Conway Recording Studios is a recording studio in Hollywood, California.
Conway Recording Studios is situated off Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. It started in the early 1970s as a mastering studio. Established in its modern form in 1976, the facility occupies nearly an acre of landscaped grounds and contains three recording rooms.
The studio is owned by Buddy and Susan Brundo. After moving to Los Angeles in 1972, Buddy worked as an engineer at Conway before purchasing the original small studio and adjoining property in 1976. Over several decades, the Brundos expanded the site gradually and worked with studio designer Vincent van Haaff, whose acoustic conceptsâÂÂparticularly the "expansion ceiling" first implemented in Studio AâÂÂbecame a defining feature of the facility. Brundo emphasized natural light, open spaces, and landscaped walkways inspired by film-studio campuses and Hawaiian aesthetics, contrasting with the enclosed environments common in earlier recording studios. The facility has remained active amid changing conditions in the recording industry, including economic shifts and the growth of home-recording environments. As independent ownership of large commercial studios declined in subsequent decades, Conway became one of the few remaining family-run facilities in Hollywood.
Conway is noted for its combination of indoor studio spaces and tropical garden areas across its grounds. It incorporates a number of privacy-oriented design features aimed at preventing unauthorized photography, including gated parking areas capable of accommodating large numbers of vehicles and physical barriers intended to obstruct sightlines. Attempts to mitigate paparazzi activity have included fencing, screening materials, and measures to prevent climbing in surrounding trees.