Mad Muse Studio Tour

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Mad Muse Studios Producer/Studio Designer - Matt Salazar: / producedbymattsalazar
Mad Muse Studios Studio Manager - Zulma Tercero
Mad Muse Studios Director of Events - Lucas Flood: / lucastflood
Located in downtown Los Angeles, Mad Muse Studios is a studio run by In Flight Music Group (IFMG)-a full-scale musical ecosystem with a mission to provide artists with the space and resources to write, record, release, perform, and monetize their music.
In Flight Music Group is managed by Matt Salazar (CEO), Zulma Tercero (COO), and Lucas Flood (CMO). Formed in early 2017, the group started leasing a space in the Arts District of Los Angeles and built out a modest 1,000 square-foot production room. It stood alone as the only studio in the area to feature a large format SSL console as its centerpiece.
Looking for a way into the grassroots community of musicians currently playing the Hollywood/Silver Lake music scene, CMO Lucas Flood started a songwriter night called Writer's Block. After a few venue changes, the event found its stride and became a permanent fixture of Tuesday nights at the world-famous Hotel Cafe (where over 400 songwriters from around the world perform the event each year). It has gained major label/publisher/agency recognition and has expanded to New York (Rockwood Music Hall) and Nashville (Mercy Lounge).
Out of Writer's Block grew another business opportunity for IFMG-filming. In 2018, IFMG invited a few artists who had performed on the Writer's Block stage back to the studio for a single-camera video shoot of their set. People enjoyed the videos so much that they began requesting that their sets at Hotel Cafe be shot as well, and before they knew it, they were filming five to 10 sets a night.
At the end of 2018, they were told they couldn't renew their lease and had to tear down everything they'd just built. It was catastrophic. From November 2018 to April 2019, they had no space for the studio, no way to work on projects for their catalog, and no recording income, just bills.
Eventually, they found a 4,500 square-foot warehouse a few blocks from the old studio. It was just one large open space, but they saw the potential to do something unique with it.
Matt took notice of the open layouts that Paul Epworth had done with The Church Studios in the UK, as well as Jay Joyce with his personal Nashville space, and the idea here was to have an incredible acoustic space that could facilitate tracking sessions of any size while still allowing everyone to feel connected and involved.
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[@Producelikeapro]

What is your favourite studio to work in? Let me know below!

[@peterbrandt7911]

Despite our old basement studio and our favourite studio in cologne, which are both gone, I like to work at my own small place.

[@paulbruce4630]

Rak2 rak3. Abbey Road. Townhouse London. Rockfield in Wales...the Manor Oxford 😪now clised. The Substation in Rosyth Fife. Castle of doom Glasgow. My mates recorded drums and gtrs fir a whole wedding present album at electrical audio Chicago. They told me what i wanted/ needed to know.

[@rowyn-1323]

Wisseloord!

[@ibboylife]

Hello, Warren! Thanks for the great video. You give me the opportunity to visit places that are inaccessible to me in ordinary life. And mingle with people I can't meet. It's amazing. It would be great to meet one day Andy Wallace and Manny Marroquin =D. Have a nice weekend.

[@Squeezum]

Home. I'm in the middle of building my dream home studio. I'm hoping to be finished mid fall.

[@michaeltablet8577]

It's like Wonderland! What a place!

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! Amazing

[@robertellenwood]

Great video, Matt was so easy with endless information and I loved your honest inquisitive banter. Great flow, and what a studio! Thank you!

[@Producelikeapro]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dannyho6786]

Great episode Warren, was gonna just tune in for 15 minutes or so, but then ended up watching the entire show !

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Thanks ever so much!

[@Neblina_Sessions]

ME too!! amazing indeed!! thank you Warren!

[@slavesforging5361]

This is my ideal studio. It is perfect and has all the things setup exactly the best way. love the open room design, love that it's inviting and pretty enough to film in, love that there are no patchbays and everything is routed directly. love the capi's, love the desk that's also a daw controller, yet modular analog too, love the amp switchers. it's all perfect! What a great setup. and introduced me to a great load box, should i ever need one. very cool.

