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In 1978, Jan and Muffie met in San Francisco. At that time, they managed a
rehearsal studio for Studio Instrument Rentals. The studio had consistently
lost money and they were hired to boost bookings. Within three months, it
became highly in demand through acoustic improvements to the largest room
(shown above). Regular clients included the newly formed Journey, the re-
formed Doobie Brothers, Santana, Graham Central Station, The Tower of Power,
and Sammy Hagar. David Rubinson and Friends established the Automat recording
studio across the street and soon artist such as The Tubes, Herbie Hancock,
Billy Cobham and many others were regularly working at both locations.
Days started early, evenings stretched into late night sessions. When The
Tubes were rehearsing there was always the added excitement of their creative
approach to everything, including vending machines. One night Fee Waybill
discovered that if you dropped a quarter into the machine and hit the coin
return button as fast and hard as you could, the machine would allow you to
pull out a soda can. Fee was a big man with long arms and in no time at all,
he had figured out to how to entirely empty the machine while we all watched
in awe. About that time, Prairie Prince was invited to airbrush record discs
around the top of the primary building at A&M Records on La Brea Blvd. in Los
Angeles. Jan and Muffie were always involved with evolving and unusual
artists.
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