Our studio is on Bill’s property in the Santa Cruz mountains. It is an old artist’s shack / crank lab (we think). Basically, one of the charms is that it really is not more a “studio” than it is a shack with power in the middle of the mountains. On La Guitarra, occasionally you can hear frogs, dogs, and the occasional goat — all of which ads to the charm. (Listen to Solitude and Bookend #2 for good examples.) However, there were times that we would be recording and I would do the perfect vocal take, and right as I was hitting the last note, we’d hear his neighbor (who doesn’t live that close to him) start some sort of power tool and we’d have to wait for him to stop and re-do everything (I don’t like to cut and paste too much in pro-tools… I’d rather get the whole song in a take or two). Well, because the artist studio / crank lab was not really built for recording in mind, we have started to rebuild it. Yesterday, we replaced the frame on one wall. When it is done, we should have a more soundproof experience. Don’t worry though, we can always open the door if we want more frogs in the mix.
Tags: Absinthe Glow, boulder creek, California, La Guitarra, the system
