What Marvel has achieved with its comic-book universe, which Sony would do well to ape, is a kind of synthesis between creative endeavour and smart studio deal-making which would once have been thought impossible.
Hollywood has a history of embracing the shiny thing right in front of it, forgetting about long-term sustainability, and some analysts (and a few smart studio executives) worry about the industry's ability to keep up this momentum.
On September 10, a backhoe careened into the outer walls of Smart Studios, causing extensive damage.
The song was recorded at the band's own recording studio, Smart Studios, in Madison, Wisconsin, being mixed twice before its release.
Eschewing the Midwestern location of their Wisconsin-based Smart Studios, Garbage chose to record new material for the album in GrungeIsDead, Vig's California-located home recording studio.
After Marker saw Shirley Manson's group Angelfish on 120 Minutes, the band invited Manson to Smart Studios to sing on a couple of tracks.
After Marker saw Shirley Manson's group Angelfish on 120 Minutes, the band invited her to Vig and Marker's Smart Studios to sing on a couple of songs.
"Vow" began in rough demo form in January , 1994 as band members Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker performed sessions in Marker's basement recording studio and Vig and Marker's own Smart Studios business in Madison, Wisconsin.
After Marker saw Manson's group Angelfish on 120 Minutes, the band invited her to Vig and Marker's Smart Studios to sing on a couple of songs, but after a "dreadful" first audition, she returned to Angelfish.
Eventually he gave up and decided to punch in and punch out tapes instead, as the process was time-consuming and a more editable tape sent to Vig from Smart Studios was mostly ruined by one of Grohl's daughters.
He is now 49 years old, and has enjoyed a charmed and prolific career, having managed to score with both high-risk, independent pictures (starting with his first feature Slacker, which he made back in 1990) and street-smart studio ventures (School of Rock, The Bad News Bears).
