Emily Lazar Nominated for Pensado's Master of Mastering Award

Congratulations to The Lodge's Chief Mastering Engineer, Emily Lazar, on her recent Pensado Award nomination in the Master of Mastering category!  The award show, which is dedicated to "recognizing the faces behind the sound" will take place at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California this Saturday, June 28.

Over the past four years, the renowned online video series Pensado's Place has become a haven for music professionals, engineers, and emerging artists. The producers of Pensado's Place have now created an official award show celebrating and acknowledging the great work of these individuals.  

"The Pensado Awards provide a new metric for judging & predicting talent in the music industry." -- Forbes Magazine

With a total of 16 categories, our very own Emily Lazar is the only female mastering engineer nominated for the Master of Mastering award. Emily's golden ears and deep passion for music is what has lead her to become one of the most well-know female mastering engineers in the industry.

Some of Emily's most recent mastering accomplishments include Linkin Park's The Hunting Party, Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear, Haim's Days Are Gone, Christina Perri's Head or Heart, as well as the Grammy award winning Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City, Foo Fighter's Wasting Light, and Dave Grohl's Sound City: Real to Reel.

The live award show, commencing on June 28, will air one week later via an online broadcast on the Pensado's Place website. You can follow the action live on Twitter at #PensadoAwards.

Sound City: Real to Reel at THE LODGE!

Dave Grohl's debut film Sound City: Real to Reel has garnered major accolades and even Oscar whispers around the globe. The soundtrack for this amazing rockumentary, which includes the first ever reunion of the remaining members of Nirvana joined by Paul McCartney, was mastered by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar, and her team at THE LODGE. 

The film conceived by Grohl features interviews and performances from famous musicians and producers who recorded some of rock’s greatest albums on the Neve 8028 and in the magical space of Sound City Studios located in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, California during its 42 year history from 1969- 2011.

Instead of reminiscing about yet another monumental studio biting the dust, Grohl in his usual upbeat Renaissance man fashion decided to celebrate the studio's amazing history and give the legendary Sound City Studios the proper credit it deserves. The iconic albums that were recorded at Sound City will make your head spin including Nirvana's "Nevermind", Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", Neil Young’s "After The Gold Rush", Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' "Damn The Torpedoes", Rage Against The Machine's "Rage Against The Machine" and Cheap Trick's "Heaven Tonight" the list goes on and on.

Grohl tracked down and joined forces with the famous artists that walked through Sound City’s doors to discuss the studio's legacy and collaborate on an all-star studded compilation album. Released on Roswell Records Sound City: Real to Reel is a brand new collection of all-original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film soundtrack on the Neve 8028 after it was reinstalled in Grohl’s Studio 606. The new mega jam-packed compilation album—produced by Butch Vig, mixed by James Brown and Chris Lord-Alge features some serious heavy hitters and totally amazing collaborations between Grohl and Stevie Nicks, Paul McCartney, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Rick Springfield, Joshua Homme, Rick Nielsen, Lee Ving, Corey Taylor, Brad Wilk, Tim Commerford, Jessy Greene, Jim Keltner, Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Rick Nielson, Scott Reeder, Nate Mendel, Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Trent Reznor. The story of Sound City will inspire generations to come as we move forward further into the era of digital recording. Good timeless music never dies though, you can purchase a vinyl copy of Sound City: Real to Reel at Amazon or download to-go at iTunes.

Here's a picture of the reel on The Lodge's ATR Tape Machine!

          

Go see Sound City on the big screen in all of its holy rockness!!

 Purchase tickets for you local Theatre or download here.

Emily Lazar in Rolling Stone Article!

Check out Emily quoted in this Rolling Stone mag feature on Foo Fighters' 5 time Grammy winning album "Wasting Light". Emily discusses the merits of going all analog and being the first female mastering engineer nominated for the Album of the Year category.

The 5 time Grammy winning album was mastered by our very own Emily Lazar and her team at The Lodge!

To view the article follow this link. 

Foo Fighters Star in "White Limo"

Infamous rock stars the Foo Fighters have just posted a hilarious new video for one of the grittiest tracks on their upcoming full length "Wasting Light" (S.A.M./ Roswell Records). Produced by Butch Vig, mixed by Alan Moulder and mastered at The Lodge by Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta, "Wasting Light" is the band's seventh release to date and features Dave Grohl's former Nirvana bandmate and bassist Krist Noveselic as well as Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister (who plays on "White Limo"). Check out the video below and start counting the days till the official release on April 12th!

Dave Grohl Dubbed "Godlike Genius" at 2011 NME Awards!

Rock 'n' roll guru Dave Grohl will be crowned "Godlike Genius," the highest compliment paid at the Shockwave NME Awards show in the UK! Grohl will be joining the ranks with The Cure, Ozzy Osbourne, and U2 on February 23, followed by a performance with his long-time band, the Foo Fighters, who are mastering their latest release with Emily Lazar and Joe LaPorta at The Lodge!

Watch the accompanying short video with the always humble and hilarious Dave Grohl on NME's site here and be sure to check out the latest issue of NME for a full interview plus a timeline of his career thus far!

The Lodge's Emily Lazar & Joe LaPorta Master "Massive" New Foo Fighters Album!

(Pictured from left to right): Top Row: Joe LaPorta, Butch Vig, Pat Smear, James Brown, Chris Shiflett, Taylor Hawkins. Bottom Row: Nate Mendel, Emily Lazar, Dave Grohl.

2011 is here and the champagne is still flowing as The Foo Fighters toast the completion of their 7th studio album at The Lodge.  The band attended the session with legendary producer Butch Vig & engineer James Brown.

Co-mastered by Chief Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar and Mastering Engineer Joe LaPorta, the new album is heralded as their heaviest album to date.  It also marks Grohl and Vig's first reunion since Nirvana's "Nevermind" in 1991.  Recorded & mixed entirely to analog tape, the album features guest appearances by Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and reunites Grohl with the remaining Nirvana band members Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear. In an interview with MTV news posted online yesterday, Dave Grohl explained, "There's 11 songs and, front to back, there's not one sleepy ballad. The fact that we did it without any computers, it was just really simple. It just sounds massive."

Dave Grohl tweeted & revealed to his fans a 10 sec video snippet of the track "White Limo" (click here)-- and check out The Lodge's oscilloscope rockin' out to the onslaught!

NME, Billboard and Spin magazines also posted articles announcing the completion of the album.