A proper, old-school, music recording studio built into a former residential building in the historic Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. A big, custom designed live tracking room with reclaimed tongue & groove wood walls, a high, vaulted ceiling, and enough room for a full band of musicians to play together. There is a spacious control room with a full view of the tracking space, as well as a good selection of sonically isolated spaces, including a completely tiled vocal booth. This is not a "house" turned into a recording studio, but an old building that was completely gutted after hurricane Katrina, and then rebuilt specifically as a standalone music recording studio, with angled walls & ceilings, open spaces, purposeful sightlines, and very extensive acoustic treatments. A great sounding upright piano, a few vintage organs & synths, a pair of concert tympani, a beautiful vibraphone, a full marimba, a museum's worth of old rhythm boxes, a wide assortment of guitar & bass amps, and a solid Yamaha drum kit, are all here. A spiral staircase from the second floor takes you away from the recording space and into a big kitchen / lounge. In this old New Orleans neighborhood, you'll find a great assortment of places to eat, coffee shops, and bars to get lost in. There's a great music store a few blocks away for instrument repairs, strings, drumsticks, whatever, and of course, the trumpet player you suddenly realize you need on the last chorus of that song, is probably already sitting at the bar down the street at Vaughn's, and can come join us in 10 minutes...
So, here we are, rolled through 2023, having lived through the horrors of Pandemia, and finally ready to work again! One of the goals of this studio is to have a safe and comfortable creative space for people making music. Right now, a big part of the comfort and safety as we work together in these enclosed rooms, is knowing that we are all on the same page in our understanding and need to protect ourselves and each other & stay safe and healthy. We have been dealing with this horrible reality every day for over 3 years, keeping our distance, keeping our guards up, and our masks on. Now, we finally have the possibility of making music together while feeling safe. Let's do this!