Google launched a new music product as part of their search engine. Don't really know what it is or how it works. I worked the launch party at Capitol Records building on Vine. That iconic round building just as you exit the 101 freeway. This is where singers and bands for the past 53 years have recorded.
Sinatra, the Beatles, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, the list is long and amazing. The hallways are lined with large photos of the singers I mentioned and more. There are some pictures of the Beatles I have never seen before. It's kind of amazing. The studios look pretty much the same as they do in the pictures. It was cool to me to be walking the same halls as these Icons of music. Taking a leak in the same bathroom.
The place had a sense of history about it. I don't know if it was real, or something I imbued the place with. It wasn't tricked out and all sleek. The floors were linlolium and looked like the same tile that was laid when the building opened. There are echo chambers built under the building that sound was pumped into to create echo effects. All of which can be done electronically. But think of the math involved in that.
It was cool to see. Like shooting a commercial in the studio where they shot the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz. Been there too.
Sinatra, the Beatles, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, the Beach Boys, Bobby Darin, the list is long and amazing. The hallways are lined with large photos of the singers I mentioned and more. There are some pictures of the Beatles I have never seen before. It's kind of amazing. The studios look pretty much the same as they do in the pictures. It was cool to me to be walking the same halls as these Icons of music. Taking a leak in the same bathroom.
The place had a sense of history about it. I don't know if it was real, or something I imbued the place with. It wasn't tricked out and all sleek. The floors were linlolium and looked like the same tile that was laid when the building opened. There are echo chambers built under the building that sound was pumped into to create echo effects. All of which can be done electronically. But think of the math involved in that.
It was cool to see. Like shooting a commercial in the studio where they shot the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz. Been there too.
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