What does Willie Nelson have in common with Gucci Mane and Rick Ross?<\/p>\n
Metal band Korn and Hip-Hop\u2019s Migos?<\/p>\n
How about R&B duo K-Ci and Jo-Jo and country star Miranda Lambert?<\/p>\n
All have recorded music at Audio Dallas in Garland. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in a building that the greats have been in \u2013 Ann-Margret, Kris Kristofferson, Paul McCartney, Charley Pride,\u201d said owner and producer Paul Osborn. \u201cA lot of artists have poured their soul out to a microphone in this room.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more than 40 years, Osborne has helped preserve the studio\u2019s way of doing things since it first opened as Autumn Sound in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve embraced the old school way \u2013 vintage mics, ribbon mics \u2013 that capture the sound, and we still use reel-to-reel tape,” Osborn said. <\/p>\n
The space is the same as it was when Willie Nelson and his family band recorded the iconic 1975 album \u201cRed Headed Stranger\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe poured his heart and soul into the music he did here and you can hear it,\u201d Osborn said. \u201cWhen you listen to \u201cBlue Eyes Crying in the Rain,\u201d you can hear the room.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became one of the best country albums of our lifetime,\u201d Osborn said.<\/p>\n
Nelson would go on to record two more albums at the studio, inspiring decades of artists to follow.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have people who come from literally all over the world who want to sit in the same spot, same part of the room, same kind of mics, just to try and recapture the magic that happened,” Osborn said. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s an authenticity you can feel sitting in the studio.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems to be the trend in music is to try and get that Texas country sound \u2013 this is Texas. This is where it came from,\u201d Osborn said.<\/p>\n
The studio\u2019s reach goes well beyond country.<\/p>\n
The hallways are lined with photos of artists from all genres.<\/p>\n
In 1976, Paul McCartney used the studio to mix tapes that eventually became his live album \u201cWings Over America.\u201d<\/p>\n
K-Ci and JoJo recorded their 2000 multi-platinum hit \u201cCrazy,\u201d featured in Save the Last Dance.<\/p>\n
The late Charley Pride also recorded at Audio Dallas.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a fun guy to work with \u2013 always kept you laughing,\u201d Osborn said. \u201cIf he booked a four-hour session, three hours of it was telling stories and telling jokes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Osborn said he can spend eight to ten hours in one day working on a three-minute song.<\/p>\n
“We’ll pour our soul into it to make sure it’s perfection once it’s done,\u201d Osborn said.<\/p>\n
He said most artists appreciate a place that provides an entire band with the space and tools to record together.<\/p>\n
“You feed off each other and that’s where the magic happens,\u201d Osborn said.<\/p>\n
Osborn said he’s grateful to everyone that’s helped keep Audio Dallas going. <\/p>\n
The city of Garland and the state recently recognized its place in music history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still create great music. We do this every day \u2013 and we\u2019re not going anywhere. We\u2019re here for the artists today and the artists tomorrow,\u201d Osborn said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What does Willie Nelson have in common with Gucci Mane and Rick Ross? Metal band Korn and Hip-Hop\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,1282,2408],"class_list":["post-444818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-garland","tag-music-musicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}