IN THE STUDIO

By JD on 05 May 2010 in JD's World with 17 Comments

LIVE FROM THE LEGENDARY WESTLAKE STUDIOS, THIS ROOM IS WHERE THE MICHAEL JACKSON BAD ALBUM WAS RECORDED.

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  1. Margo says
    05 May 10, 6:05pm

    CRANK THOSE HITS OUT

  2. MQR says
    05 May 10, 7:24pm

    Yo JD hit me up on da twitter brah I’m in LA gettin it in!! West lakes is a dope studio, whats ur fav place to work out of LA? Larrabee, Chalice or Record plant?

  3. ShakeshaLTL says
    05 May 10, 7:52pm

    OH SHIT!

  4. 2damnfunny says
    05 May 10, 9:34pm

    Wow…..I would love to see that one day.

    I hoped you soaked all that in.

  5. SPOCK says
    06 May 10, 1:20am

    That big ass board and people are doing the mixing with a mouse LOL…. That looks like an Analog board. They still got 2 inch reels in there or straight protools? When I go back to LA I’m going to have to check that out.

    SPOCK…

    I will debate this one all day, 2 inch will always sound better then protools and will have more bottom. Just like Vinyl will always sound better then CD’s.

  6. SPOCK says
    06 May 10, 2:23am

    So after reading this post, I have spent the last two hours reading about Michael Jackson. I did a search for WestLake Studios and found out in the A room is where they recorded Thiller. So then I started reading articles about Bruce the engineer working on the Thriller album and the different machines used at the time. Dude goes over the mics, mic pres, drum machines and everything used to make an album that sold over 110 million copies.

    A fact I didn’t know about. Micheal recorded Thriller in the dark!! Wowwwww

    Spock

  7. _blk says
    06 May 10, 3:22am

    loving that picture

    ain’t nothing else like a Tom Hidley room

    no guess work on the mixdown…it is what it is

  8. THAT OCEAN CHIK says
    06 May 10, 4:10am

    @ JD
    MAKE ME PROUD…GREAT THINGS HAVE COME OUT OF THERE!!!! “Y’ALL NO WHAT THIS IS!!!!

  9. Levi says
    06 May 10, 7:45am

    JD,

    Man I hope and pray I can get in there one day and crank a hit out similar to the King. Is that the same room where Thriller was recorded? I have a pic of when Thriller was recorded and it looks similar just up-to-date. I see ya with the Mac too…

  10. Flawless says
    06 May 10, 8:20am

    Have a safe & productive trip..

  11. CECE_LTL says
    06 May 10, 10:35am

    CRAZY!

  12. Sherlock says
    06 May 10, 12:24pm

    Amazing i wish i could get up in there i wouldn’t know what was what. But JD im such a fan of yours and you just keep doing things that amaze me keep it up and Blessings to you and yours.

  13. MQR says
    06 May 10, 2:37pm

    @ spock didn’t know Mike did that did Thriller in the Dark!! pure Genius!!
    As much as we all kinda mixing in the box these days I do love the sound of of the ssl neve boards cant beat it!

  14. SPOCK says
    06 May 10, 6:39pm

    @MQR

    And they said Mike was never late to the studio and never used a sheet of paper in the booth, he would memorize all the songs and parts before he came. Man this is the reason why I stopped selling studio time, jokers would come to the studio and I would have to sit their as they do take after take because they didn’t know THEIR own song that they wrote!! SAD

    When everybody brings their best the product is the best.

    SPOCK

  15. 2damnfunny says
    07 May 10, 12:52am

    MJ recorded his own heart beat for the beginning of Smooth Criminal.

  16. moomoo says
    07 May 10, 6:12pm

    analog.. the best

  17. She-She says
    07 May 10, 6:31pm

    OMG!!!

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