l to r (back) Colin O'Regan, Matt Walker, Dave Leaver
l to r (front) Keegan Zagami, Jeff Schultz, Emily Burgess
Electric Lady studios is world class facility and famous for the fact that it was built in 1968 by 60’s rock legend Jimi Hendrix. It served as his personal studio and the place where he jammed and recorded the Electric Ladyland LP. After the icon’s death, the studio went public and the rest has been audio history. In the thirty-odd years since its inception, it’s hosted a veritable who’s who of music that have chosen the studio as their workplace of choice.
Another unique thing about Electric Lady is that it exclusively chooses Conservatory of Recording Arts grads to populate their staff. Currently, Emily Burgess, David Leaver, Jeremy Garrett, Heath Raymond and Jeffery Schultz areemployed or are interning at the facility. The grads have found that the pace of work is hard but they realize that being able to keep up separates the best from the rest. Emily Burgess, a recent grad and one of the latest hires says, “During a recent group of sessions, the engineer, studio manager, producer, band and myself literally slept (or more appropriately, napped) in shifts, calling dibs on couches in the lounges throughout the studio for three days. It was nice to know that the studio manager and engineer had enough confidence in me to be able to let me track vocals and do some Hammond and guitar overdubs while they slept. Although, I must admit, it was a little nerve wracking having Ric Ocasek (from the Cars, ed.) watch through the glass as I set up a vocal booth and his TLM 193s. Electric Lady studio manager Lee Foster sums it up when he says, “when I’m looking for qualified interns or future employees, the Conservatory is my first and only call.”
The Conservatory is the only audio recording school in the world that requires all students to complete a 280 hour internship before they graduate.
l to r (front) Keegan Zagami, Jeff Schultz, Emily Burgess
Electric Lady studios is world class facility and famous for the fact that it was built in 1968 by 60’s rock legend Jimi Hendrix. It served as his personal studio and the place where he jammed and recorded the Electric Ladyland LP. After the icon’s death, the studio went public and the rest has been audio history. In the thirty-odd years since its inception, it’s hosted a veritable who’s who of music that have chosen the studio as their workplace of choice.
Another unique thing about Electric Lady is that it exclusively chooses Conservatory of Recording Arts grads to populate their staff. Currently, Emily Burgess, David Leaver, Jeremy Garrett, Heath Raymond and Jeffery Schultz areemployed or are interning at the facility. The grads have found that the pace of work is hard but they realize that being able to keep up separates the best from the rest. Emily Burgess, a recent grad and one of the latest hires says, “During a recent group of sessions, the engineer, studio manager, producer, band and myself literally slept (or more appropriately, napped) in shifts, calling dibs on couches in the lounges throughout the studio for three days. It was nice to know that the studio manager and engineer had enough confidence in me to be able to let me track vocals and do some Hammond and guitar overdubs while they slept. Although, I must admit, it was a little nerve wracking having Ric Ocasek (from the Cars, ed.) watch through the glass as I set up a vocal booth and his TLM 193s. Electric Lady studio manager Lee Foster sums it up when he says, “when I’m looking for qualified interns or future employees, the Conservatory is my first and only call.”
The Conservatory is the only audio recording school in the world that requires all students to complete a 280 hour internship before they graduate.