Legendary LA recording studio The File Plant has introduced it will likely be shutting its doorways after 55 years of operation.
The studio, which has produced a slew of extremely profitable albums together with the likes of Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Rumors’, Girl Gaga‘s ‘ARTPOP’ and Beyoncé‘s ‘Lemonade’.
The File Plant is seemingly shutting as “there is no such thing as a cash within the recording music enterprise,” with studio engineer Gary Myerberg telling Los Angeles Journal: “That’s principally like a flyer to your present. I don’t suppose there’s a lot hope for the recording business in LA. If you wish to go to the studio and spend $2,000 a day, simply take that and purchase a laptop computer and a pattern library, or inform AI what track you need to make and it’ll make it.”
Guitar technician Jesse McInturff additionally mentioned that “the necessity for a giant room is fairly minor at this level,” including: “There are much less and fewer rock bands, and you could possibly document Taylor Swift in a vocal sales space the dimensions of a closet.”
File Plant Recording Studios was opened by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone on North Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood in 1972.
The studio additionally had different places in New York (which closed in 1987) and Sausalito (closed in 2008).
It’s recognized for offering artists with a snug setting to document their albums, with the studios even housing suites for musicians, a sizzling tub, waterbeds, bondage gear and mirrored ceilings.
In its early years, the studios additionally reportedly had a steambath atmosphere for Invoice Withers and pinball machines for The Eagles.
