SHOW OFF YOUR STUDIO

MusicTech Tell us more about your studio?

Steven The studio is built in an extra-wide shipping container in Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s completely moveable. Someday, it will live on a beautiful farm I am a part of in the Snake River Valley in Idaho. I’ve built a few studios around here. I think each one has taken years off my life. The idea was to build one last studio for myself and cart it around to wherever I end up. I just finished it in April. It was an insane project.

MT Why did you decide on such a low desk? What are the benefits?

Well, two reasons… The first is that it’s quite comfortable and minimises the distance I have to fall to the floor in the event of too much whiskey. Second, acoustically, it places my ears away from the halfway point in the vertical axis of the room, reducing some of the acoustic difficulties in building a great room in a poorly constructed metal box with less-than-ideal dimensions.

MT What’s the significance of the skull?

The stag in many mythologies is a symbol of natural power, renewal and rebirth, often portrayed as a guide into the metaphysical world. It’s a charm or talisman of sorts. Plus, I’m an old goth and nothing says ‘old cranky goth’ like bits of dead