AES Show 2024 NY

Mary Campbell – In Memoriam
Manager Electric Lady Studios & Unique Recording, Sony Studios Booking Admin.

Mary Culum-Campbell was a legend of the NY studio scene for decades. She came from Montana in 1982 at age 21, and with a forged backstage pass and some other tales of delinquency talked her way into a job in the shop at Electric Lady Studios with tech extraordinaire Sal Greco, who went on to build Paisley Park for Prince. Sal’s comment recalling her job interview at her memorial was ‘She’s trouble. She’ll fit right in’. Within six months Mary became the studio manager. A trailblazer with attitude who also loved the music around her as a genuine fan, Mary was one of the few women in a power position at a major recording studio in the 80’s. Working in an intense and occasionally cutthroat environment during a tumultuous period in both music and music technology, she kept the studios booked and partied with the best (and worst) of them while managing both Electric Lady and the equally electric Unique Recording. She also had a stint working at the massive Sony Music Studios. The panel discussion will cover some of Mary’s history as well some of the history of the console and technology changes she presided over. Speakers will include former chief technicians Jim Gillis and Brian Macaluso, as well as associate Tony Drootin and engineer extraordinaire Ron Saint Germain.

Held together by Elliot Kissileff , Co-Moderator Roey Shamir

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