I showed our demo home to a gentleman last week who was wants us to build a recording studio in his backyard. We had a great discussion about the materials, the patina’d metal and the old growth wood. But I asked him how these materials would affect his music–wouldn’t it interfere?

It turns out that’s exactly what he was looking for. He knew the wood and metal would affect his music. His only requirements for the studio were that it be insulated from disturbing his neighbors, but he wanted the unique acoustic properties of our structures; that is no consideration whatsoever for acoustics.

He wanted his music to sound connected to a specific place, to be free of the emptiness and sterility of a typical recording studio. He knew there’d be interference in the sound, but it would be unique and relevant to him.

I love that idea of hearing the materials, that they can tell their story in the grain and mill patterns and wear and also acoustically.