[@BetoAzamar]

Amazing tour, very nice studio. Fun producer to listen to all day long.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@noiseinthebasement8139]

Really fun tour. Lots of amp and pedal geekiness. Thanks, guys!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@REBELDONOG]

Matt is awesome great energy, dope studio!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@KirkyDrums]

Great video again Warren . Those divided/13 are amazing and Tim Pierce did a video on them and they are gorgeous sounding.

[@mojaveampworks6055]

Well that was nice to hear he uses my Mojave Peacemaker so often. I’m glad we are a go to amp in an arsenal of stellar choices.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic! Thanks Mojave

[@stephenchow5161]

@@Producelikeapro victor is super easy tow work with.

[@ernestbuckley8671]

Love the "console".

[@Producelikeapro]

Me too!

[@j_laf9575]

What an EPIC studio!!

[@studiolivkba]

Well crafted studio, very forward thinking. A mono 5" crap reference speaker for mixing and a basketball court out back and it´s a wrap for me. Nothing like working in one room.

[@lordgraga]

Doubt I'll ever get an answer to this late niche question, but I'll try anyway: What's his favourite PRS? Model/Year/Pickups. And secondary, favourite guitar for metal in his collection?

[@trevornokesmusicltd5357]

I swear by the SSL UR8's, in the Box but feels out side the Box.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks for sharing Trevor!

[@scottbrower9052]

I'm just gobsmacked. This place is posh.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha it's rather good!

[@garyroberts1843]

OMG this place is like Disneyland! Who says they're not building studios any more!

[@marktlog]

That is one tidy arrangement, it all made sense when he said he 'grew up in a furniture store'

[@SufferahsmusicHD]

Hey Colin 🤜🏾🤛🏽dapz

[@jamesbeck1600]

I want to know what his handle on Harmony Central was, watching this felt like I was on the forum in 2008

[@PainterDans]

How much breathing room does an amp need ? those shelves are tight

[@kellyb0279]

"I'm not a musician" then proceeds to play great piano. 👍

[@silofuse]

Hello and thanks Warren & Team! Could someone help me determine the model number of the ATC Loudspeakers?

[@Dug6666666]

32:35 Here we go guitar talk, I better get comfortable.:)

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha indeed

[@Producelikeapro]

Great amp collection

[@Dug6666666]

Yer and some very interesting pedal. Its a guitarist dream setup.

[@kayakbandits9894]

For $13k you better not have anything bad to say about those monitors!

[@goldnugget8350]

You don’t need all that stuff to make great records today. Inspiration and a computer does the exact same thing. Ego studio personified.

[@gabrielheiser]

Good grief! He has enough instruments to open a music store! Nice studio, of course.

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha indeed!

[@mickeymonster9584]

so I have a concept schematic design tech drawing abd instruction manual for a all in 1 24 track automated fader full recall DAW and 32 inch touchscreen in the form of a giant laptop. Warren, if youre interested send me a text.

[@jordanshreds747]

This studio is absolutely amazing! The video could've been 3 hours and I still would've watched the whole thing!

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Thanks ever so much Jordan!

[@peterleeson1122]

I agree, I read one hour 40 mins and thought that is a commitment, but put it on and it was suddenly over. That pedal collection!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@peterleeson1122 thanks ever so much!

[@germainesaint4091]

Ditto 👍🏾

[@nicholasflores8100]

Couldn't agree more I honestly wish there was more.

[@rocketsauce5067]

What I like more than anything is he had an answer for all your questions and not only the basics but every aspect.Very impressive.

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, indeed! Very informative indeed

[@michaelorourke5848]

I agree, he for sure knows his stuff but also seems like a really nice guy, both of them, I could for sure record an album here, Awesome interview Warren!

[@stephenchow5161]

mojave ampworks victor mason is a good friend of mine. yes he has been doing real estate. he is relocating from so cal to spokane Washington this week! all of his amps are great. and built even better than hiwatts!

[@rylieriley]

"I'm a Tele guy".... says just about every seasoned guitarist on the planet (LOL). I mean there's the Les Paul camp, but who doesn't love the magnificently simple but effective Tele? 🙂

[@Producelikeapro]

Very well said!

[@patrickconnelly2904]

Hah, I told my brother that the Boss BF-2 was the pedal that made me fall in love with guitar, and he found me one. It is super cool, almost like two pedals in one, at least.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic! I love BF-2!

