Legendary Recording Studios
Not that long ago, if you wanted to make an album, you needed rent a big, expensive recording studio\u2026in addition to paying an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rate, you need to pay for a producer, an engineer or two, all the recording tape you used and any catering that was required\u2026it could get very expensive very quickly\u2026\n\nBut that was okay because back then, the music industry was awash in money\u2026your label would happily advance you the money to cover your recording costs because they were just going to take it out of profits derived from the future sales of that album\u2026\n\nBecause there was so much money to be made, a lot of big, expensive recording studios were built\u2026some were in big centres like New York, L.A., and London\u2026others were chateaus out in the countryside or maybe on an exotic island\u2026even a medium-sized city could boast half a dozen solid studios\u2026.\n\nThese days, it\u2019s possible to make a very good-sounding album on a laptop in your bedroom\u2026heck, I know of some people who have made credible-sounding records on their smart phones\u2026\n\nBut this doesn\u2019t mean that big-time recording studios are now irrelevant\u2026there are some things, some sounds and some needs that require a dedicated recording studio environment\u2026but then there are those facilities that have been forced to shut down, killed by the massive changes to the music industry and the high cost of maintaining a studio when bookings are down\u2026\n\nStill, there\u2019s something really, really cool about recording studios, places where\n\nLegendary songs and iconic albums were created\u2026and I\u2019d like to take you on a tour some of these studios and listen to some of the music that was made within those walls\u2026some of these places are still with us while some are only memories\u2026\n\nLegendary recording studios, past and present\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices