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After California was hit hard by the banking crisis of 2023, tens of thousands of commercial and consumer customers turned to East West, helping the company achieve record full-year revenue, its CEO says. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features the Los Angeles, California-based record label Brushfire Records founded by Jack Johnson and Emmett Malloy. The label was recognized after signing the band Rogue Wave, whose frontman Zach Rogue was Johnson's bestfriend. The opportunity to be involved with any number of films and tours is part of the label's appeal to its artists. Singer/songwriter Matt Costa has known the power of being a soundtrack and came to the label through No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont.

An interview with record producer and studio engineer Tony Maserati is presented. He states that his reason in moving to Los Angeles, California is to broaden his knowledge in the recording business. He mentions that he has a Record Plant in Los Angeles where he was able spend eight months. He cites that he has been relying on the electronics of the machine in record producing.

The article provides information on the 2009 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show on January 15, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. It presents the exhibitor count, attendance, and registration tally and compared them with figures in 2008. It also describes the impact of the economic climate to the suppliers and retailers' relationship during the NAMM show. Moreover, it features the views of some personalities in the music products industry regarding the event.

The article focuses on Con Brio Records, a classical recording company founded by Ed Hollcraft and Carol Greenley in Pleasant Hill, California. The company's roster of artists features musicians drawn from local orchestras and ensembles including violinist Mark Volkert and violist Geraldine Walther. Chief recording engineer Hollcraft seeks a natural sound using a combination of digital and analog equipment to produce recordings. Greenley's role is that of backup engineer and graphics designer.

The article describes the sound engineering career of Jim Scott, who won a Grammy Award for his work on Sting's album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles." Scott started as an assistant and janitor at the Los Angeles, California recording studio the Record Plant, and worked his way up to recording engineer. Scott has recorded with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco, and Johnny Cash.

The article presents several photographs highlighting individuals, groups, facilities, and venues that have contributed to the development in the sound recording industry in San Francisco. They include rock group "Metallica," music producer David Rubinson, sound director Walter Murch, and the sound studio Hyde Street Studios.

The article features the RadioStar Studios in Weed, Northern California. Owner and chief staff producer Sylvia Massy Shivy explains why she chose the mountain town of Weed as location for her studio. RadioStar is a combination of studio, record label, video production company, merchandising outfit and equipment manufacturer.

The article presents information on JBL Professional of Northridge, California. With sixty years experience, JBL is the market leader in the speakers market. As a division of Harman International, JBL has amassed an impressive portfolio of assets, which include the world's most advanced speaker-building facilities and an unrivaled reservoir of expertise. The company has also evolved from initially providing the sound for motion pictures to providing new sound products to power concerts, fill stadiums and monitor the recording process.

Highlights the 117th Audio Engineering Society Convention held in San Francisco on October 28-31, 2004. Participants and attendees; Award recipients; Celebrity guests; Key note speakers. INSET: Some Hits You Might Have Missed....

Discusses trends and developments in the music and concert sound in San Francisco, California since the 1920s. Local music scene; Notable artists, concerts and recordings; Influential sound systems providers and vendors; Touring sound systems; Use of hanging baskets to stack the sound system; Virtual elimination of intermodulation distortion; SIA Smaart software systems analyzer; Legacy of the Grateful Dead's technological experiments.

Discusses the link of audio and computer industries in Silicon Valley, California. Entrepreneur-led companies whose product development costs resemble those of the computer industry rather than the traditional professional sound field; Valley's product development approaches, working style and organizing principles; Impact of Valley's intense technological development and the open, experimental atmosphere of anything goes; Audio industry's influence on the electronics industry; Reasons for the success of many digital audio product manufacturers; Key industry players.

Looks at the developments in the sound recording industry in 2003. Apple Computer Inc.'s purchase of Emagic Inc.; Announcement of services such as DiscLive and Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s Instant Live; Estimated attendance at the Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California; Partnership between Taylor Guitars and Rupert Neve to create the Expression System.

Reports on the Hollywood-based popular recording and rehearsal facility Swing House's release of a split CD by Silent Gray and The Pacific. Background of Swing House; First release on the Swing House imprint; Features of the CD.

Profiles Jon Brion, a record producer in Los Angeles, California. Collaborations with Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann and Rufus Wainwright; Comparison to Randy Newman and Big Star; Sony Music's acquiescence to Brion's demands which demonstrate how highly respected he is in the music industry; "Here We Go" his only self-release in four years; Childhood and related background; Inability to finish his own songs due to perfectionism; Collaborations with various artists and recording studios.

Features the Larrabee Studios, a recording firm with seven studio rooms in Los Angeles, California. Product offering; Marketing strategy; History of the company.

Presents an update on the sound recording industry in Los Angeles, California as of April 2002. Description of the music arranger John Philip Shenale's Studio City workplace; Features of the shop set up by songwriter and producer Rick Neigher; Views of Sony Music Corporation's former chief technical engineer Peter Barker on the shut down of a facility in Santa Monica, California.