[@FriendGaugeShotgun]

this guy is the definitive master of describing amp sounds!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic!!

[@pop__rocks7775]

Nice modern approach to the desk. Really great ideas. Love the Mark Trombino shout outs. Mark was an integral part of the 90’s boom here in San Diego, Pitchfork started it all and Drive Like Jehu was epic.

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@MiximusMaximus]

Not to nitpick, but mid '73 is when Marshall quit doing point to point, I know this because my point to point 100 watt Marshall has a 73 build date. I totally dig this concept for a studio, so how I would do it if money were no object and I could start over. Great tour and interview.

[@Producelikeapro]

Great info to know! Thanks ever so much!

[@SufferahsmusicHD]

These guys are really smart….soo good to see them walk in that air

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

[@JeffBoich]

Yes, please keep these long-form videos coming.! Great job Warren and team!

[@Producelikeapro]

Oh yes! I certainly will!

[@BlugubriousMusic]

Yes! I so missed these tours. Highlight? Boss EQ pedal. Not even joking. The fact you both still thought and cared about something that down to earth... and dare I say, mundane is inspiring. Still care about how to use a cheap pedal to make music. Every piece of gear talked about was connect to what to do with it in music... it was not gear for gear's sake. I will never have these things, but I will have the inspiration to use my things better because of your tour. Thanks PLAP and MM... really.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for picking up on that! Agreed, that is such a simple and amazing piece!

[@kmjansen]

With an amp collection like that it's no surprise he's never turned on the Kemper

[@RickyPann]

Such a fantastic example of a modern Contemporary studio design. All about open-plan creativity and workflow. Matt Salazar is so insanely passionate and knowledgeable. Great tour I was riveted for the whole thing Thanks

[@peterbrandt7911]

I love the ingenuity, what a well designed and awesome place.

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, agreed 100%!

[@Yahoomediaclub]

DS 1 distortion great review with most knowledgeable chap..Warren....what NO Helix Rack...come on!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha I have a Helix rack!

[@HitTheRoadMusicStudio]

Just WOW, love these studio tours!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Ady!!

[@liamfitzgerald7528]

Jeez! What a terrific Fender amp section! I was thinking he'd have to have some on hand. Seems like a nice guy who'd be great to work with. I'm sure he's gotten some great performances out of people in that space.

[@Producelikeapro]

I agree! Amazing collection of Amps!!

[@platform1studio610]

that was AMAZING. if you could build another studio . what would you do different?amazing pedal stash and snare stash.. it should be on p-hub............... owffffffffffffffff.

[@Producelikeapro]

Great studio!

[@deanrussell5901]

I enjoyed this video so much that I never noticed it was almost two hours long. Thank you sir!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@germainesaint4091]

Geezer is an information tech wizard. What he doesn’t know ain’t worth knowing. He’s narration on each item was like listening to a scientist gleeing about his new found discovery. Had me mesmerised all the way through. His op’o who said he wasn’t a musician played the Yamaha keyboard with skill. Can he sing cus his deep voice was making my wifey weak at the knees. Lol. Again he should use that voice for voice overs, he’d make a package. Well worth my time watching and listening back. Well done guys 👊🏾

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Germaine!

[@bugmanuk]

Wow. Where do we start. Top lads.

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

Thank you Warren-Muse? Never heard of them! :-)

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

That is 1 million percent my kinda studio… I love the size and space. I prefer recording as a band if possible. This place is so user friendly. I love that a musician can just walk away into a different area and just stroll around and look at stuff like in a museum. I really dig this space. And the gear and board are incredible. I love the direct wiring and no patch bays. This is setup to flow smoothly. No glass in the control room is great, I love the comraderey. Also love that the guy in control of making the mix the best it can be, also knows every piece of gear he has, and every nuance of the piece. Only 1 thing I’d change. Get a Friedman BE 100 in there for me. Beautiful place and thanks for taking the time to look at things…

[@fuzzy8mike]

Yes !

[@rickspyder6159]

Wow does this guy KNOW HIS GEAR HOLY%$$@....Lots of innocent endorsements...gr8 vid I will watch and share

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@PenAndGadget]

That piano lid hanging like that is horrible, don't understand how a professional studio would allow that to be done to their grand piano... hinges are going to give way, finish cracking, sagging. What a waste.

