Hollywood, California – Billionaire Ted Field (#236 on Forbes list of Worlds Richest People) and associate Rob Kahane were successfully sued in a Los Angeles County Court by Paramount Recording Studios. Facts pertaining to the case for non-payment for recording services resulted in a judgment totaling $15,243.00 for Paramount, on February 4th, 2013. Field, the original owner and founder of Interscope Records and the owner of Radar Pictures (The Last Samurai, Jumanji, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), could not be reached for comment.

The Paramount Recording Group encompasses Paramount, Ameraycan, Encore, Track Record, and Wilder Brothers Studios and counts as recent clients Dr. Dre, Aerosmith, Linkin Park, and Bruno Mars.

“It is an era dominated by producers: they have a larger share of power, budgets and artist development.  Technology has advanced apace, but the busy studios of the Paramount Group are proof that the age-old tradition of live recording and overdubbing, mixing and mastering in the shrinking number of world-class commercial studios is still the preferred route of industry professionals.”, as stated by their website http://www.paramountrecording.com

Recording studios now operate in the new millennium along with all the technological and music business model adaptations that have arrived with it.  Budgets are tighter, and the recording industry has contracted, but Paramount studios have thrived with the proper mix of ingredients: a level of technical, engineering and support staff unmatched in the new era; classy, comfortable (but not over-the-top) creative spaces, surroundings, and amenities; and, not least, experienced leadership assuring the continuity of these ingredients and engendering client loyalty rarely seen anymore.

Paramount now consists of 8 studios: one large tracking/mixing studio with an 80 channel SSL 9000J with Ultimation, a mixing/overdub studio with a 56 channel SSL 6000E/G, a mixing/overdub studio with a 40 channel SSL 4000E/G, a mastering studio, and 4 pre-production studios for in-house producers to use.

The stars have continued to shine at Paramount in the new millennium with new clients like Justin Timberlake, the Black Eyed Peas (though Will.I.Am goes way back dating to his time as the artist Will-1X on Easy E’s Ruthless Records), Flaming Lips, Mos Def, Josh Groban, Snoop Dogg, the Wallflowers, Pink, Hanson, Timbaland, Korn, Hilary Duff, the Goo Goo Dolls, Nelly Furtado, 311, Alice in Chains, the Deftones, Weezer, John Mayer, Dr. Dre, Fall Out Boy, and Linkin Park. “Paramount Recording Group is looking forward to continuing their tradition a premiere recording facility in Los Angeles”, said Alex Thompson, an associate of Paramount Recording Group.

The case (number: 12M10776) was filed and heard at the Stanley Mosk Superior Court in Los Angeles. Venice311.org reports on crime and court cases in Los Angeles, Ca.

Report Submitted to Venice 311:

There’s an RV that is always on Hampton just south of Rose. It usually only moves during street clean and then will remain there for days. The guy lives in there. He will occasionally ride around on his bike or climb or top of the RV to clean it off. Definitely lives there and has been parking there for at least 6 to 7 months.

Location: On Hampton just south of Rose right by Gold’s Gym.

Venice 311 Action:

Information submitted to homeless task force for evaluation.

Report Submitted to Venice 311:

Areas behind Venice Clinic on Rose and 6th. Homeless camp out on walkway and bushes along Clinic/6th St. then proceed to urinate and defecate behind the building trash dumpsters as well as behind neighbor trash cans, underneath tree foliage directly behind the clinic. We live on Flower directly behind the clinic and many days we pull out our vehicles into the alley to be greeted by piles of human feces and feces covered paper towels directly at our rear gate. The smell lingers for days and is just disgusting. Since the police have been clearing out the RV’s it has been getting a little better, but homeless will still camp out at the clinic and whenever they are there, human waste follows.

Location:  Alley behind Clinic on Rose and 6th, Flower Ct.

Venice 311 Actions:

Went to alley and took photographs. Contacted the VFC and are distributing notices to the residents in that area to see if they would be agreeable to having motion detecting lights installed in the back alley in the problem areas. Discussion of adding a 24 hour security patrol are also being discussed.

Report submitted to Venice 311:

Pacific & Lighthouse – Bridge over the Canal.

Shopping cart after shopping cart, day after day. Sick of finding them. They seem to originate mostly from Albertson’s and Ralph’s.

Is there a shopping Troll living under the bridge?

Help find this cart thieving fiend!

Venice 311 Actions:

• Called shopping cart removal tip line
• Followed up next day with the following photo… carts are gone!