“Matt and I will often be working in the studio by ourselves, constantly recording and mixing. That’s when I started doing slightly less, like 6.5 days a week! After we had done 5 Seconds To Summer’s debut album John got me a car, so I could go back to my apartment. I did not have a car, so I slept at the studio every single night. Cervini adds: “The first year I worked for John, in 2012, I was in the studio for eight months without a single day off, working 18 hours a day or more. This round-the-clock, factory-floor approach to music production would undoubtedly run foul of health and safety inspectors, if ever they were called in. Mixing one song in this way could be a three- or four-day process.” I’d wake up at seven in the morning and I’d listen to his mixes and write down my notes, and I’d go back into the studio to add additional production elements to the song. Zakk would then work from midnight to seven editing and mixing. Matt would be with me for most of that time. When we were doing the Blink 182 album, for example, I often was in the studio from about 8.30 in the morning until midnight, sometimes two in the morning. But there still are times when I will do 18-hour days. In fact, I don’t really want to work more than 10 hours per day. “As a 49-year old man with a family and two kids, I can’t really do 18-hour days consistently any more. Feldmann and his two engineers, Zakk Cervini and Matt Pauling, are in action at the studio for 24 hours per day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, with each of them regularly putting in 18-hour days.įeldmann, also known as ‘Feldy,’ agreed that it sounds gruelling. John Feldmann’s Foxy Studios in Los Angeles surely must rank as the world’s busiest one-studio operation. Photo: Alexandra Snowīlink 182’s chart-topping California brought Zakk Cervini his first mix credit on a hit album - but he had to work hard to get it. From left: Matt Skiba, Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker. Producer and co-writer John Feldmann (right) poses with the three members of Blink 182 during the making of California.
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