TTG Studios

TTG Studios was a recording studio in Los Angeles, founded by Ami Hadani and Tom Hidley.

Studio

TTG is the abbreviation for two terrible guys (English f " terrible two types"). The studio was founded in 1965 at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard / Highland Avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The TTG was one of the few studios of his time on set, also recording music at high volume. Therefore, the studio under the then emerging rock musicians became popular, such as The Monkees, Eric Burdon, Alice Cooper and. Jimi Hendrix was introduced by Burdon in the studio and raved about the sound of the studio.

Tom Hidley

One of the founders of the studio was Tom Hidley. He was born on May 27, 1931 in Los Angeles. In his youth he spent a lot of time to play saxophone, clarinet and flute. After the collapse of the received medical advice to quit playing. Then he turned to the aspects of music that were not associated with playing instruments. He spent nights to make recordings in clubs. During the day he worked for speaker and tape companies.

In 1959, one of the sports car maker Earl " Madman " Muntz Hidley lest that support him in developing the first stereo car radio. One of the first owners of a Muntz stereo car radio was the singer and actor Frank Sinatra. When Sinatra purchase Hidley was introduced to Sinatra's business partner Val Valentin, who invited him to cooperate in the establishment of a new recording studio in New York. In 1962, she built on the MGM / Verve Studio. Of 1964, Phil Ramone Hidley in his A & R Studio as audio technical manager (Technical Director Audio) a. During this time, Ami Hadani worked at A & R.

Ami Hadani

About Ami Hadani, also known as Omi Hadan called the second founder of TTG is little known. The sound engineer Bruce Botnick claims Hadani was a general in the Israeli Air Force and have been for weeks absent when Israel was involved in military conflicts.