Over the years I've booked several studios in the OC area for dialogue production and ads and…read morefinally found nick@costamesastudios.com, he's a pro, perhaps the only pro in the area! Nick personally made sure that there was seamless integration with our team. Since we've worked together, he's fulfilled our sync / ADR / music needs, helped sort out issues and provided innovative solutions. He is very professional and a straight shooter, I'm glad to to have found someone reliable in the area and will recommend this business to all!

I've had the pleasure of spending time at Costa Mesa 17th St. Recording, and it's truly one of…read moreOrange County's hidden gems. The equipment list is seemingly endless, with an exceptional selection of microphones that makes it a dream for engineers, producers, and artists alike. A special shoutout to owner Lewis, who is an incredible engineer and producer. Everyone is welcoming, professional, and genuinely cares about creating a great experience. If you're looking for a studio that combines world-class equipment with world-class people, 17th St. Recording in Costa Mesa is hard to beat.

Great place to get firewood. We definitely be going back when I use the 1/8 cord of mixed wood that…read moreI bought. I would advise that you call them an hour or two before you go so you don't have to wait for them to pull your order. They already were loading my truck bed by the time I finished paying. I was out of there in about five minutes.

Working with Nic has been so wonderful. We had a pretty major project that we just completed…read morerecently and he worked not only on the recording and sound engineering of the sonic component, but also the editing of the videos to go along with it. He was patient, took my feedback well, and delivered in the way that I and the project needed. I highly recommend him and Woodshed Studios for your next sonic project! Felicia "ONYI LOVE" Richards

10/5 stars. I came to Elliot with just my acoustic original songs. He helped me record and turn…read morethem into super dope tracks! I thought it would be intimidating because I don't know anything about recording, but Elliot was so graciously patient and encouraging to help me get everything sounding exactly right. He has so much experience and thinks about music in such an interesting way! It was such a great learning experience in addition to being able to walk away with an album of my songs !

Very unprofessional. The owner, Elliot Koenig, had interns running the session and they were on…read moreTikTok most of the time. As an artist paying for studio time, that's incredibly distracting and disrespectful. I did not feel valued as a client. After leaving, I was repeatedly asked to rebook, instead of being asked how the session went. Bad vibes kill creativity. I would never go back. UPDATED Feb 1-11:24pm After leaving this review, the owner Elliot messaged me AGAIN on Instagram. Took zero accountability and only cares about his image. NOT the client. To address your comment, I asked for a discount, cuz your interns run the session. As Indie artists we have to fight to protect a space we paid for. Often times we don't have other options in the area so we suck it up, but no more! This is not a good studio. I would not go back. Look at how he responds to feedback...

I have been taking lessons from Frank for a couple months now, and have been throughly enjoying…read moreevery lesson and also seeing a lot of progress despite not having any drumming experience. Frank's teaching style is very open and catered to the student and he makes learning very fun and is also very encouraging especially for beginners! I would highly recommend if you're looking for a drum teacher/lessons, Frank is very helpful and knowledgeable!

I am completely dumfounded that someone could leave a negative review of Frank's efforts in any…read morecapacity, whether they be studio drumming, lessons, recording--you name it. He is a consummate professional and one of the hardest working people I have ever met in my life, who makes this look easy (doing music professionally). The only people who would leave a negative review are posers and reverse-shills. Having worked with Frank in nearly every facet, short of being taught how to play drums (I have taught with him though for years), it goes without saying for me, that he is worth every star I just gave him, because that is what he is: a star and a sun. If you don't believe that as well, it is because you reside in the shadows, where you belong. A bright star casts a dark shadow, and there you are. Frank has played on many of my songs and has recorded and engineered on more songs than I can count well beyond my meager contribution to music as an art form. You don't need to take my word for it. Try him yourself, and then one will not be speaking from a place of ignorance, in the shadows.

I rented another 24hr studio in LA, and then came bacc to ICS for a few months. This will be my…read morefinal review. You can do better. You, prospective artist looking for a place to jam... and you, whoever the owner is. It's not that the place is bad. It's just not good. and it could be great. With just a little more effort, this place could've been one of the premier rehearsal loccout facilities in the whole county. But it seems like their satisfied with doing the bare minimum. Since my previous reviews: 1. The bathrooms still are FILTHY 90% of the time. To the point where girls would rather piss in the parking lot than use the bathroom. READ THAT LINE AGAIN. Trash piled up high for days. 2. The vending machines haven't been filled since 2018. 3. The overall vibe is "musical slumlord." And that bleeds into your music creatively. It's not completely soundproof, so you have to picc and choose when to record, especially if your neighboring rooms are bass heavy or burgeoning roccstars. there's no real common areas, so you're basically in your room all day, or standing outside. No place to put flyers or vibe and congregate to collab. No arcade games. Just rooms. Like I said before. If you just need 4 walls to jam, this place is good for just that. I'll say that I used that space for all it was good for, but after a while, I had to leave to do better.

I drove a long way for a session here and had to use the ladies room was met with this! WTF!?…read moreThere's only 2 bathrooms for everyone to use, and this one was wrecked.

My band The Magic Mics recorded our demo at Forged in Fire Studios and it was a great experience…read more They worked with us and made us sound our best. We were blown away with what the finished product sounded like!!!! Thanks again Jordan and Kevin, you guys are the best. If you want to hear some of the demo we recorded at Forged in Fire Studios you can check it out here: http://www.themagicmics.com/media.html Kevin did a great job mixing down the tracks and made sure everything was perfect.

From the owner: Located in Seal Beach, California, Forged in Fire Studios offers premier equipment in a comfortable…read moresetting for your recording and mixing needs. We invite and welcome all musical genres. Our highly qualified house engineer is a proficient Pro Tools engineer and a talented multi-instrumentalist and producer. Our unique location allows for sessions to flow late into the night, if needed. Let your musical creativity blossom and become reality, all at the best price in town!

So I recorded a track in my apartment, but I needed to record a vocal track which I can't do with…read morefull voice. I found Marcos on Yelp to get the vocals done and the session went very smoothly. He got me up and running on the mic pretty quickly and 6 passes later we comped the best takes. Very happy with the results in his cool studio. Little did I (or he know) that we knew each other from bands from 25-20 years ago--we just hadn't recognized each other until we mentioned those bands. Small world it is!

Marcos was great to work with. He did as we asked of him and was very accommodating. Will return.read more

This is a great recording studio. I took my song and his friends (they make music) here and it was…read moreamazing. we had a three hour session and they made a song. The audio engineer was very patient with my son and his friends. They were writing down lyrics for the rap AT the recording studio, while the audio engineer was converting his song on spotify into his protools. Great microphone. An the recording quality was great, watching him move around protools sop fast was hypnotizing. The mix sounded great and he was teaching my sons friend how to play different chords on the guitar. He also taught him how to solo. He has a great keyboard with many sounds including a really good sounding rhodes, clavinet, and piano. He shared a lot of wisdom and showed my son where to get protools and how to use it. My son and one of his friends rapped, and he was patient, giving them as many tries as they would like. he also added beat drops, and quickly mixed the song down. He airdropped it to me. My son, his friends, and I were overall completely satisfied with his performance, patience, swiftness, wisdom, and kindness. I highly reccomend this studio, and hope you will give it a try!

Best recording studio around no doubt! Al is one of the honest and best person for recording!read more