NAMM “Bonzai Beat” Features John Storyk
John Storyk is seen in front of Electric Lady Studios in NYC. Photo by Howard Sherman.
In the latest installment of the Bonzai Beat, Mr. Bonzai chats with studio designer, architect and acoustician John Storyk.
Watch the video, read the text and check out photos here:
https://www.namm.org/blog/john-storyk-professional-studio-designer-architect
What It’s Like to Be a Professional Studio Designer and Architect?
So, what does it take to build a professional recording studio from scratch? Architect and acoustician John Storyk – founding partner of Walters-Storyk Design Group who’s built over 3,500 world-class audio/video production facilities around the world, including Jimi Hendrix’s studio in New York City – has a few pointers on the matter. In this episode of Bonzai Beat, Storyk shares his career experiences, the skills you need to work as a studio designer, tips for building a small-budget studio, plus his thoughts on serendipity and why retirement, for him, is out of the question.
For more information on John Storyk:
https://wsdg.com/company/people/john-storyk/
Mr. Bonzai is an award-winning photographer, author, and interviewer. He has written more than 1,000 articles for pubs in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has published numerous books, including Studio Life (Mix, 1984), Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew (Mix, 1992), The Sound of Money (Focal, 2000), Faces of Music (Cengage, 2006), Music Smarts (Berklee Press, 2009), John Lennon’s Tooth (BookBaby, 2012) and the forthcoming Record Plant Diaries. http://www.mrbonzai.com
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