Nah - this one is well plumbed into the electrics as it's got a clock, timer, and a couple of badly designed PCB's, and there's also a solar panel & various other bits & bots attached to it in the loft.

It's ok, British Gas have just informed me an engineer will be at the house sometime between 12 & 6 and this all should be free as I have a current maintenance contract with them.

Even though I'm dirty at times I would add.

7. When I'm all showered and clean, I hate putting on dirty clothes

But getting back to my dilemma which could be some other musicians too - it looks like I have 3 options...

    a. Get into the habit of taking showers so I can get into the habit of going into the studio

    b. Get into the habit of making my studio dirty so I don't have to get into the habit of taking showers

    c. Setup a second studio where I can be comfortable being dirty and not worry about my gear getting dirty
 

I would just carry on doing what you do, that way you'll have every single peripheral facet of the recording process nailed down, without ever actually recording a note, thereby neatly bypassing the ridiculously tricky 'music' part. Genius.

2 showers a day and a complete change of clothes!!!
Is there any time left for recording?
 
A quick lick from the dog - and I'm in there, booting up that machine!!

I rinse my hands. 

timidi


I rinse my hands. 

That's completely over the top!!

Speaking of showers, I love showers. I prefer them over my pool. well, ever since I built my outside shower. Haven't showered inside in about a year. Best part of a shower is the nose blow afterwards:)

Hey timbo we also have outside showers in the UK 
 
We just call it rain:)

My studio is in the dungeon.  It is a dark and dismal hole in the ground.  Bodies of bugs crunch under your feet as you walk.  People with working nasal passages, those with delicate sensibilities, and folks with a sense of self-preservation stay far away.  Needless to say, my wife hasn't been down there in 12 years.

It's not a man cave.  Such a place would be a palace compared to my studio.  Big, burly men have been known to seek therapy and sob like babies after spending an afternoon in there.  I practically have to be dragged out.

Shower before recording?  I need to shower afterwards.  Dress pretty for recording?  I'm doing good to wear sandals.  Shave before recording?  Definately not. 

Repulse all of humanity?  Yes.  Yes, I do.

My studio is in the dungeon.  It is a dark and dismal hole in the ground. 

You're a lucky man.