Our New Studio Build in Calgary, Canada... Yet another photo thread! - Page 11

Matthew Murray · 25th March 2009

Hey all.

It's with a heavy heart that I announce that we are going to be shutting down the recording studio and selling it all off.

Our band has taken off much quicker than we'd anticipated, and as such, we just haven't had the time to run the place like it needs to be run. It has so much potential, but the time involved in acquiring projects and actually producing is just too much for us to handle.

SO, we've got two options:

A) Find someone who would like to purchase a turnkey recording studio, with killer sounding room and incredible gear... or....

B) Sell all the gear off.

If no one steps forward with any interest to buy the studio as it is soon, we're going to start selling the gear. I'll be posting the gear list to the classified section soon.

If any of you have any interest (in the studio as a whole, or in individual pieces of gear), please do feel free to contact me and we'll talk.

And thanks to you all for all the support over the last year and a half or so. You're all amazing, and I really appreciate the encouragement and help you all provided.

Onto the next adventure, I guess.....

Matt

lodstudios@gmail · 26th March 2009

Sometimes life throws you curve balls, best of luck to you and your band!

Matthew Murray · 26th March 2009

Hey guys,

It's a gear-buying free-for-all! Everything we're selling is listed here:

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gears...ml#post4033974

Oy.

jdg · 26th March 2009

sounds like great news to me!

good luck on the sale!

True North · 27th March 2009

Hey Matthew,

Best of luck with the band and the studio

What is the name of the band?

Rob

pan60 · 28th March 2009

wow!
i hate to see you selling thing off Matthew, but it sounds like you are of to better things, best wishes!

Matthew Murray · 31st March 2009

The band is the Fast Romantics.

The Fast Romantics | A Band from Calgary, Canada

Thanks so much for the support guys :-)

2N1305 · 2nd April 2009

Hi Mr Murray,
I haven't posted anything yet on this thread but have followed it. I just can't believe that after all that work, you're going to sell it! it's heartbreaking! Maudit C__s!

If things were different for me, and I lived in Calgary, I'd rent it off you!

I'm supposing you're asking between, what, 400-700k$ for everything?

Just a guess, I know nothing about real estate.

Oh man, such a bummer...

Matthew Murray · 3rd April 2009

Nah, we're just selling all the gear seperately. See our gear selling thread if you'd like to buy any of it ;-)

Thanks for the sympathy man. It does hurt, but we're onto bigger and better things. Life is fluid. We can't get too upset over these things....

Darwin James · 8th April 2009

i just spent a couple hours reading this thread with much excitement, only to get to the conclusion and see it's being sold. buzz kill!

Obitheincredible · 8th June 2009

It was fun while it lasted!

Farout · 8th June 2009

Best of luck to you and the guys, Matt.
I took a glance at the list of gear for sale - and I gotta say if I had the funds I would be calling you right now.
I am happy that you and your band are off the bigger and better things - but it is a little sad to see this venture come to a halt.
The pessimistic part of me says - this may be one of the more realistic threads on this forum, as a lot of studios have to shut down for one reason or another - it is just a good thing to know that yours is shutting down for beneficial reasons.
Again - good luck to you.
Take care!

Scott

Nolan Walker · 17th July 2009

Good luck with the band!

I'm sure impressed with how the studio turned out, but you have to answer when opportunity knocks!

Rossome · 19th July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Murray

The band is the Fast Romantics.

The Fast Romantics | A Band from Calgary, Canada

Thanks so much for the support guys :-)

Great sounding recordings!

Glenn Kuras · 22nd July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rossome

Great sounding recordings!

PLUS ONE!!

Matthew if you guys ever make it down to the dirty south, look me up!! It was great working with you guys.

Trebor Flow · 19th August 2009

Matthew,

I'm a bit late finding this thread .... but I'm really shocked.

All that work building this place ... wow!
I followed the building thread from the begining, so I'm just taken back by the news your closing it down. It would of been my dream place to work.

I wish you all the luck in the world with your band though.

Rob

Matthew Murray · 9th September 2009

You guys are so bloody fantastic. It's been hard to sell it off. But the band is really taking off.

We were just selected by Spin Magazine and John Varvatos as a finalist in a worldwide contest called "Free the Noise"

Free The Noise : Bands

We're being flown to NYC next week, to play in the former CBGB's along with the other three finalists.

Pretty exciting! And we're on tour right now. Lots of exciting things happening.

So even though it was hard to sell it off, it was the right thing to do.

Besides, I still have a nice personal rig. A Phoenix DRS-Q4, a Phoenix DRS-8, an Apogee Ensemble, a Daking FET Compressor II, and a Soundelux Elux 251. I'm still a happy boy.

