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Hotspur๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

So...my neighborhood library reopened today after a year of renovations. Of course, I ran over as soon as I could.

The place is cleaner, a fresh coat of paint, new carpet, new windows, some rearranging of the floor plan. There's now a soundproofed Teen Room and a computer room for tutoring or distance working. In the basement there's a new history room, a rehabbed meeting room....and the big surprise....TWO RECORDING STUDIOS.

Yup, my local library has recording studios, complete with mixing boards and all that stuff. One of the volunteers there told me that they anticipate converting them to video in a few years. Now musicians can record demos, or locals can do a podcast, or their own YouTube content.

You have to take a (free) class on how to work the studios and their equipment, but otherwise the studios are free to anyone with a library card.

Damn, that's cool.

#Libraries

29 August at 0:36 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
17 comments
Misha Van Mollusq ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ โ™€
Steven Brady :maryland_badge:
George Dinwiddie

@Vagrarian
You might be in Catonsville; am I right?

29 August at 2:04 | Open on mastodon.social
Hotspur๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
George Dinwiddie

@Vagrarian
I read about the new library. They called Catonsville the music center of Baltimore, but I associate that with Paradise, just inside the beltway.

Of course, Iโ€™m old enough to remember Billy Kemp and the Paradise Pickers. ๐Ÿ˜

29 August at 3:59 | Open on mastodon.social
Carolee

@Vagrarian

Following because I am a UMBC alum from the olden days, and I would love to hear whatโ€™s shakinโ€™ in old Balto, hon! HowbowdemOes?

29 August at 4:15 | Open on mastodon.scot
EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:

@Vagrarian
Here in #YEG, the downtown library has an amazing #MakerSpace and I've spent a lot of time there #sewing. Although I have all of the necessary equipment (except a serger) at home, I can accomplish so much more in that space. The Cricut machine is especially popular and the recording studios also see a steady stream of visitors.

29 August at 2:08 | Open on mstdn.ca
DoomsdaysCW
ErgonWolf

@Vagrarian Forget the recording studios... your library has rooms you can lock teenagers in that are soundproofed? Like you can just turn the bolt and walk away and ignore them???

I WANT THIS FEATURE AT MY LIBRARY!!!

29 August at 2:40 | Open on pawb.fun
BassRck5000
astroPug
Manc AvGeek

@Vagrarian
Woah, that's... pretty awesome!
Wish my local library did that!
Actually, mine has been shut for 2 1/2 years for renovations as part of the town hall rebuild, so who knows?
Okay, I doubt it, but I can dream...
@ErrolNZ

29 August at 5:59 | Open on social.teamb.space
Josh

@Vagrarian That's pretty great. My library had a big refurb a while ago which added a whole bunch of instruments into the music section. So what before was a quiet room of sheet music and the like became a bustling musical room with lots of young people messing around having a go on instruments and stuff. It was a jarring change for a few minutes but that quickly gave way to seeing how awesome it was! And in a big space, surprisingly unobtrusive.

29 August at 8:54 | Open on mastodon.social
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