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California Sound Studios, Inc. proudly offers a complete state-of-the-art recording facility specializing in the following services: Analog and Digital Multitrack recording using; Control 24 Surface, Pro-Tools HD, Logic, Cubase. Universal Audio, Neve, Avalon, Presonus, Focusrite Pre-Amps. Neumann, AKG, Shure Microphones, and much more!!!
We record all music styles and genres. Our services include, but are not limited to, recording projects for bands, solo artists, and commercial projects. Tracking, Editing, Mixing, and Mastering. CD, LP & Tape Transfers, CD Duplication and Design. Writers, Arrangers, Composers, Producers, Musicians, and Vocalists. We also offer music instrument lessons, Vocal Training, Rehearsal Room, Engineering and Recording workshops. Music Industry Workshops, Internship programs and job placement.
California Sound Studios takes great pride in providing a state-of-the-art, multimedia professional recording studio, a creative and relaxing atmosphere, the contacts to get you where you want to go, a highly skilled team of experienced engineers, producers, musicians & vocalists...everything possible to help you achieve your dreams!!!
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CALIFORNIA SOUND STUDIOS (as published in the OCMetro Aug 2, 2007)
When you think of Snoop Dogg, you probably don’t think of the quiet little city of Lake Forest. However, that’s exactly where the rapper, along with celebs such as 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons, has headed to record albums. California Sound Studios’ state-of-the-art facilities are far more convenient than driving to L.A., says CEO Nathan Wright.
Wright credit his father’s connections (he was the lead guitarist for the band Chicago) for help in launching the studio five years, and, more recently, a recording label which now boasts five artists.
According to the younger Wright, “What I do is package it together and build relationships with dad’s contacts.†It’s working. The company has attracted major players such Capital, Epic and Warner Brothers. OCM
--Kimberly A. Porrazzo
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CHECK OUT THIS WEEKS EDITION OF OC WEEKLY IN THE MUSIC SECTION FEATURING WRIGHT RECORDS INC. CEO NATHAN WRIGHT AND THE AWESOME ARTIST THAT ARE IN DEVELOPMENT!!!!
Aural Reports
The Family That Twists Nobs Together: California Sound Studios has the Wright staff
By REX REASON
Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Nathan and Jesse Wright. Photo by Leslie Agan Nathan Wright of California Sound Studios and Wright Records knows the business of music.
Nathan and Jesse Wright.
Photo by Leslie Agan
What do you do?
We have two businesses: California Sound Studios and Wright Records, a record label. Basically, what we do is record everybody in the studio from up-and-coming bands to corporate projects—movie soundtracks, commercials, things like that. With the label, what we’re doing is looking for talent in the area to develop, help them with their album and their press kit, and then shop them to major labels.
Does the label or studio have a specialty or focus?
The label is focused on really good rock & roll and innovative hip-hop—a new style of delivery and lyrics. We’re looking to get away from the bling-bling, the girls and all that stuff. We’re trying to put together good character with a natural talent for poetry. We’ve signed four rock bands and one hip-hop artist. The bands are the Morning Riot, VeedaVoo, Blacklist Union and Evolution. Evolution is 14 and really influenced by Mötley Crüe and Poison. The hip-hop artist is Reign the Italian.
Is the shift from CDs to downloads an issue for the label or the studio?
The whole industry is really worried about that right now. Record sales are looked at as dropping, with downloads as the cause of that. But I would look at it as just another avenue. Some people aren’t looking at the new avenues as a way to grow the industry. If you have a fan base and you’re out there promoting yourself, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t sell if you have a good product. It’s just getting it out there. With the majors owning the majority of the distribution and marketing, it’s tough to get your name out there. The way we find to do it is through endorsements. A lot of our bands are endorsed through No Fear, Quiksilver and Vans. Those companies sponsor the Warped Tour, Coachella, the Weenie Roast and things like that. If you’re sponsored, you can get your band at those festivals on a side stage or something.
