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In this episode of the Creative Spaces podcast, we’re talking to recording industry veteran, Juanita Copeland.
Juanita has lived in Nashville since 1990 and has worked for Mercury Records, Almo Sounds Records, Pioneer Music Group, GMF Music and Hippo Productions.
She is the longtime President, COO and General Manager of the iconic recording studio, Sound Emporium, one of Nashville’s busiest and longest-operating commercial studios with clients that include Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Kenny Chesney and Maren Morris – just to name a few!
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Case in point: Juanita Copeland, vice president, chief operating officer, general manager, and all-around head honcho at Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville. With a lot of hard work and tenacity, Juanita and her staff brought the long-time clients back and garnered new ones. She also has a reputation for training the best engineers in town.
A life-long lover of all music, she brings a passion to her work that is second to none. It has several meanings but one is “ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.” In French, it means “uniquely different.”
Q: I have to ask: Someone mentioned that you have an animal rescue business on the side, for potbelly pigs.
It sounds grandiose, but it is the truth. I’m not a fan of being in the forefront. She has brought in new genres to the studio and continues to not just survive in this crazy business, but thrive. They have committed to allowing the studio to continue to function as it does now, “Business as usual” with no negative impact to the clients.
She treats all clients like “family” and creates such a great, positive “vibe” for them to record, down to the smallest of details. She also volunteers for Alive Hospice, Animal Rescue Corps, and supports Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Ocean Conservancy.
You can find out more about Sound Emporium Studios at soundemporiumstudios.com.
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Q&A with Juanita Copeland of Sound Emporium Studios
I’ve had the honor of encountering (and learning from) some particularly bad-ass women throughout my career.
I also learned back then that I would work twice as hard as the men, but make a lot less money. She was much older than me, but so very elegant and powerful. Things have changed quite a bit since I started out as a receptionist at Mercury Records making $7.50 an hour, but I have had to work very hard to be where I am today. I also try to match them with the best engineer or assistant engineer for their needs.
She set the bar very high for acceptable behavior and I wanted to be just like her. In July 2017 he gifted the studio to Lipscomb University. It meant putting up with a lot of inappropriate comments and things that would not fly in today’s world. She brings a very well- rounded plethora of experience to her position as President/COO/General Manager and to quote Robert Plant….”Juanita is always cheery and makes you feel so welcome whenever you are at the Sound Emporium.”
She has managed to make the Sound Emporium one of Nashville’s busiest studios, running 80-90% booked at any given time.
We bake fresh biscuits every morning and put a nice spread of fresh fruit and locally brewed coffee out for the morning sessions. I feel that is so very important for young women to hear.