25/08/2022
Oh hey! This place doesn't exist anymore!
This was a basement-office-turned-into-music-studio I rented a few doors down from our last apartment in New York City! The folks who owned the building were very nice, and I was the only tenant who would ever be in the building after 5pm, so it was a pretty good deal.
I made a bunch of good music here, and the seeds of a few major musical projects were sown here, one of which is scheduled to be released by Netflix next year. I did stuff for other Big Name podcasts and streaming services too, so I can say that it was a success overall.
It was damp in that basement! Too damp. The owners provided a portable dehumidifier, but it wasn't enough to save some of my electronics. My computer started getting weird a few months, which ruined at least one recording session and definitely made me seem less than professional on a couple of other occasions.
Renting this place also made me feel obligated to take on all customers and clients, and this led to a few sessions that were outside the bounds of what I would normally want to be doing.
But it was ultimately a blessing to find an under-market space on the block where we lived. The folks who ran the building were very nice. They did charity drives and stuff. And it was fun to have a place where my friends could come over and not be worried about being too loud or goofy late at night.
Unique experience for New York City. Also so damp it ruined my computer. Overall rating: 6/10