What’s the history of your recording studio?
It’s a family-owned, full studio. Our team is phenomenal: My mom and dad, JoAnn and Frank Wright, are the owners. My brother Jesse is an engineer here along with Adam Duffy and Jeremy Lemke. And I’m the CEO running the business side of the studio and the label. What sets us apart here is our team. My dad started as a guitar player right out of high school. He had a teacher who was friends with Sonny and Cher; they had a TV show, and they had an opening for a guitar player. He made the cut and played with them for a couple of years. He ended up starting a band called Chicago Transit Authority, now known as Chicago. He did the first couple of albums; he did a tour with Kansas. He came back from that and met my mom, got married, had me, went to school and got a job at Warner Bros. as an engineer. He’s an executive producer at WEA now.
Do you see the accessibility of home recording changing your business?
It’s different. You can get a great sound at home, but it’s hard to get a good acoustic sound, an open-concert-hall-drum sound, if you don’t have the right room size, acoustics and microphones. It also comes down to what you’re going to do with the finished product. You need the contacts. The majority of deals I see signed are not made off demos made at home. They’re made at real recording studios. There’s a reason why they’re in business. If U2 could record a great product at home, I’m sure they would. If Snoop could do it at home, I’m sure he would. But where do they record at? They make their own studios or record at high-end studios.
Check California Sound Studios in latest edition of OC Register:
SOUND GUYS: JEREMY LEMKE(l) AND NATHAN WRIGHT, OF CALIFORNIA SOUND STUDIOS:ALEJANDRA MOLINA/STAFF PHTOGRAPHER BY ALEJANDRA MOLINA
:THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
California Sound Studios
Owners: Frank Wright(Producer), JoAnn Wright (President), Nathan Wright (Chief Executive Officer), Jesse Wright (Engineer).
Business Address: 25651 ATLANTIC OCEAN, SUITE A16, LAKE FOREST, CA 92630.
Telephone: 949-855-0211
Web site: casoundstudios.com
Type of business: Live tracking recording studio.
When opened: Have been incorporated for five years, and we have been in Lake Forest for three years.
Description: We're a state of the art recording studio. We're here to help artists and put their press kits together. In our recording studio, we also do voiceovers, format TV shows, and record all type of artists and genres. Our record label is Wright Records Inc. Currently we are working with six different artists. We take the creme of the crop of those who record here, and we sign them to our label. We do their pictures, bio's, and just try to get them major distribution across the world. We have interns and offer engineer training workshops using Pro-Tools.
Owner's background/education: JoAnn: My husband has been in the entertainment field all of his life. He has performed with Sunny and Cher, and was the original guitar player in Chicago. He has worked with Warner Brothers producing artists. I am considered more of the paper pusher.; covering legalities and accounting. Jesse is the technical engineering mixer and is certified in Pro- Tools. Nathan: I have training in developing sales and business management.
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To read more about this business, you can find the full story at www.ocregister.com/lakeforest
WRIGHT RECORDS INC. IS AN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL CURRENTLY DEVELOPING BRAND NEW MATERIAL AT CALIFORNIA SOUND STUDIOS FOR ALL THEIR SIGNED ARTIST AND THE BEST ARTIST IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!!!!
. WRIGHT RECORDS INC. IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING CHECK US OUT: www.casoundstudios.com
WRIGHT RECORDS AND CALIFORNIA SOUND STUDIOS IS POISED TO TAKE OVER THE MAINSTREAM WITH A DIVERSE LINEUP OF ARTIST, RANGING FROM HIP HOP TO HARD ROCK
WRIGHT RECORDS IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR NEW UP AND COMING TALENT FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF PROJECTS. PLEASE SEND ALL PRESS KITS TO:
WRIGHT RECORDS INC. ATTN: A & R DEPARTMENT 25651 ATLANTIC OCEAN, SUITE A16, LAKE FOREST, CA 92630
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