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2015/10/06 17:34:41
Rain
Well, I actually I have one but it's tucked away in a closet somewhere. I guess I'd have to find another one, identical, because my brain seems to require a certain kind of symmetry for most things. At any rate, I prefer candles. Plus, they smell so good. I'm thinking of finding an incense burner to alternate scents a bit. 
 
But I think that, besides some additional sound treatment and, later on, replacing the carpet with a hardwood floor and maybe a fine turkish type of rug, I'm done setting the mood and creating an inspiring environment - for me anyway.
 

 
For a while recently I toyed with the idea of painting everything black. But black paint has a way to make things look cheap-ish if you're not careful with it... 
 
Besides the Marshall stack which I've planned on getting for live gigs, the only thing missing is an acoustic and/or a nylon string guitar (I've been meaning to get back to classical guitar for a while now). I mean, I could get better monitors, but the Mackies are okay, and for my purpose (writing and demoing) more than sufficient. 
 
The white Les Paul studio seems to be THE guitar I've been dreaming of for years, and and with coil-splitting, it's actually very versatile. The Epiphone Thunderbird is everything I want in a bass. So that settles that. And, even though there are far better and more expensive solutions for DI recording, the POD HD300 is more than enough for me.
 
So I seem to have reached a point where I don't envy other people's setup, and all the fancy gear. My own minimalist setup is very representative of me and how I work. It's MINE. The only thing I envy from other studios I visit is acoustics. And I'll work on improving just that in here, though I have no illusion that the potential of this room is fairly limited. But that's just that.
 
As it is, my wife is scheduled for hip surgery at the end of the month, and we'll be working on new music together in here for the next few months, while she recuperates. We have a producer really pushing for us to release some material, which is nice. Obviously, once we're ready, we have access to a proper studio with nice recording rooms, for drums and guitars and all.
 
And we also have a couple of band projects, which should keep us busy enough.
 
I've always been an addict of those studio pics threads, so, you guys feel free to throw in a couple of pics of your workspace - I always feel it reveals some aspects of people which you might not know otherwise, and it's just a nice excuse to drool over gear and stuff. :P
2015/10/06 17:56:04
BobF
Very nice space you have there!
2015/10/06 18:02:37
SteveStrummerUK
 
 
Great job Krist
2015/10/06 18:08:36
synkrotron
Nice
 
Tell me, is that a glass of Rhesus A Negative in the wine glass by the mouse mat?
 
FWIW, here's mine (nowhere near as sexy as yours):-
 

 
 
2015/10/06 18:14:16
craigb
No lava lamp??!  Blasphemy!
 
You need to get two - probably something like one of these:
 
  

2015/10/06 18:17:47
synkrotron
craigb
  
 



Definitely this one..........
2015/10/06 18:19:55
bayoubill
I need lava lamps. Do they come in purple?
2015/10/06 18:37:52
Rain
synkrotron
Nice
 
Tell me, is that a glass of Rhesus A Negative in the wine glass by the mouse mat?
 
FWIW, here's mine (nowhere near as sexy as yours):-
 

 
 




Well, that's some pretty awesome gear!
 
As for the glass... LOL
 
It's Sainte Croix, a cheap wine I buy at Trader Joe's. But I like it. Back in Quebec, I used to buy this exact same wine for $12 a bottle. Plus taxes, so around $14 a bottle. 
 
Here, I get it for $4.99, so it's not even a luxury. 
 
The studio doubles up as a study for me after 11 pm - that's when I grab a few books, a glass of wine, a couple of crackers and spend a couple of hours reading and listening to music. It's a very fine environment for that too, I must say.
 

2015/10/06 18:43:57
craigb
Is there a pentagram on the floor too? 
 

2015/10/06 18:52:22
synkrotron
Rain
Well, that's some pretty awesome gear!



Thanks
 
No monitors though... Just not practical at the moment...
 
Rain
It's a very fine environment for that too, I must say.
 





It does indeed look very "cultured," if you know what I mean
 
I've just had to google "The Classic Midrash," so I am now a little bit wiser than before
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