hqs3200 power amplifier at masterfonics with owner glenn meadows ( multi platinum discs and two times grammy awards winner mastering engineer ) . the mix room of masterfonics was awarded best of the usa by mix magazine in 1998 . for more details > read history
although intended for architects , this book can be highly informative for the passionate audiophiles willing to demystify aspects of room acoustics , diffusion and perception of sound along with getting background knowledge on the conditions in which their beloved recordings were produced .
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urltoken engineer who worked on freak out , absolutely free and other early fz projects , and mentioned in the real fz book .
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iamsound records is a los angeles , california , usa-based independent label , which was founded in 2006 by niki roberton , as a part of worlds end , usa ( one of the largest us talent management companies for producers ) .

roberton continues to run the label , with paul tao .

while the label endeavours to promote local indie music , with la-based acts ( e.g. lord huron , io echo and fool 's gold ) , its pre-eminent signings include english artists florence and the machine , little boots and charli xcx .

in 2010 , the label released a series of vinyl and digital singles called the l.a. collection , featuring notable la-based musicians through a singles club , although not in the same subscription-only singles club sense that sub pop records used to have .

in 2012 , iamsound collaborated with the los angeles museum of contemporary art for a gallery/concert series .

iamsound records

the la collection is a series of limited edition split 7 - inches released on iamsound records , one a month beginning today through august , in partnership with pure groove records out of the u . k . all artists are la acts hand - picked by iamsound to showcase the depth of talent of our city .
iamsound music is a publishing company formed by los angeles based indie label iamsound records , and administered by kobalt . iamsound music looks ahead to partnering with artists and songwriters who have a fresh perspective on music and songwriting , to establish a unique and progressively diverse catalogue .
iamsound music is a publishing company formed by los angeles based indie label iamsound records , and administered by kobalt , one of the worlds leading music rights administrators . iamsound music looks ahead to partnering with artists and songwriters who have a fresh perspective on music and songwriting , to establish a unique and progressively diverse catalogue .
iamsound records has released the likes of charli xcx , banks , lord huron , florence + the machine , kate boy , salem , hmltd and many others , working with the best and brightest in new music .
label : iamsound records founded : 2006 location : west hollywood , l . a . number of employees : 5 number of active artists : 4 biggest release : lord huron ,
lonesome dreams ,
soundscan 46 , 000 next release : kate boy , early 2014 distributor : red twitter : @ iamsoundrecords website : urltoken
iamsound music act superfood release their new album bambino on sept 8th . their new single unstoppable is released today july 21st
superfood writers dominic ganderton and ryan malcolm have signed a publishing deal with iamsound music . the band have completed recording their new album . dom & ryan produced the album and matthew twaites engineered . the album was mixed in los angeles by michael patterson , dom & ryan . the band have signed to dirty hit records . they released a new single ' double dutch ' on feb 6th .
detroit singer apropos has signed to iamsound music . he is featured on the liquid monk track ‘come down’ which is released on beverly martel on feb 23rd
in each new venture , be it a festival or a soundtrack or a brand campaign , roberton sees an opportunity to improve on the value that iamsound brings to its artists .
though iamsound didn’t actually release “true romance” - - it was quietly handled by warner subsidiary atlantic records in the states with naming rights given to the indie - - it was roberton and tao who first broke aitchison for american audiences . it was their label that licensed her debut ep “you’re the one” in june of 2012 , before the artist had any formal representation here . and when atlantic came into the picture later that same year , roberton and tao stayed on - board as co - managers of the artist and marketing consultants on the album , ensuring the project kept its indie credibility intact .
robertson and tao have cast their gaze across the pond , partnering with eclectic london - based music shop pure groove records to release the l . a . collection singles in the u . k .
we want london to know about the l . a . scene as well ,
says tao .
people in the u . k . see los angeles as a concrete hellhole ,
adds robertson .
iamsound is a multidimensional ecosystem encompassing a record label , creative agency and visual art studio . we like music . we like art . we thought it could be fun to work at the intersection of the two .
liquid monk release a 2nd single nighttime ft . kameryn ogden on august 18th via beverly martel . this is the 2nd single from their debut album that will drop on september 22nd . the song is published by iamsound music .
