Salvatore will no longer continue in that role. Word had spread in the music community Monday and Tuesday that Salvatore had been laid off, with growing consternation over the potential departure of an institutional fixture that many considered the very face of Capitol Studios.
But one key employee affected in the changes taking place this week was not connected solely to the mastering or tape restoration departments, but Capitol Studios at large: Paula Salvatore, a vice president at the studio who recently celebrated her 30th anniversary with the company, and who was widely considered the face of the entire facility. UMG did not confirm the number of employees cut, but the mastering department had four employees. According to UMG, much if not most of that work had already been outsourced to Iron Mountain in Hollywood in the last several years. Said a Universal Music Group spokesperson: “At Capitol Studios, while demand for recording studios remains high, there has been an overall decline in requests for mastering services - to the point where we have decided to close Capitol’s mastering facility and focus on other areas of the recording process that are in higher demand by artists, including using the space to build additional recording suites.”Īlso being closed: Capitol Studios’ tape restoration department, where older recordings from the UMG catalog were digitized.
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But Capitol Studios’ mastering rooms, which were nearly as venerated by engineers and producers, will not, as those spaces will be converted into recording studios - presumably much smaller ones than Studio A, where Frank Sinatra used to record with a full orchestra. The recording studios themselves, a tourist site as well as magnet for top recording artists since opening in 1956, will remain open. The mastering department at the famed Capitol Studios in Hollywood has been shut down, with several employees laid off, Universal Music Group confirmed Tuesday night after word of the closure began to circulate on social media.
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