Sound City

00:00:00 [ dramatic music plays ] [ bird cawing ]

00:08:21 Stationed at a hotel in manhattan.

00:12:52 >> the neve thing is -- there just weren't that many made, because they're so handmade.

00:17:26 Lindsey was painting, and stevie was cleaning keith olsen's house.

00:21:54 It is real and it is profound. Just, in truth, out of necessity.

00:26:48 That well. >> this is how you make a record.

00:30:41 Being rick springfield's wife. >> she actually was answering phones when she was, you know

00:34:53 That's not what they did at sound city. >> a producer works with the

00:38:39 Say, "it would really be good for your career if you let this go that way."

00:42:36 >> you know, you're in your 20s and you don't realize that this might not last forever.

00:46:01 Now you can record audio into the computer. Wow.

00:50:50 And dave kept speeding up. Not subtly, but a lot. It would start out a certain

00:54:29 >> ♪ mmm-mmm >> it was archaic. It was incredibly slow.

00:58:51 Kind of thing. And so, obviously, all roads led to a place like sound city.

01:03:12 >> and make a mark on the tape. And that is gonna be where I'm gonna cut.

01:06:57 >> I think pro tools just really was, to a lot of people, was the death knell.

01:11:34 Plugging in and actually putting it through the board and putting it on a 2-inch reel?

01:16:58 >> it's awesome. >> I love it. It's got that stress rock.

01:20:45 >> ♪ you've not to fear >> ♪ your wife is calling >> ♪ lift your voice, sing for

01:26:43 Everything I think of in terms of where it sits on the piano. >> I sort of liked that, at one

01:31:25 >> about halfway through the session, I kind of looked over at krist when we were playing

01:36:40 >> no. I'm just checking. >> how long do you want to be here?

01:43:11 [ music fades ] [ music stops ] >> made sense to me, too.

300:06:40 an album. Now the money is just not there