![]() ![]() “It’s not necessarily about having tools and things to play with or to inspire you, but spaces to have intimate conversations. “Podcasts are a little bit different from music,” says Chris. “We wanted to make spaces where artists would feel inspired to stay-maybe even longer than necessary-to spend time creating with us,” said Chris. Listening rooms, green rooms, and places for breaks, snacks, and beverages have also been carefully designed. The studio isn’t the only space created-or used-with thoughtfulness. And there are even more new programs for underrepresented creators coming soon. Each year’s Best New Artist nominees also have an opportunity to record every March, and women artists can make their marks in our Created by Women or EQUAL series. Up-and-coming artists involved in our RADAR program as well as indie artists in our Fresh Finds program all have the chance to record their own Spotify Singles in the LA space. There’s also plenty to do for slightly more established creators. Then, the participants celebrated with a contest and artists including Lil Nas X. In conjunction with the LA school system, we hosted LA Beats, which brought approximately 250 students from 5th grade through 12th grade to the Spotify studios for a musical experience like no other. Some studio clients are less well versed in the art of recording. We got instant feedback that we had kind of hit it right on the head because he was like, ‘Wow.’ It’s always very pleasing to ‘wow’ an artist like that.” “He came in and he got what we were trying to do immediately. But the very first recording session was held by none other than producer and songwriter FINNEAS. Music studio A has already seen its fair share of talent with Japanese Breakfast, the classical pianist Lang Lang, Zara Larsson, Avril Lavigne, Ethel Cain, Arooj Aftab, Del Water Gap, Bob Moses, Tom Morello, and Snail Mail. So they’re all working on multiple genres and we have everything they need.” And we hosted the series Created by Women, in which the producer, engineer, and artist are all women. They play the pipe flutes with a drum-machine-beatbox. “We just hosted Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian band that won Eurovision. The instrumental options for the studio are endless: “We chose the gear and the instruments to apply to any sort of genre or group that would come to record there,” noted William. Read on to see how Chris, William, and the team’s thoughtfulness has come to create a space where creators feel at home. ![]() We spent a lot of time thinking about how each constituent would need to use it.” “And so we really talked a lot about who would be coming in and what type of artists, what type of creators, what the employees would need to do, and what the community that we were building in would want, need, or expect from us. ![]() “When we first sat down to design the offices, we wanted to enable music, video, and audio production to happen right here at the Spotify offices in a really great environment,” Chris told For the Record. And now that it’s open, they’re realizing even more ways to make it attractive and accessible to creators well into the future. Our hub in Los Angeles is a state-of-the-art music- and podcast-recording facility with doors opened wide to creators for audio innovation and celebration-and there’s something for every creator at every stage of their career.Ĭhris D’Angelo, Spotify’s Head of Production & Studio Facilities, and William Garrett, Senior Music Producer/Studio Development Lead - two of the space’s biggest champions - have been thinking about how to best use the space since its inception. But when it comes to our LA office, At Mateo, we also mean it literally. When we talk about making Spotify the preferred destination for artists, we sometimes mean it figuratively-alluding to the reach of our platform, the programs we have for up-and-coming creators, and beyond. Studio photos by Brad Devins and Sean Michon ![]()
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