Angel Recording Studios Puns

Here is a link to the studio, it looks pretty snazzy. Also would this be the first time since Love Part 2 where things aren't recorded at Toms place? - https://www.singingserpent.com/the-office

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I heard the song Meet Me At Our Spot on youtube a while back and thought it was absolutely fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dTMIH5gCHg Then yesterday, for the first time, on the radio I heard the studio recording... and I thought it was a joke and/or cover. Nope, studio recording of the same song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyJ5GbzEZC0 !

I've heard good songs that were made amazing live, but have never encountered a song with such a massive gap with the SAME ARTIST where the studio recording is horrifyingly bad, but the live version is amazing. Any other examples?

Just curious, some of my studio setup is less than ideal so naturally I’d like to know what others have gotten away with, so to speak, over time. I’d love to hear some stories on this if there are any!

If you have some, please share. I've seen the acoustic stuff they've done and love it, but I would love to see some footage of them during the recording of the their albums.

I joined my current project to make new friends after a move to a new city. And that I've done. Getting together weekly with these dudes is a major highlight. I love jamming, recording, arranging. We have a great creative culture, and now they are my closest friends in town.

Lately, some of the members have been pushing gigs. Hard. Booking us for any random thing, anywhere in town, desperate to get in front of a crowd. They love the limelight.

After doing a few shows, I'm coming to a perhaps unexpected realization as a musician - I do not enjoy playing shows. I think I may actually hate it. It doesn't feel good to take my favorite creative activity and turn it in to a spectacle for others. Music for me is social and intimate, I don't want an 'audience' or 'fans'.

Then there's the hassle. I play a big organ/keys rig, so every time we get a booking, it involves tearing apart the whole rig and wiring, shoving it all in the car, driving to a show, setting it all up again, sacrificing a whole evening, usually a Friday/Saturday, and doing it all over again to get the rig home. It sends my stress through the roof.

I know the answer is simple; participate in projects that align with your goals. But I love these friends, and I love playing music with them. I just don't want to play shows. Curious if anyone else in the community has had a similar experience, and had any insights to share?

I used to record on my phone and i have recently bought some equipment to upgrade my music quality, i have both a macbook 2020 and a gaming laptop, but i am unsure which would be the better option to record on using fl studios.

I'm based in Los Angeles. I've seen Voice Over studios that let you record yourself. I'm assuming this is way less rare, but does there exist studios where you can do the setup yourself and record yourself playing music and singing?

Pretty much getting live music album tracks without the sound engineer?

it could be any song/feature as well.

I want to create this topic in light of the recent release of Record of Ragnarok dub on Netflix yesterday which saw the likes of Chris Edgerly, James C. Mathis III, Mela Lee and Patrick Seitz in their first SDI Media anime dub. This surprised me since the former two voice actors up until this series only had done anime voice work (mostly Union dub work) at Studiopolis, for Mela Lee the majority of her anime voicework had been primarily at Bang Zoom! Studios since she started out, while the latter (Patrick) despite appearing in nearly every anime dub at various studios (e.g. Funimation, Studiopolis, Bang Zoom!, New Generation Pictures, NYAV Post) had not done work at SDI Media before up until Ragnarok.

So I want to ask this question why certain voice actors (e.g. Karen Strassman, David Vincent, Tony Oliver, Mela Lee, Veronica Taylor, Nicolas Roye, etc.) only appear in certain LA studios that dub anime (e.g. Studiopolis, Bang Zoom!, New Generation Pictures, SDI Media etc.) but not so much in other studios (e.g. VSI Los Angeles, and again Studiopolis, Bang Zoom!, New Generation Pictures, SDI Media) compared to the other voice actors?

I get most of the Voice actors in LA that appear in the anime dubs are freelancers and like to work in as many studios as possible but have difficulties getting into some of them, however, it's debatable cause I notice that from the various certain anime productions recorded at either New Generation Pictures, VSI Los Angeles, SDI Media/Spliced Bread and especially with the Studiopolis and Bang Zoom! dubs respectively I notice that their are some voice actors that have almost exclusivity at a particular studio. For instance, in the Bang Zoom! dubs there are certain voice actors that don't work frequently or haven't appeared in any anime dubs for Studiopolis such as David Vincent, Karen Strassman, Mela Lee, Joe J. Thomas, Chris Jai Alex, Imari Williams, Marc Diraison, Rachael Lillis, Bill Rogers, Ben Lepley, Ben Pronsky, Jake Eberle, Ezra Weisz, Tony Oliver, Chris Cason, among others, while in the Studiopolis dubs I notice there are some voice actors that Bang Zoom! haven't utilized in their current anime productions like Nicolas Roye, Wally Wingert, Aaron LaPlante, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Christopher Swindle, and Veronica Taylor.

And to follow up with my first question, does a certain voice actor but more importantly, the production team (e.g. ADR Director, Writer, etc.) often determine the specific LA studio that dubs that p

I'm curious as to why anime licensors in Los Angeles such as Crunchyroll, Viz Media, and Aniplex of America only primarily use Studiopolis (in Viz and Crunchyroll's case) and especially Bang Zoom! for their licensed anime titles but not so much the other recording studios in the Los Angeles area like New Generation Pictures, the LA Branch of NYAV Post and/or especially the ones that Netflix utilizes for their anime dubs (e.g. SDI Media/Spliced Bread, VSI Los Angeles)?

I'm not an expert and correct me if my summary and information is incorrect, but I have a hunch that the likely reason that the anime licensors in the LA area only use Studiopolis (for Viz Media and Crunchyroll) and Bang Zoom! but not so much the other recording studios (e.g. New Generation Pictures, NYAV Post, SDI Media/Spliced Bread, VSI Los Angeles) is:

1. The Cost of the specific recording studio to commission the dub
2. Studiopolis and Bang Zoom! are the most well-known recording studios in the LA area when dubbing anime which is why VIZ, Crunchyroll and Aniplex turn to those recording studios (Studiopolis in Viz and Crunchyroll's case) especially Bang Zoom! and not so much NYAV Post and the ones Netflix utilizes (SDI Media, VSI Los Angeles).

I still would like to see some variety for the other anime licensors in Los Angeles (Viz Media, Crunchyroll, Aniplex) to utilize other studios in the LA area for their anime series instead of having EVERY title be outsourced to just Studiopolis and especially Bang Zoom! and say what you will on some of the Netflix anime dubs, but Netflix seems to be the ONLY company I know so far to have their licensed anime titles be dubbed at other studios in the Los Angeles besides only just Bang Zoom! (since 2015) and Studiopolis (since 2018), such as SDI Media/Spliced Bread (since 2014/2015), VSI Los Angeles (since 2018), and more recently NYAV Post (since 2019) as the latter studio up until Netflix started using them for their anime titles, was only utilized as the "go-to-studio" for the licensed films by GKIDS and anything related to the Gundam franchise. Even Viz Media stopped utilizing them with their most recent title outsourced to that studio being Mazinger Z: Infinity in 2019 following the Beserk: Golden Age films, and Zetman.