Dark Pines Studio/DM Mobile Blog

We got somewhere between 1″ and 1.5″ of rain yesterday! WOOO HOO! Looks like we’ll finish the year off around 9.5″ to 10″ short. That’s not bad, considering that at Thanksgiving we were about 14.5″ short. It sure makes it difficult to get a lot done, and it’s sloppy, slow, slogging in the mud, but […]

Well… not sure if we’ll get to moving the PA into the studio to check for vibrating panels or not…
We’re expecting about 2″ of MUCH needed rain.
With that much water coming down, it’s going to make it a major issue to get gear out of the storage building and into the studio.
On the subject of […]

The South Wall is COMPLETE!!

The North Wall is COMPLETE!!
The plan for tomorrow is to grab the PA (tops and subs) hook em’ up… grab a beer and CRANK IT UP!…
I’ll do some low frequency sweeps and hit it with some program material to see if I get any buzzes or rattles before […]

The north wall is almost done. I WILL finish it tomorrow!

I hope all that celebrate Christmas have had, or will have had a very pleasant and peaceful Holiday.
We took the day off to be with family.
All of us ate way too much, but enjoyed it immensely. We had a very special present, in that we also prepared a Christmas meal (and a few extra’s to […]

I keep promising pix and not delivering, huh?
Well… it’s been rather busy. I’ll definitely get some up today…
Yesterday morning was spent getting tools out to the studio, getting lumber in the building and getting recording gear together.
I started framing the big opening wall yesterday. I didn’t get too far on it for having to bail […]

OMG… Christmas season has definitely hit the area…
Rude drivers, congested parking lots, insane traffic, and last minute shopping husbands… yes, I went shopping yesterday.
I knew it was gonna be bad, but I had no idea just HOW bad…
I talked to Rod about having the concrete contractor cut a control joint in the junction of the […]

Sorry, no pix this morning. We had to go to the funeral home last night.
My wife’s last Uncle passed. A super guy and anyone who knew him, will miss him.
I’ll snag some pix this morning before it gets silly.
Let’s just say we played Inspector Relay Tag yesterday and leave it at that…
The net results are […]

The block mason had to wait until it was at least warm enough to mix mortar this morning. The low was 22 last night.
Once he got here, we went over the prints and figured out where the doorway was going. It was a bit tricky getting the exact location and size in the location, but […]

Hopefully a full bed for the lounge pad to sit in… THAT’s what!
That’s right… I need ANOTHER 16 tons of 6/7 gravel. Well… I take that back. I don’t NEED 16, it’s more like 10-12. Again, I have a 5′ wide handicapped walkway to put in and a 16x 30 parking pad to put in, […]