Thanks to you all. Your support through the years of planning and building was absolutely irreplaceable!!

pan60 · 9th September 2009

awesome Matthew!

congrats on your success, and keep us all posted: )~
pan60

J1mbaFr0sty · 9th September 2009

congrats from a fellow canadian!! im gonna have to keep my eye on u guys. best of luck

Iron Man · 9th September 2009

Matthew,

Congrats to you and the rest of the band on your New York gig!

Fellow slutz: Check out "How Do You?" and "Spooning The Gorilla" off the Fast Romantics album. Great stuff.

johndykstra · 11th September 2009

Cool, I just found 4 new bands to check out. I really liked all 4...tough competition.

larry b · 22nd September 2009

Best of luck to you in your future endeavors Matthew!

I have to admit that i am sad to hear that the studio is closed.

I recently built my own studio, and while its smaller than yours, i have noticed some striking similarities. We both chose GIK Acoustics and Redco. My studio is earthy brown tones as well. My control room is asymmetrical, with the right-hand wall being closer to the desk than the left-hand wall. I have some Chandler gear as well. Instead of NS-10s i have HS50m's. I also had long florescent lights in the ceiling when we began construction. My flooring looks almost exactly the same.

It's kinda weird actually because i just discovered this thread, and now i see that i sort of have a "little brother" version of your studio.

Anyway, good luck in the future and thank you for providing us gearslutz with such a great studio build thread!

thumbsupthumbsup

Glenn Kuras · 23rd September 2009

I wonder if someone took over the space???

stringbean01 · 24th October 2009

mildly devastating! i dig your music though, congrats on a promising shot at doing the band thing!

takman · 16th January 2010

the narrow panels in the live room... does anyone know the width? something x 4'

i was thinking 1' x 4'...but they look less than that.....

Matthew Murray · 10th May 2011

Hey takman, they were 8" wide.

solo-bration · 15th August 2011

So sad to see the images are all gone/missing. This studio was beautiful. Are any studio photos elsewhere online, Matthew?

25th March 2009	#301
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	Tough decision... Hey all. It's with a heavy heart that I announce that we are going to be shutting down the recording studio and selling it all off. Our band has taken off much quicker than we'd anticipated, and as such, we just haven't had the time to run the place like it needs to be run. It has so much potential, but the time involved in acquiring projects and actually producing is just too much for us to handle. SO, we've got two options: A) Find someone who would like to purchase a turnkey recording studio, with killer sounding room and incredible gear... or.... B) Sell all the gear off. If no one steps forward with any interest to buy the studio as it is soon, we're going to start selling the gear. I'll be posting the gear list to the classified section soon. If any of you have any interest (in the studio as a whole, or in individual pieces of gear), please do feel free to contact me and we'll talk. And thanks to you all for all the support over the last year and a half or so. You're all amazing, and I really appreciate the encouragement and help you all provided. Onto the next adventure, I guess..... Matt __________________ -Matthew

26th March 2009	#303
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	Our giant gear sale Hey guys, It's a gear-buying free-for-all! Everything we're selling is listed here: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/gears...ml#post4033974 Oy.

27th March 2009	#305
True North Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario (Canada) Posts: 3,213	Hey Matthew, Best of luck with the band and the studio What is the name of the band? Rob __________________ "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey" - Beck, Loser "I do use compressors/limiters but not for controlling dynamics, I use EQ for that!" Jp22 (damn I miss him) "Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." -- Will Durant, historian (1885-1981) "I try to get a boom out of the bass drum, in one of my albums, my CD, boom, I try to get that big boom, I could not get a big boom, I paid bucks, and could not get the boom" - Recording Expert, Tad Donley

28th March 2009	#306
pan60 500 series nutjob Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; ) Posts: 10,940	wow! i hate to see you selling thing off Matthew, but it sounds like you are of to better things, best wishes! __________________ www.pan60.com Pan60 Facebook Page Pan's Facebook BLAST PAD Inventor just one invention among others. A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE 500 FORMAT, MAFIA it is easy to sound as though one was endowed with great intelligence, whilst speaking amongst a crowd of total morons

8th June 2009	#312
Farout Lives for gear Joined: May 2007 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 513	Best of luck to you and the guys, Matt. I took a glance at the list of gear for sale - and I gotta say if I had the funds I would be calling you right now. I am happy that you and your band are off the bigger and better things - but it is a little sad to see this venture come to a halt. The pessimistic part of me says - this may be one of the more realistic threads on this forum, as a lot of studios have to shut down for one reason or another - it is just a good thing to know that yours is shutting down for beneficial reasons. Again - good luck to you. Take care! Scott __________________  Certified iPod Trainer __________________________________ Logic 9 Tips and Tricks Hard Rock With Logic Superior Drummer 2.0 Explained

26th March 2009	#302
lodstudios@gmail Gear nut Joined: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 76	Sometimes life throws you curve balls, best of luck to you and your band!

26th March 2009	#304
jdg Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2005 Location: seattle, WA Posts: 2,541	sounds like great news to me! good luck on the sale!