[@reggieb.4527]

Man, I love your energy while giving instructions to 🤟🏾👍🏾. BTW been playing mostly keys had a convo just this morning about how I’m rusty on Pedals with our Organist. Thanks 🙏

[@johnbarbarich9489]

I have a Bugera V22 that I have had for many years now, I replaced the tubes with all MESA and put a 12in Cannibas Rex in it.....outstanding sounding amp, it shocks people all the time

[@tobe2056]

Well, that's a ton of gear. Can't imagine, with the vintage git collection and amps, mics (you didn't get into the mic locker btw) and outboard, what it all cost. Has to be well over a million. Somehow or other they are apparently either extremely well funded, by some awesome benefactor, or they work a ton and charge a lot of money. I've never heard of Matt as a guitar player. Can he play? He certainly knows the gear inside and out. Smart guy.

[@AndrewBeveridge461]

Foxrox Octron 2! At 1:06:38 GREAT pedal. Wish I wouldn't have sold mine, but I'm on the list for the new one. He didn't mention that it also has a loop built into it - you can run a chain of other pedals that will only switch on when you turn on the octron, then be processed through it. Analog octave up and down with fuzz (or cleaner, there are some DIP switches inside that alter the tonality a bit) that tracks better than any other analog octave I've tried. Pete Thorn has a good demo of it..

[@JulesFox]

What an amazing facility and set of tools. Definitely want to hear what breath of music comes from there.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@anthemmakersmusic]

Incredible set up smiling.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Marcus!

[@a1guitarmaker]

Earthquaker Devices "The Warden" is my favorite compressor pedal.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing Ken!

[@dominiccccccccc]

Man, really love all your studio tours, but it would be great to be able to hear examples of the music that comes out of the studios, maybe some links to hi quality recordings, ask the studios they can send you examples?

[@dj-h8735]

That studio is fantastic. Love the concept. Best quote "If you know certain channels are always going to be xyz why make it a patch bay." I feel the same as Matt. I am actually drawing up plans for a 16 X 24 big room studio with no partitions for "control room". My question for Matt is "Going through with that type of room do you have to utilize more sound diffusion and/or dampening on the walls or would you say its the same just more strategically positioned."

[@redhorse554det1]

really enjoyed yur tour of this new studio.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@Skoora]

My God, my internal cash register just went into overload as the camera scanned the desk.

[@PepeRubio77]

Marvellous studio and video. Love it. Thank you so much.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Pepe!

[@salahbaker4089]

You can "literally" see those that have a "skin in game" behind this "mouthpiece"

[@oggeeboggee]

I love this channel. Thank you for all the great content you spoil us with. Friendly greetings!

[@Producelikeapro]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@rocketsauce5067]

It's funny the josh Scott reference,They just bought a house of empty boxes.

[@tanukibrahma]

I should have been bored, but, remarkably, wasn't.

[@Producelikeapro]

Good to hear!!

[@tiekumark]

I'm the same with ATCs the minute i got mine every other monitor other than my grot box was gone. Great vid

[@prod.lobomexicano]

beautiful studio men..!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@paulcummings5587]

I was quite jealous, but then I saw they have the same sofa I have in my studio. So then it's just a question of scale. I reckon mine sounds better!

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha you have a better sounding couch? Haha

[@paulcummings5587]

@@Producelikeapro LOL reminder to self; read before posting!

[@Producelikeapro]

@@paulcummings5587 haha at least you have a better sounding couch! Haha

[@DaneDavenport]

Love the philosophy behind this setup. Workflow is vital but it's so easy to get bogged down in a process or get obsessed with having the "best" and forget about creative flow and the final cohesion of a piece of music. Thank you for the tour!

[@cliffnboyzy]

Was this filmed on a phone? I can't focus on anything..

[@OUTTATIMEMTL]

I really like the setup of the studio and those wooden diffuser, is their possible to have a plan or schematics from those diffuser?? nice setup!

[@Theophanes68]

What a great setup, I love seeing the uniqueness that can be manifest in a studio vision, and that place is a guitar players dream! Matt was a wealth of knowledge and very interesting to listen to, during the height of the pandemic the studio tours are what I missed the most on your channel, thanks Warren!

