Allen Sides (Legendary Audio Engineer, Studio Owner, Designer & Businessman

Sunset Sound Roundtable

Well, Allen is a Legendary Recording Engineer, a Multi Studio Owner, He Designs Speakers, he's a Record Producer & Businessman and what doesn't he do is a better question!

Today Allen Sides sits down with Drew Dempsey in Studio 2 at Sunset Sound as well as a few special guests, the first one being 10x Grammy Winning Recording Engineer & Producer Joe Chiccarelli, the next is Sunset Sound studio owner Paul Camarata to complete the Roundtable. Allen started his Ocean Way Recording brand in a garage in Santa Monica, California in 1968. It was only meant as a place to showcase his custom monitors. From these humble beginnings the empire expanded to include partnering with Bill Putnam and acquiring his United Recording Studio in Hollywood and building state of the art recording facilities in Nashville, St. Barths, and nearby Sherman Oaks. The Ocean Way "brand" also includes Allen's high-end (and excellent sounding) monitors, a unique and affordable microphone, excellent UAD plug-ins, drum samples, and even an iPad/iPhone app. Allen is also well known for being a meticulous engineer/producer, having worked with such artists as Phil Collins, Green Day, Eric Clapton, Faith Hill, Wynonna Judd, Beck, Mary J. Blige, Ry Cooder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, André Previn, Michael Jackson, and Frank Zappa. He's also well known for leading the charge on reclaiming classic tube mics and gear that was being abandoned in the '80s; he has probably listened to, and evaluated, more microphones than most of us ever will. Having owned Record One Studio in the hey-day of recording, Allen was very open about the Michael Jackson sessions as well as selling the establishment to Rap Mogul Dr. Dre. Allen has since sold Ocean Way Recording Studio and is now fully engulfed in the speaker business.

Producer/Host: Drew Dempsey: https://www.instagram.com/dfdproducti...

Co- Host: Joe Chiccarelli https://www.instagram.com/joechiccare...

Audio: Farokh Shroff

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