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January 27th, 2009some pictures from december
December 25th, 2008We have done a few more bits of work since the last pictures were taken, i promise i will update the images here as soon as. The bunker is now fully operational, except for a bit of rubbish to be cleared, the projector to be calibrated, and a few speakers outside of the control room to be wired up. so the Guardians can start rehearsing once again!
we have recorded a few vocals in the booth which sound so good. in the main room we have obtained a lovely red carpet thanks to Wayne and a drum kit thanks to Ross, which we have been experimenting with miking up. it seems to me that a good drum sound is all in the tuning, and less so with the miking. Anyone with any tips please hit us up…..
More pictures as soon as i get back home.
fitting out the control room
December 8th, 2008Here are a few shots from the weekend fitting out the control room. Had a little go on the mic sunday, a good idea of whats to come. put up the last few shelves and laid the carpet in the chill out room also. looking for a tv for chill out room and any other furniture anyone has got, lamps, chairs etc. so if you can help out shout us.
we suspect the plasterboard in the main room is not thick enough so we have ordered another layer to go up on the ceiling before we start using it to rehearse. we stuck a bass amp in the room, wacked on a bit of dubstep, cranked it up then went and stood outside in the street….and it could still be heard slightly, like the stereo of a car in the distance. so we will add another layer on the weekend and see what difference that makes.
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- part of the lighting in the control room
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- stan Gooch banner in the control room
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- vocal booth door
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- control room wall
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- screens, screens, screens
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- part of the desk in the control room
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- full shot of control room
Another weekend of painting
November 23rd, 2008Another weekend, another painting session, plus some carpentry skills from Wayne. we are nearing the event of finishing the work and will soon be able to start using the place. the new soundcard has been ordered and the last bits of soundproofing are occurring, with some niggling little bits of sound escaping the main room, but they shall be tamed. Thanks to Shaun and Tia, Lee F, Frendo and Wayne for their continued hard work this weekend.
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- control room desk
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- new shelves in control room
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- front room looking towards corridor
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- front room looking towards entrance
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- door to main room which is now 75mm thick!!
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- superthick main room door
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- shelves in control room for vinyl
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- tia and her painting
the big paint day
November 16th, 2008On Saturday the 15th November we held a painting day for all who were willing to help us paint the studio. it was a great success, and everybody’s assistance was appreciated, you have saved us so much hassle and given us so much pleasure in the knowledge that human beings can count on each other when it most matters. thank you all for helping us realise our plans, you should all consider yourselves a part of this studio, cosa nostra.
As well as Angie’s wonderful pictures here are some of our own taken on sunday, when we continued in our relentless painting frenzy, and bodged the toilets by painting it green. big mistake.
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- the control room with its olive wall
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- through the doorway into the control room
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- one end of the corridor looking to the front
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- corridor looking to front of building
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- corridor to front of building
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- the front room after a coat of white paint
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- looking into the main room
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- main room
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- door of main room
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- another shot of the main room after painting
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- shot of the main room painted
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- through the vocal booth door looking out into the corridor
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- through the vocal booth door
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- some of the crew during the painting day
angie’s pictures from the big paint.
November 15th, 2008here is a link to some pictures Angie took at the big paint session on Saturnsday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20964797@N02/
thanks Ang.
final stages of construction work
November 7th, 2008here are some shots of the last bits of construction work, including putting on the doors, filling the plasterboards, and getting the lights and sockets in.
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- through the door way into the control room
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- open door of vocal booth
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- sockets in the control room!
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- freshly plasterboarded doorway leading to corridor
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- interior of the main room, notice the new desk being built...
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- interior of the main room
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- lights hanging in the ceiling of the main room!! yay!
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- door on the vocal booth
Construction Part 2
October 26th, 2008plasterboarding the walls of the vocal booth
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- 1st layer of plasterboard nearly done in vocal booth
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- plasterboard going up in vocal booth
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- 1st layer of plasterboard done!
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- close up of plasterboard
Construction-Part 1
October 12th, 2008-
- still knocking old walls down
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- vocal booth stud wall prior to any covering
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- vocal booth stud wall being nogged out
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- vocal booth wall prior to plasterboarding
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- the first plasterboarded stud wall in place!
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- concrete walls just finished!
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- another shot of ceiling timbers in main room
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- another shot of the timbers in the main room
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- more rubbish waiting to be dumped
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- pile of rubble in sacks removed so far....
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- pile of junk waiting to be dumped
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- view from entrance looking towards the main room
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- corridor looking from main room back to main entrance
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- doorway leading into the main room
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- ceiling timbers in the main roon
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- concrete walls in the main room
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- some of the ceiling timbers that have gone in the main room
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- looking into the vocal booth
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- stud wall dividing the vocal booth up
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- the old chipboard wall with the new stud wall going against in
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- this is the stud wall going into the control room to cover the window in there (this shot should be rotated, tilt your head!!)
Demolition
September 26th, 2008-
- dividing wall between proposed vocal booth and main room
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- the dividing wall is finally down!
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- dividing wall looking back towards main room
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- another shot of the proposed main room with the rotten floor ripped up and the chipboard walls down
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- dividing wall half torn down, looking towards control room
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- part removed wall looking towards vocal booth/control room
when we started the first bits of demolition. taking down the chipboard and metal stud walls in preparation for the new block walls.