In 2021, a local band called Grammerhorn Wren began using available space at Lupinewood Collective to rehearse and store sound equipment. This band, like so many others, had a desire to make high quality recordings of their music. Through connections with other local artists and recording technicians, they began to build out the space to optimize it for rehearsing and recording. After building walls, putting down a new floor, installing sound panels, and testing (and retesting) all of the wiring, this space became what is now EAM Studio. EAM stands for Electro-Acoustic Mechanics, which is an homage to trailblazers of analog recording equipment and studios. We’re a proud member project of Lupinewood Institute, a nonprofit collective of community arts projects working together to build shared resources and understanding between people. Learn more about Lupinewood Institute here.

EAM Studio is a DIY analog recording and rehearsal space for artists in our community to make, record, perform, and distribute music.

We have a well-furbished space for practicing, as well as analog recording equipment and people who can support our community in using it to record. EAM also hosts live DIY events with local and touring bands. We’re inspired by DIY recording studios and want to create a hub for artists to connect and collaborate. EAM is also developing plans to invite visiting musicians for residencies, and to host workshops.

This project is rooted in our desire to create and be part of social and artistic spaces that are collaborative rather than competitive, where projects can benefit from cross-pollination and connection with other artists and musicians. Our studio’s infrastructure has been built from the ground up by skilled volunteers, and the majority of our equipment and instruments are on loan from musicians who use the studio; without collaboration and connection, EAM would not exist in the first place. It is also a place where resources are preserved and conserved, through refurbishing of instruments and equipment, and the maintenance of analog recording technologies. We want to provide ourselves and our larger community with a studio that lives within and expands upon a cultural legacy of DIY recording and production of artists’ creative work. 

How to Get involved

We offer many different ways for musicians (and future musicians) to get engaged with our studio. For individual musicians, bands, and teachers who want to use the rehearsal space to practice on a regular basis, we offer a sliding scale membership from $10–$50 per month. This includes an orientation to all of the equipment available to use, reduced rates to record with us, and the option to take some equipment with you to use at a gig. If you’d like to support us but don’t need a place to practice, we offer sliding scale subscriptions, or you can make a one-time donation. For bands that would like to record with us, we offer time in the recording studio with our studio tech at $40/hour. For members, the cost to record is $35/hour. We use these funds to help pay our recording techs and keep the electricity on to power all of our amps.