Local 47 is the first and only AFM local to provide union members with a professional recording studio, the 32-track digital Studio 47. We are proud to be marking our 100th year of service with this state-of-the-art facility of superior quality. Studio 47 reflects Local 47's ongoing commitment to helping members increase income and employment opportunities by ensuring the Studio be reasonably priced alternative to commercial studios, requiring only that all musicians on the session date be members in good standing of the AFM. Studio 47 can record anything from a soloist to an 80-piece orchestra, and has been booked for jingles, film and video soundtracks, cast albums, commercial recordings and demos. Studio 47 also hosts UCLA and USC's film scoring class and offers a special program for high school bands, giving them a firsthand look at Local 47 and its services.
Studio 47 is a one-stop production resource, offering final mixing, digital mastering and duplication at reasonable rates. Digital recording has a distinct advantage over older technologies in its complete lack of tape noise (which you'll find in even the most professional analog tape recorders). The Studio's crystal clear quality of sound reproduction and its amazing acoustics contribute to this state-of-the-art facility.

Video 47, a permanent part of Studio 47, has proved to be a very popular with musicians who wish to self-produce their video demos to complement their audio recording. The Showcase Video is an invitation offered twice a year at a special low cost rate to members who wish to compliment their promotional packets with a music video. Video 47 offers single to multi-camera recording and editing for various types of projects, from live shoots to music videos, at rates far below commercial video facilities.

Given Studio 47's low rates and the choice of recording contracts available through the AFM and Local 47, it is very cost-effective for a musicians to produce his or her own recording, a tremendous advantage in today's highly competitive music industry.
With the CD radio airplay promotion program, instituted by Barbara Markay (323-993-3119), you can use Studio 47 to produce that CD you’ve always wanted to make and have a way to promote it. Call Barbara Markay to see what type of projects are doing best and utilize the studio to produce your favorite musical thought. From New Age to R & B, Studio 47 can help!
Vince Tividad, Administrator