Presents information on the recording company, 5.1 Entertainment Group in west Long Angeles, California. Commitment to digital video-audio systems; Variety of music licensed by the group; Mission with regard to channel surround sound music; Music recording projects.

The article presents information on film making in the U.S. This is the season when the American public indulges to the full its fondness for list-making, its almost medieval passion for tabulation. For the sad truth that except for three or four films every year the productions of Hollywood are on such a uniform level of quality that the making of distinctions between them gets down to the most futile sort of quibbling and hair-splitting. Anyone who has been at all faithful in his devotions throughout the year must be convinced that there has been an advance. Technically, the sound-film in America has been brought to a point of development far exceeding even the most optimistic hopes of its champions of four or five years ago. Mechanical processes of recording sound and of articulating it properly with the photographic image have improved simultaneously with the ability of directors to use it as an integral element of a complex art.

A calendar for audio-related events in the U.S. and Great Britain from January to June 2010 is presented, which includes the February and March monthly meetings of the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society on February 28 and March 21, respectively in Los Angeles, California, United Home Audio's turntable-setup seminar on January 30 in Annapolis, Maryland, and the London Hi-Fidelity Show in England on March 27 to 28.

The article presents a story of law firm Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The firm has evolved from a provincial fraternity into an international player, influencing everything up to the rise of record labels and their fight to remain viable in the face of online piracy. Shephard Mitchell and Mendel Silberberg founded the firm in 1908 and discovered Hollywood via Silberberg's friendship with Columbia Pictures founder Harry Cohn.

The article focuses on recording an acoustic punk CD at the Tiki Town Studios in Mill Valley, California. House engineer Tom Luekens prefers to use two microphones with figure-8 patterns when recording acoustic guitar and vocal together. Studio overdubs consists of background vocals, grand piano and organ and electric-guitar parts.

The article features Technicolor Interactive Services company, a game production studio in Burbank, California. It states that the company provides film color processing and voice-over studios as well as caters sound recordings for videogames. It shows that the company's control room features advanced audio equipment for the production of quality music and sound effects.

The article reports move of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to relocate the private headquarter of their sound recording firm Flyte Tyme Productions Inc. in Santa Monica, California. Flyte Tyme engineer Matt Marin discusses the delay of the company's transfer. To complete the offices, Jam and Lewis brings in John Vieira for the studio design and Paul Cox for the wiring and installation.

Features the voice over recordings for animation at L.A. Studios Inc. in Los Angeles, California. Reasons behind the preference of voice talents to record voices of classic cartoon characters at the facility; Availability of a unique skill set used for recording voice-overs at the studio; Level of competition with other facilities also offering voice over recordings.

Reports on developments concerning the commercial recording in Los Angeles, California as of November 2004. Influential studios; Labels' efforts to get the best deals; Closure of Red Zone, Master Control, and Music Grinder's Hollywood facility; Negotiation of Cello Studios in Hollywood with new buyers; Impact of trend toward recording at home; Brokering lease and purchase arrangements; Benefits of the studio model provided by Paramount/Ameraycan.

Features the SF Soundworks studio in San Francisco, California. Background on founder Tony Espinoza; Sound engineering equipment and technology; Music artists who have recorded their works in the studio; Efforts of Espinoza to nurture local and independent acts to revive San Francisco's local music scene; SF Soundworks' offering of sliding-scale rates and comfortable environment for artists.

Features the Scoring Stage M music studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Design and construction; Types of popular music produced.

Features the Santa Clara County, California-based music recording company, Wave Group Co. Audio-post production services; Music recording and sound design for digital video disc menus; Services to audio clients; Physical description of the company's sound studio.

Focuses on the work of Michael Hobson at Bernie Grundman Mastering In Hollywood. Classic Records and the company's reissues of RCA's classic Living Stereo series from the late 1950s and early 1960s; Use of original session tapes that are pressed on heavier-than-usual vinyl; Comments on the differences between the feel of analog and digital; More.

The article reports that Petaluma, California-based Mobile Fidelity Sound lab has filed a lawsuit against Soviet Union-based Melodiya Records, with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Melodiya, the state-owned record label, inked a deal in 1986 with Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, a company specializing in high-priced audiophile recordings. Mobile got exclusive North American distribution to Melodiya's library for three years. But, claims Mobile, Melodiya started holding back choice titles and allowing a British label to sell Russian recordings here.

The article presents information on a list of rehearsal studios in the U.S. The ABC Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles, California has over 40 studios, including live-in rehearsal rooms. The Francisco Studios in Los Angeles, California has 104 lockout room and 7 recording studios. The Koos Rehearsal Studios in San Pedro, California has 24 hours lockouts. The Nightingale Studios in Burbank, California has 33 studio rooms. Most studios are linked into central recording control room allowing convenient rehearsal and recording capabilities from one's studio. The rooms are acoustically designed and are fully equipped.

