The Village Recording Studios

Rawwwked out at party@this legendary studio on Sat nite where everyone from EttaJames to Booker T. Jones to BBKing to RollingStones recorded as well as soundtrack for TheBodyguard & DirtyDancing!!! Even popped into the huge studio (complete w grand piano) where Coldplay recorded! Gorgeous MasonicTemple building, great bands and freeflow drinks.

Aight lemme sum up village recs for you all:
–More stories and history than any one place I’ve ever encountered.
–The most comfortable studio enviroments
–Rediculoussss vintage/​modern outboard gear
–On-​point and up-​to-​date digital goodies
–DOWN TO EARTH and REAL people work here… a true rarity in this industry.
If you know recording than you already know this stuff about the village…
A legend in its own time.

The Village, formerly a Masonic Temple from the 1920’s, is one of those places that you pass by every day and would be amazed if you knew what was going in inside. The outside of the building, on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd and Butler Ave, is completely unassuming. The interior is very much the opposite.
Pool tables, a full bar and other distractions for passing the time and socializing during long recording sessions can be found in the main room. The studios themselves are stunning — but more amazing are the stories behind each of them.
Jeff Greenburg, who runs The Village, went through a laundry list of artists that recorded in the studio that we were in. We listened to some original masters of Steely Dan and Pink Floyd tunes that were recorded in that very studio. So cool.
To see the full laundry list of artists and albums that were recorded there, check out their website — too many too mention here.
Also while I was there, I heard some Tom Jones tunes being played back in one of the other studios, we popped in to listen and I quickly realized that it actually WAS Tom Jones, who was recording with a small jazz ensemble that day.
Basically, if you have a chance to work out of this place, you’re in for a real treat.

Some of the nicest people you will ever meet work here. :) My boyfriends band had the wonderful opportunity of recording their EP here, where the Rolling Stones, the Shins, Jack Johnson, Smashing Pumpkins, Jet, Dandy Warhols. (the list keeps going on and on) have recorded albums.
Now, if that isn’t awesome enough, we were in one of the nicest studios they had. AND they gave us warheads. The last time I had those, I was probably in jr. high school.
It turned out great, and the band and I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for quality equipment to record a great album.