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Originally posted by drew
piss on my room!!! I need to move but it's a sellers market. It's hard to find a house that is in move in condition with land to put a studio and is affordable. Any suggestions Michael? You did that didn't you?
drew |
Actually, WireWorld is about 25 miles from my house on a friends farm. It was a three car garage when they moved in and we converted it into a studio within 6 weeks, August of '96. It was quite a chunk of work, minimum 12 hour days in 95 degree heat, wearing long sleeves so the insulation material wouldn't get to me.
But we had to get it done in time, because I had a band from Japan coming in on a certain date and it's not easy to change all the flights and hotels. When I picked them up from the airport, my friend was just putting in the toilet and all the equipment was still sitting on Ikea furniture. But the project went well.
Since then I remodeled twice, last time in September 2000 and replaced all the roadcases with real furniture and upgraded the equipment. I don't want the studio in my house or on the same property, so I can close the door behind me and at least try to think about something else. When I lived in LA I had the studio in my garage, it was too distracting, equally for me and my wife.
It's an ongoing learning process and there are a few things I would do different next time. I also contemplated to move the whole show into town (Music Row), but my clients seem to enjoy being out in the country, so why spend big $$$ on a move.
I think your room looks very cool, why do you want to move?