Highlights the 50th anniversary of Santa Monica, California-based independent music company Welk Music Group. Company's record labels; History of its recording activities; Vanguard Records' compilation recordings.

Deals with the new LinkPush technology from Chatsworth, California-based Wireless2Web LLC. Likely result if record companies will use LinkPush; Information on Martin Schwartz and Rich Helferich, co-founders of the company; Initial patents of Helferich.

Reports on the proceedings of the 2002 National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) convention in San Francisco, California. Topics of discussion at the convention, including the impact of CD copying on sales of music; Efforts of NARM to balance consumer rights to legal copying with the concerns of music retailers that copying hurts sales; Use of copy-protection technology on recordings; Details of addresses by various industry executives. INSET: NARM's Horovitz On Consumer Choice.

Presents an overview of the 44th annual National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) convention and trade show which will run in March 2002 in San Francisco, California. Topics of the convention, including networking, promotion, and advocacy; The merging of the NARM show with the Association For Independent Music (AFIM) convention to save attendees time and money; Keynote speeches from Microsoft and Best Buy executives.

The article focuses on the continued growth of Media City Sound owned by AECG chief executive officer (CEO) Alan Ett in Los Angeles, California. It chronicles the history of the company and Ett's effort in looking the right people who will run the company. It also mentions the different services offered by the studio and Ett's confidence to continue in the business due to the high quality of their services.

The article features sound recording engineer Mike Wells in Los Angeles, California. It chronicles how Wells decided to relocate his home state of Kansas to pursue a musical career in the state. It also mentions the difference challenges faced by Wells in starting his sound recording business in the area, as well as his strategies of providing unique services, which contributed to his success in the field.

The article reports on the appointment-only showroom and demonstration facility opened by Vintage King Audio (VKLA) in Los Angeles, California in 2012. It states that Sound and Structure's (SaS) Robert Maune made acoustic design in the facility's three major equipment rooms. Jeffrey Ehrenberg, sales manager for West Coast, comments on the facility.

The article focuses on guitarist Del Casher, who opened CDP Sound audio post facility in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California. Casher has introduced a standalone tape echo unit in 1958, which was later made by Fender Musical Instruments Corp. Also, Casher has developed the wah-wah pedal in 1966 while working with Warwick Electronics/Thomas Organ for its Vox brand. The equipments used by Casher for his sound recording studio are noted.

The article offers updates on the sales of vinyl recodings in the U.S. It reports on the vinyl mastering projects at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. According to the mastering studio owner Bernie Grundman, there has been an improvement in vinyl recordings. It presents the several vinyl recordings that are making the top sales in the country including "Abbey Road," by the Beatles, "Thriller," by Michael Jackson, and "Dark Side of the Moon," by Pink Floyd.

A calendar of audio-related events in the U.S. from July to October 2009 is presented which includes a special event hosted by Esoteric Audio in Arizona on July 28, monthly meeting of the Arizona Audio Video Club and a dealer event hosted by the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society in California on October 25.

A calendar of seminars, shows and conferences for the sound and video recording industry scheduled for June to July in the U.S. is presented, including the monthly meeting of the Arizona Audio Video Club, the monthly meeting of the Los Angeles and Orange County Audio Society in California, and the Brooklyn Record Riot in New York.

The article highlights the "You Inc.: Career Strategies for a New Economy" held by the Recording Academy's Producers and Engineers Wing at the 125th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in October 2008 in San Francisco, California. A panel of freelance recording professionals shared their strategies for surviving in the music recording industry in light of the current recession in the U.S. The panelists mentioned such strategies as taking more responsibilities, devoting more time to the business side of creativity, and social networking.

The article features the Embarka studios, a recording studio in San Francisco, California which is shared by Jef Stott and Kush Arora. It is noted that the partners are both inclined in electronics and world-music genres. It mentions that Electronic Arts, Showtime, New Line Cinema and Caravan Records are some of the clients of the studio. It also adds that the partners keep opposite work schedules and Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) systems.

The article features engineer Ryan Freeland and his Stampede Origin studio in Los Angeles, California. It provides an overview of his career as an engineer. Among the artists he worked with include Gaby Moreno, Kristy Hanson, and Miss Willy Brown. It also mentions that the music would be recorded in Joe Henry's studio and will be mixed at the Stampede.

The article focuses on do-it-yourself sound recording producers in Los Angeles, California. Mad Dog owner/producer/bass player Dusty Wakeman placed his Neve 8088 board, Pro Tools high definition system and racks of hardware in a 2,500-square-foot tracking room. Mad Dog offers vintage organs, amplifiers and a Yamaha grand piano. Greg Laswell recorded his music "How the Day Sounds" by himself, coming up with the parts, playing, programming, engineering, producing and mixing.