after the tween tidal wave came another breakthrough , when roberton signed florence welch of florence and the machine to a singles deal after discovering her on myspace . the first release , “kiss with a fist , ” caught fire on the internet and drew the attention of red distribution , which eventually agreed to pick up the label and help expand its reach beyond itunes and promo cds . though welch went on to sign a major label agreement with island records , in april of 2009 iamsound released her debut ep “a lot of love . a lot of blood” featuring “kiss with a fist” and other future hit singles “dog days are over” and “you’ve got the love . ”
in addition to the creative agency , now responsible for roughly 40 percent of iamsound’s revenue , the company has begun planning for its own festival in la . , tentatively scheduled to launch next year . iamsound also recently did music supervision for its first feature film “teenage , ” a documentary directed by matt wolf about the history of teen culture . the film , which features original music by bradford cox of deerhunter and atlas sound , premiered at tribeca international film festival this spring and was recently picked up by oscilloscope laboratories .
founded by roberton in 2006 , iamsound has made a name for itself in the ever - narrowing gap between indie and pop music . the label was the first home to the platinum - selling , grammy - nominated artist florence and the machine and counts among its current roster bubbling under the radar acts like kate boy , io echo , lord huron and ezekiel . later this year , iamsound will handle the american release of “nirvana , ” the four - song debut ep from the disclosure collaborator and emergent universal music group artist sam smith .
roberton and tao aim to sign artists to two album deals , with masters owned by the label and profits split 50 / 50 with the artist . painless contracts and a low ratio of artists to owners make iamsound an attractive proposition for young bands seeking both support and creative freedom .
, a series helmed by iamsound ' s new signees io echo , will match acts like the doom - stricken synth trio salem , the ambitious avant - garde crooner zola jesus and the uncannily creepy doo - wop group cults with a rotation of dance troupes and visual artists . drew barrymore ,
black swan ' s
iamsound is now five employees , with full - time staffers handling licensing and business affairs . in 2011 , the company added a partner , anh do , and with her a creative agency , which has brought in work doing marketing consulting , music supervision and event programming for brands including vans , warby parker and all saints .
it sounds so basic , and that core essence of the music business hasn ' t changed in a century : find good sounds and release them . iamsound records , run out of a modest yet modish grove - adjacent office , has done both quite well , has compiled a diverse roster of artists , including l . a . - born afro - pop purveyors fool ' s gold , electronic - pop duo telepathe of brooklyn , indie - dance chanteuse little boots , the black ghosts — whose slick dance - pop debut featured a guest turn by damon albarn of blur fame — and florence and the machine , whose soulful debut album was nominated for england ' s mercury prize . with 24 - year - old paul tao as her right - hand man , robertson ' s label has signed 16 artists in the past four years , and in march will start releasing a series of one - off singles called the l . a . collection , by notable l . a . musicians .
even if the museum of contemporary art has been under fire for tilting exhibitions toward celebrity and pop , at least it has good taste in nightlife . the museum and the local label iamsound have collaborated on a trio of intriguing events at the geffen contemporary gallery with national and local experimental musicians - - and a strong shot of art - world celebrity as well .
in 2008 , iamsound had a pair of breakthroughs that helped transition the label from a two - person diy outfit into a real business with real income . the first was a juicy sync of the black ghosts song “full moon” in the first scene of the first “twilight” movie . the label and artist had agreed to the deal unaware of the vampire mania that would soon grip the country .
in addition to bucking last century ' s record - label antics , iamsound frequently pioneers ventures such as the l . a . collection . wanting to give a nod to the thriving l . a . music scene , robertson and tao decided to feature some of the city ' s rising acts . the first release will feature a new track by indie roustabouts edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros , coupled with a song from low - fi , smell - affiliated rockers moonrats . other artists contributing to the collection include local natives , rainbow arabia , imaad wasif , io echo , pocahaunted and iamsound ' s own fool ' s gold . artwork for the series has been created by a host of renowned l . a . artists , including aaron rose , ingrid allen and elisa saether . they ' re also organizing an art exhibition at the space 15 twenty gallery in hollywood , and a launch party with musical performances to promote the collection .
