About Us
The Pawnshop was founded in 2005 with the idea of bringing musicians together to record their music in a creative and friendly environment.  Producer musician Billy Baker formed an alliance with a few L.A. based seasoned engineers to provide the highest quality recording experience possible. The tracking room was designed to maximize projects that seek to add “Live” drums to their music or composition. Our isolation room is great for separating the Marshall stack from the main drum tracking room when wishing to track your band live all together.

Billy Baker
CEO / Producer

Having sharpened my teeth recording and performing with many groups including, An Epic Theory, The Painkillers, Paint It Black, Dear God and hard rap act Onion. I have been engineering music since the age of 16. I Started out with a Tascam 4 track recorder and began learning from the George Martin technique of bouncing tracks. I soon developed techniques of my own that I use in some of my mixes today. Having had one too many bad experiences recording at top name studios, I decided to build my own studio and started tracking all the local bands in town. I slowly started developing a reputation that earned me a solid clientele base, entirely by word of mouth.

As well as being a seasoned engineer and sound editor, I am a drummer at heart. I have had the experience of performing on many CD’s and demos for local and national artists.  Some of my favorite musicians range from Danny Carey to Neil Peart to John Bonham and John Lennon.

One of my many enjoyments is to write and produce music. Having the opportunity to work beside some experienced producers, I like taking the time to build songs from the ground up. So with the entire combination of skills and knowledge being brought to the table, I feel confident enough to give you comfort when recording at Pawnshop studio.

contact: pawnshopstudio@hotmail.com