Paul Janocha Music

08/12/2024

08/11/2024

07/17/2024

Say Goodbye To Hollywood!
The Record Plant Where a 1001 Hit Records Were Recorded Is Shutting It's Doors!

Writer Stef Lach for www.loudersound.com has the story!

The revered Record Plant studio in Los Angeles is set to close after 55 years, reports stated.

An iconic Los Angeles recording studio used by everyone from Black Sabbath to Guns N' Roses is set to close its doors after 55 years of making rock and metal history.
The groundbreaking facility – one of the first to feature a "living room" environment for artists instead of lab-like conditions – has been a key part of rock history since in opened in 1969. But commentators suggested it had become a victim of technological changes in the music industry.

Record Plant Recording Studios in Hollywood has been in operation since 1972. The original New York Record Plant opened in 1968 and closed in 1987, while the Sausalito branch opened in 1972 and closed in 2008, then reopened under new management in the 2020s.

The LA location is where the Eagles recorded Hotel California and Guns N' Roses made Appetite For Destruction. Fleetwood Mac recorded Rumours at the Record Plant and others including Sabbath, Judas Priest, Kiss, Nine Inch Nails, Whitesnake, Queen and Deep Purple also worked at the studio.

It was the second of three such studios opened by Chris Stone and Gary Kellgren, who’d set out to offer musicians a more comfortable environment to work in – a concept that became almost universal in the industry. Since its revamp upon moving to 1032 N. Sycamore Ave in 1985, the complex also included extensive VIP luxuries.

“It was a hedonistic playland open 24 hours a day and catering to a star's every whim," LA Mag reported last week. "The facility provided a steambath environment for Bill Withers, pinball machines for the Eagles, and expert engineers at two a.m. for Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones...The studio provided hotel suites for artists, a hot tub for 'wives, girlfriends and groupies,' along with waterbeds, fishtanks, bo***ge gear and mirrored ceilings."

The magazine quotes studio engineer Gary Myerberg as saying: "There is no money in the recording music business. That’s basically like a flyer for your show. I don’t think there’s much hope for the recording industry in LA.

"If you want to go to the studio and spend $2000 a day, just take that and buy a laptop and a sample library or tell AI what song you want to make and it’ll make it."

Guitar technician Jesse McInturff adds: "The need for a big room is pretty minor at this point. There are less and less rock bands and you could record Taylor Swift in a vocal booth the size of a closet."

According to the Record Plant website, "more hits and Grammy award-winning music is made at Record Plant than at any other studio in the world".

05/26/2024

My office tonight: doing sound for Philly's Finest at the Barnes Foundation with my brother Mike.

05/24/2024

I did a video shoot at the Smyrna Opera House for the Del-Vikings this afternoon and Jim (Smyrna's Tech Director) had this, a 45 that his band recorded at Ken-Del Studios back in the 60's!

05/22/2024

05/19/2024

Driving the Midas M32 at the Oaks Theater in Oakmont PA for Lights Out presents the Jersey Beach Boys.

05/16/2024

Driving the Allen & Heath SQ7 at Theatre N tonight for Hannah Carter

05/13/2024

I delivered this Rhodes 88 to Cab Calloway School of the Arts today. It's good to know some of the gear from Ken-Del has a new home where it will hopefully continue to make great music to inspire and uplift. The Kawaii concert grand piano was bought by a client and donated to the Little Sisters of the Poor (where he plays for the residents once a week). The studio doors, windows, and diffusers were purchased by Jon Bon Jovi for use in the recording studios he's building in his old high school in Sayerville NJ.

05/12/2024

Show time! Driving the M32 at FoH at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes NY for Lights Out and their tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons!

05/10/2024

My office today (for the very last time), Paul Janocha Music. After 74 years in business, Ken-Del has closed its doors for the last time. Many heartfelt thanks to the countless musicians that I have had the pleasure of working with over the last 36 years. Your patronage and your faith in me means more than you will ever know. Although this studio has closed its doors, there is still more music to be made. As this chapter has come to an end, a new one will now be written. Join me on the adventure of a lifetime!

05/08/2024

https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR37IM-OGYQmK62WKnmG73tLqAaD54yTuI4Y4GeWry9bE5u7PFEsJXVOD_E_aem_AYbbpBTLhmczOjSfodeh6Iin9fwt3e8KfSdOYljyVXH9YUJo2JHKchfAOPddbDy-LrnN3JMF4kG_jHloW3uLZPcM

The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, died of a heart attack

04/19/2024

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/404513812376119/

04/17/2024

ATTENTION ALL PAST KEN-DEL STUDIO CLIENTS! If you have not picked up your masters yet, please contact us immediately! Beginning next week, any unclaimed masters will be purged from our vaults and destroyed. Please DM us here, email [email protected], or call our business office at (302) 999-1111.

02/27/2024

PRICE DROP!!!
Yamaha PM1000 16x4 console (with spare modules): $3,000
Universal Audio 2-1176 compressor: $1,900
Tascam MSR-16 1" 16 track recorder: $2,000
Shure SM-5B microphone (needs windscreen): $1,000
RCA 44BX ribbon microphones (2 available): $3,500 (each)
Otari MX5050 1/4" reel to reel: $900
Nuemann TLM193 large diaphragm condenser mics (2 available): $950 (each)
Master Room Reverb: $699
Lexicon 300L digital reverb with LARC: $2,500
Altec 436C tube compressor: $2,250

02/19/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMV5vFm-I3Y

In today's episode I break down some data that was sent to me by my friends at ChartCipher. This is mind-boggling.ON SALE:📚🎉 The Beato Ultimate Bundle — $9...

02/06/2024

It's official! Ken-Del's Paul Janocha will be inducted into the Delaware Rock and Roll Society's Hall of Fame in September!