![]() ![]() I went in there and was like, “Oh, my god. He brought me to a studio called Sound Labs. I started playing softball with a studio team, and a friend that worked at Music Plus with me introduced me to some people. Every rock star was coming in, plus all the people from CBS Records. I decided to hang it up and go get a job at Music Plus on Ventura, next to Du-par’s Restaurant. I’d accidentally sewed my finger, and the girl managing was like a tyrant. I’ll sell them clothes if I have to.” That’s what I came out to do in California. My dad had gotten me a sewing machine instead of a piano, so I went to school in Boston for fashion design, because it was right next door to the Berklee College of Music. PS: When I first came out from Rhode Island to California, I really wanted to be a musician. Paula, how’d you end up managing studios? PS: We oversee it all, but we have a guy who manages and books the mastering. A couple are production suites, which are basically spaces for people to write.Īnd the mastering studios as well, how many are there?Īre you specifically on the studio end of it, as far as management? Patrick Kraus: We have five actual studios. ![]() How many active studios are there in the building, not including mastering? Isn’t that funny? I beat Rose Mann-Cherney, my mentor. I think I’m the first woman to get in a movie for running a recording studio. But I guess it was the Sound City film that really gave you some visibility. You’re one of the better known studio managers, and you are running a famous studio. ![]() She runs a tight ship, and the studios are in tip-top shape." Capitol Studios remains very busy under Paula's management, and as Don Was says, "She's as good as they come, man. This year marks 60 years of Capitol Studios, as well as the iconic Capitol Records Building they are housed in, so I dropped in to talk with Paula and some of her colleagues, including Patrick Kraus (Senior VP, Head of Studio, Production & Archive Services/Universal Music Group) and Ursula Kneller (Director Special Projects/Universal Music Group). But what one might not learn from that appearance is that Paula has since run the famous Capitol Studios for over 25 years as the Vice President/Studio Manager. In Dave Grohl's documentary, Sound City, viewers were treated to stories from the vivacious, smart, and funny Paula Salvatore - the manager of Sound City Studios for nine years. ![]()
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