A private working roster for recorded music
First Call gives professional musicians a profile built around the things that move a session forward: sound, feel, credits, logistics, and terms.
In the room first. Remote when the date calls for it.
What a useful profile sounds like
Credits establish experience. Audio establishes the decision. First Call puts both in the same working view.
Guitar · Keys · Programming · Los Angeles
Illustrative profile. The founding roster is being reviewed now.
A great call sheet contains no mystery. Who can play it. What they sound like. Whether they can make the date. What the session will cost.
First Call keeps the human choice at the center and the logistical friction out of the way.
First Call stays out of the engagement. Terms, booking, and payment are handled directly between the partner and the player. First Call does not process payments or take a commission.
Where the list comes from
For forty years, clients at Clear Lake Recording in North Hollywood have asked the same question: who should play on this? The answer lived on a call list — the players the room trusts when the date is real. First Call is being built from that practice: reviewed players and real terms, shared with studios, production companies, and media teams.
Still compiled the way it started: by ear.
The roster follows the room
The founding roster is forming now.
Drums, percussion, bass, guitar, programming
Soloists, sections, arrangers, contractors
Piano, organ, synths, sound design
Lead, background, ensemble, vocal production
Every application is reviewed by working music professionals. The founding roster is forming now.
