The Making of Studio V

Posted on January 30, 2010

A few years ago Erin came across an ad on the ever so hit or miss craigslist.  An artist was subletting a studio over the summer for cheap.   She had just finished photo school and booked a few shoots.   It seemed like it could work.  We decided that if we could make back the cost in the studio it would be worth it.

Erin doubled the rent in 1 shoot.

It was a closet. Well bigger.  But it was small.  It was also less than a 5 minutes walk from our apartment.  It was just a few months.  But it was great.  We had a place to leave things setup so a shoot didn’t always include setup and break down.   Erin put her name on the waiting list.

About 3 years later she got the call.  The studios have opened a new floor so space had opened up.  We looked at a few of the studios and really liked ours.  So, we’re back in Somerville at Vernon Street Studios. What’s nice about working an industrial space is that we get to do pretty much anything.  It’s also rough because we took over a space after years of painters it would seem.  Hardened piles of paint, dust, grime, dust, plaster dust and more.   After a bunch of coats paint, a few trips to furniture shops, some pulleys, paper stuffed mini-car and more than one near ladder death experiences, we finished hanging the lights as we opened the doors (and after an all nighter… I thought those ended in college).

Check out the photo gallery of us making the most of our space.  We’d like to give a special thanks to my parents and Noah Bidgood for helping out building the place.

-jk





The Deli Launch Party

Posted on January 29, 2010

The Deli Magazine is the latest publication to focus on the Boston music scene. Meghan Chiampa is the editor of the New England edition and does an AMAZING job not only publishing a great site but also setting up local shows. Meghan and I started working together about 4 years ago at the North East Performer Magazine. She is deeply involved with artists and musicians in Boston/Cambridge and is a constantly interviewing musicians and thinking up great new ways to promote local music. Check out her personal blog at http://meghansland.wordpress.com/ and The Deli at http://newengland.thedelimagazine.com/ for frequent updates about music in Boston.

Here are some images from the Deli Launch Party held at the The Middle East Upstairs – November 28th 2009





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