[@franciscopacobarreras9270]

haha! Loving the CAPI Console!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous

[@franciscopacobarreras9270]

@@Producelikeapro definitely marvelous! I had actually dreamt of building my studio in that way one day! Thank you for your videos, I’m a huge fan!! 😎

[@karltraunmuller7048]

Super-interesting interview 👍🏻 Great guy, great gear, thanks.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Karl!

[@twtobin941]

Thanks, Warren. This was a long one but so interesting I watched through to the end. So cool they're using so much CAPI stuff.. I have 6 channels of Jeff's preamps. And what a cool use of one huge room with all the specific sound treatment everywhere. And a ridiculous gear collection - wow.

[@Virdae]

They also added diode clipping in to the JCM800 after the first few years of production. Might be the reason you didn't like them before!

[@Producelikeapro]

Aha! Maybe! Thanks for sharing that

[@peteranders7106]

Holy cow this studio...

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, amazing

[@canvoodoo]

Great to see the tours back Warren.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!

[@OrangutanTradeSalesmen]

Ah yes, fondly looking back at 2016 as well

[@48special72]

Who made your control/ rack mount desk?

[@charlesdavid5137]

That was amazing! Thank you for the tour Warren and the crew at Mad Muse!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous

[@liviustefanache5443]

🤘

[@Producelikeapro]

Metal!

[@jamie21641]

Amazing place.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed

[@bulletproofzest]

Awesome to see the FatRat in an honored place. I was on the design team and, while I’m biased of course, I think it’s an underrated pedal.

[@compucorder64]

Great work. Was going to say, the Rat is my favourite distortion pedal, though it's much more than that. And the Fat Rat is my favourite, because it cleans up well, lets the pick dynamics through better, and works really well on bass, as well as guitar. I really like it for that grinding Kim Gordon style bass tone, on my Mustang bass with an Ampeg fliptop. EarthQuaker Plumes/Blumes are another pair of really useful drive pedal variants that I like a lot with both guitar and bass. And they're different to Rats, which have more of a distortion character with bass, wheras weirdly Plumes/Blues goes slightly more into a fuzz tone with bass. Not the same as with guitar.

[@RiotHomeRecording]

It’s a beautiful playground!

[@Producelikeapro]

It certainly is

[@urigelman2182]

Beautiful studio, I could spend days tweaking and playing with all those pedals.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Uri!

[@BadAssWartHog-A10]

It took 3 days to watch the show (time constraints) and it was well worth it! Warren always has excellent interviews. My favorite studio is my home office studio, the only one I can afford.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic! Glad you enjoyed the studio tour! It was a lot of fun!!

[@frbrty12]

I'd love to hear some stems out of here with a full band cutting live off the floor. How good is the separation/isolation when monitoring in the control room?

[@Producelikeapro]

I’m going to go back and create some tracks! I’ll let you know!

[@HowardBaileyMusic]

Cool studio tour and equipment review. They really do have everything. I'm going to save this video just for those times when I'm not sure what I want to use... for whatever.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! Agreed great studio!

[@peterlagroove6555]

NO PACHTBAY. YESSSS I LIKE THAT

[@gel1912]

Good to see you out recording in reality

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes! So much fun to get out there and look at this amazing studio!

[@edwinkeys]

WOW..!!!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Marvellous!

[@shayeasy]

these studio tours are brilliant not just for all the cool gear and rooms, but also the amazing gems of wisdom and experience that are readily and frequently shared.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@bobbykanemusictube]

Right from the start, that desk is precisely what I want. If I ver get to build a studio. Gotta stop being broke. But it's got the perfect feel for me. I need to get contact info for Collin (sp) just in case I do get there. The studio itself is amazing. But... the walls of all the amps and pedals... I need a drool bucket.

[@rogerclemens2769]

Wow This studio is really cutting edge. I love the openness of the room(S) and the hard wired approach.

[@Producelikeapro]

Fantastic

[@jasabasenara8124]

What a lovely guy. Gorgeous studio. Very informative video Warren. 👍

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks very much

[@coreymelanson2906]

Amazing,and you did marvelous job as always Warren!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much