The studios of United Recording have shaped many essential albums, from Ray Charles’ landmark 'Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music' to Jay-Z’s '4:44' to Green Day's 'American Idiot.' But the future of this marveled studio is now in jeopardy.
But the future of this marveled studio is now in jeopardy.
“United Recording is one of the entertainment industry’s most storied and celebrated recording studios, and the changes we have made will keep that heritage intact by strengthening the studio’s financial position while ensuring our clients have the best possible experience,” the spokesperson said. Several more former employees, who likewise requested to remain anonymous due to terms of their severance, bemoaned Hudson’s leadership, saying the company frequently “sabotaged” the studio’s music operation by prioritizing more lucrative film shoots and events.
For Putnam, great wasn’t great enough — the engineer was hell-bent on innovation, crafting state-of-the-art rooms with equipment that would soon be replicated around the country. “We weren’t even allowed to play on it,” Sklar recalled, the upstart band too inexperienced to be trusted with the instruments. “It was the [legendary session musicians] Wrecking Crew that played on our album.”
By then, Ocean Way’s reputation preceded itself within the music community. Music composer Derek Whitacre remembers moving to Los Angeles in 1998, looking for his big break as a recording engineer, with Ocean Way at the top of his list of dream studios.“You walk around the halls, and it’s pictures of Frank Sinatra in those same rooms [I was in],” Whitacre said.
Those fears were heightened in 2017, when Hudson filed an application with the city to demolish the current structure and many of the surrounding buildings, construct multiple high-rise structures on the Sunset Gower lot and “move” United Recordings to the interior of the lot. On March 6, the owners called an all-hands meeting, taking employees aside one by one to let them know their fate. Workers under Hudson’s banner were offered severance, while the many employees who’d been hired via a temp agency called Adecco received nothing, despite often doing the same work as their staff counterparts.On the eve of ‘Songs of Surrender,’ featuring new takes on old classics, the singer and guitarist talk about reinventing their songbook and their future as a foursome.
“There’s fewer and fewer great studios, and that definitely impacts the music scene,” Sklar said. “At some point, maybe people will look to other cities to go to. Nashville, New York, Seattle, even Canada. Maybe we’ll all go to Europe.”
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