iamsound is also concentrating its efforts on music licensing for tv and film .
right now , music licensing is bigger than record sales ,
says robertson , citing the black ghosts , whose popularity soared after they appeared on the twilight film soundtrack . more than anything , robertson says , she and tao like being able to handpick the artists they feel passionate about .
we don ' t have to put something out because we feel obligated contractually ,
she says .
there are no channels we have to go through . it ' s just us .
only 26 when she launched the l . a . - based iamsound label in 2006 , niki robertson had been an a & r talent scout for u . k . label parlophone and was directing videos for majors in the u . s . , but was already finding herself jaded beyond her years .
i used to hate the tracks i was sent to work on , these cheeseballs signed to sony who would get dropped the next year ,
says the lanky london native .
i can do better ,
she thought , and her approach was simple .
i went online and found bands i liked that weren ' t signed . then i contacted them to see if they were interested in putting out a single , and then an ep .
our goal is to redefine pop music as something that envelops a lot of genres ,
says tao , a native of taiwan .
a lot of labels try to stay in the same ballpark , but we don ' t want to pigeonhole ourselves .
rather than signing artists to multi - album , multiyear deals , iamsound handcrafts its deals , whether that means releasing one or two full - length albums or simply a 7 - inch single . this is one of many factors that attracted telepathe to the label .
we met niki at [ austin music - industry festival ] sxsw in 2008 ,
recalls busy gangnes , one half of the brooklyn duo .
she immediately offered to do a one - off single with us and we were into the idea of that . they never hid the fact that they loved our band and wanted to sign us .
the 21 - year - old rising british pop star charli xcx has it all . best known for co - writing icona pop’s unsinkable billboard hot 100 top 10 smash “i love it , ” as well as for her own collection of darkwave pop gems , the well - received 2013 debut “true romance , ” xcx has had a global major label recording deal through warner music group since before she could drive . but the pop singer , born charlotte aitchison , is also an indie darling . in 2011 and 2012 , she was the subject of breathless blog buzz , glowing pitchfork reviews and a zeitgeist - capturing v magazine cover with grimes and sky ferreira . the grass - roots momentum was in part due to the fact that in america , aitchison’s music almost always flies under the banner of iamsound , the independent label owned and operated by niki roberton and paul tao out of west hollywood , los angeles .
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emmett malloy will present work alongside them , pairing disciplines to make for some singularly spooky nights out .
the shows come on the heels of several other novel and music - informed moca exhibits , including beastie boy mike d ' s
transmission la : av club
and moca tv , a new contemporary - art themed channel on youtube .
the full schedule of the free and all ages events ( non - moca members can reserve tickets for the july 27th show at urltoken starting july 20 ) is below , and if io echo ' s languid video for
when the lilies die
is any indication of the aesthetic , it ' s going to be surreal .
aug . 17 6–10 p . m . performances by zola jesus and active child artist : l . a . dance project / benjamin millepied and rodarte dj : victoria bergsman ( taken by trees )
[ update : 10 : 33 a . m . friday , july 13 : additional ticketing information was added to the post . ]
millepied ' s l . a . dance project finds home : 1927 downtown . . .
review : dancers shine in debut of millepied ' s l . a . dance . . .
benjamin millepied , l . a . dance project visit ' sytycd ' on fox
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indies are kind of dying out ,
submits bandmate melissa livaudais ,
but [ robertson ] is rising to the top because she and paul have new ideas and really fresh ways of dealing with things . it ' s not the male - dominated indie stuff . they want to keep it exciting . they stand behind things they ' re passionate about . they have their own ideas and they ' re not subscribing to the histories .
as an l . a . label , we wanted to be able to bring together all kinds of music so people would see what l . a . has to offer ,
explains tao . he and robertson reached out to some of their favorite local bands to gauge their interest .
the bands were excited about what we were trying to do , so they started referring their friends and it just grew ,
tao adds .
edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros front man alex ebert says he wanted to do his part to help push the city ' s music scene .
l . a . has something going on that ' s transcendent of the hipster indie - rock vibe ,
says ebert .