31st March 2009	#307
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	The band is the Fast Romantics. The Fast Romantics \| A Band from Calgary, Canada Thanks so much for the support guys :-)

2nd April 2009	#308
2N1305 Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,306	Hi Mr Murray, I haven't posted anything yet on this thread but have followed it. I just can't believe that after all that work, you're going to sell it! it's heartbreaking! Maudit C__s! If things were different for me, and I lived in Calgary, I'd rent it off you! I'm supposing you're asking between, what, 400-700k$ for everything? Just a guess, I know nothing about real estate. Oh man, such a bummer...

3rd April 2009	#309
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	Nah, we're just selling all the gear seperately. See our gear selling thread if you'd like to buy any of it ;-) Thanks for the sympathy man. It does hurt, but we're onto bigger and better things. Life is fluid. We can't get too upset over these things....

8th April 2009	#310
Darwin James Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,764	i just spent a couple hours reading this thread with much excitement, only to get to the conclusion and see it's being sold. buzz kill!

8th June 2009	#311
Obitheincredible Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 577	It was fun while it lasted!

17th July 2009	#313
Nolan Walker Gear Head Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 66	Good luck with the band! I'm sure impressed with how the studio turned out, but you have to answer when opportunity knocks! __________________ I like cheese.

19th August 2009	#316
Trebor Flow Registered User Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 523	Matthew, I'm a bit late finding this thread .... but I'm really shocked. All that work building this place ... wow! I followed the building thread from the begining, so I'm just taken back by the news your closing it down. It would of been my dream place to work. I wish you all the luck in the world with your band though. Rob

9th September 2009	#317
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	You guys are so bloody fantastic. It's been hard to sell it off. But the band is really taking off. We were just selected by Spin Magazine and John Varvatos as a finalist in a worldwide contest called "Free the Noise" Free The Noise : Bands We're being flown to NYC next week, to play in the former CBGB's along with the other three finalists. Pretty exciting! And we're on tour right now. Lots of exciting things happening. So even though it was hard to sell it off, it was the right thing to do. Besides, I still have a nice personal rig. A Phoenix DRS-Q4, a Phoenix DRS-8, an Apogee Ensemble, a Daking FET Compressor II, and a Soundelux Elux 251. I'm still a happy boy. Thanks to you all. Your support through the years of planning and building was absolutely irreplaceable!!

9th September 2009	#318
pan60 500 series nutjob Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; ) Posts: 10,940	awesome Matthew! congrats on your success, and keep us all posted: )~ pan60

9th September 2009	#319
J1mbaFr0sty Gear Head Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 49	congrats from a fellow canadian!! im gonna have to keep my eye on u guys. best of luck __________________ Beat Store YouTube Twitter

9th September 2009	#320
Iron Man Meticulous m.f. Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Calgary Posts: 189	Matthew, Congrats to you and the rest of the band on your New York gig! Fellow slutz: Check out "How Do You?" and "Spooning The Gorilla" off the Fast Romantics album. Great stuff.

11th September 2009	#321
johndykstra Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 4,585	Cool, I just found 4 new bands to check out. I really liked all 4...tough competition. __________________ phantom power doesn't make your voice sound spooky

22nd September 2009	#322
larry b Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan Posts: 1,524	Best of luck to you in your future endeavors Matthew! I have to admit that i am sad to hear that the studio is closed. I recently built my own studio, and while its smaller than yours, i have noticed some striking similarities. We both chose GIK Acoustics and Redco. My studio is earthy brown tones as well. My control room is asymmetrical, with the right-hand wall being closer to the desk than the left-hand wall. I have some Chandler gear as well. Instead of NS-10s i have HS50m's. I also had long florescent lights in the ceiling when we began construction. My flooring looks almost exactly the same. It's kinda weird actually because i just discovered this thread, and now i see that i sort of have a "little brother" version of your studio. Anyway, good luck in the future and thank you for providing us gearslutz with such a great studio build thread! thumbsupthumbsup __________________ (after a train wreck take): (producer/talkback mic) "Did anyone hurt themselves?" Kinetic Sound Recording Studio Website coming soon!

23rd September 2009	#323
Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 12,007	I wonder if someone took over the space???

24th October 2009	#324
stringbean01 Gear addict Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 315	mildly devastating! i dig your music though, congrats on a promising shot at doing the band thing!

16th January 2010	#325
takman Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Greece Posts: 991	the narrow panels in the live room... does anyone know the width? something x 4' i was thinking 1' x 4'...but they look less than that..... __________________

10th May 2011	#326
Matthew Murray Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,661 Thread Starter	Hey takman, they were 8" wide.

15th August 2011	#327
solo-bration Lives for gear Joined: May 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 723 1 Review written	So sad to see the images are all gone/missing. This studio was beautiful. Are any studio photos elsewhere online, Matthew? __________________ www.JimKeaney.com

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