it ' s not one certain kind of music . there are lots of different things going on and l . a . is evolving . it ' s starting to develop a real culture and community . it ' s such a triumph for l . a . to have a community because it ' s a sprawling car city . and we don ' t want to keep it a secret , indie or under wraps — we want to spread it far and wide .
all - access pass to the top stories , events and offers around town .
danny preston , half of the husband - and - wife duo rainbow arabia , agrees .
it ' s a great idea because there are so many good artists to pull from in so many different genres ,
says preston .
brooklyn has gotten a lot more notoriety lately , and london has always been like that , but i think there ' s just as much going on in l . a . that no one really knows about .
rainbow arabia , edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros , fool ' s gold and local natives all had a stellar 2009 . two of the four bands ( edward sharpe and local natives ) recently nabbed coveted slots at this year ' s coachella music & arts festival , and all of the bands have expanded their following in the past year , not only among angelenos but also nationwide and overseas .
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is a new column that will profile a different independent label every other week . its focus is on companies less than a decade old that are defining the diy era .
“we actually get hit up all the time now by major labels who want us to do a sort of window dressing ep for their own artist , ” says roberton . “it’s flattering , but we only pick up stuff that we really love and can really get involved in . ”
roberton , a london native and the daughter of music industry vet and artist manager sandy roberton , got her start in the early 2000s as a twenty - something visual artist and a & r scout for the labels parlophone , east west and warner uk . she moved to l . a . in 2003 to work in film and direct music videos , but she had a new idea after realizing that many of the artists she liked didn’t have record deals .
“i had been around the music industry my whole life , but i didn’t have any real label experience , per se , ” says roberton . “so i just approached these bands , opened an itunes connect account and started putting stuff out digitally . ”
tao , a usc political science grad and former urltoken contributor , joined roberton a few months after the label was off the ground , helping her with cold - call marketing and pr efforts . the label’s first releases were singles from sunny day sets fire , the now defunct project of porcelain raft’s mauro remiddi , and the black ghosts , the dance punk duo composed of simian’s simon william lord and the wiseguys’ theo keating .
“we just thought it was a good sync in a vampire movie , ” says tao . “but after the soundtrack came out , the band emailed us saying ‘hey , do you know why we suddenly have thousands of myspace requests from emo girls ? ’”
though the company has grown , the label has kept its focus narrow , releasing only four full - length albums per year on average . a typical release on the label will get an initial run of 3 , 000 - 4 , 000 cds and 1 , 000 lps .
“most contracts we see now are for life , ” says kate ackhurst of swedish experimental electro - pop group kate boy . “but niki and paul were cool about not pressuring us , which was important because it was so early in our career and we were still figuring everything out . they don’t just want to lock you into something to try to make money off you . ”
“we try to do as much as we can to go above and beyond being a normal record label , ” she says . “sometimes we might be too overbearing , too involved , but we really love our bands and we think that’s the best way to help them succeed . ”
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winger visuals : ethan redd production com . . .
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aztx the producer / writers are releasing ‘my song’ ft . blakey on july 6 . blakey who’s single ‘prism of love’ has had 1 . 5 million streams in the last few weeks . the track was mixed by mthr
beverly martel will release the debut album by tom forest . hope will be released on january 12th . the album was produced by worlds end client isabel gracefield .
beverly martel releases a new single from liquid monk on sept 15th . the track is ‘hollywood’ ft jaye prime . the band’s debut album is released on sept 22nd
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all of the artwork is done by local artists ingrid allen and elisa saether , creating fantastical scenes of los angeles in oil on canvas on the front , with by typesetting by famed graphic designer aaron rose .
the love ghost record release party is happening sunday june 17th at the bootleg theater . the event is circus themed , and the band will play their 1st full - length album lobotomy in it ' s entirety .
hi ! we ' d like to submit the following event for inclusion on the remezcla event calendar and / or for editorial coverage : event title : newfilmmakers los angeles ( nfmla ) canadian film festival - july 28th , 2018 description : newfilmmakers los angeles ( nfmla ) presents three programs of canadian short films , co - hosted . . .