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The Recording Studio: Sky, Clouds, and a Room to Make Music In

June 1, 2026 · Forest Sanctuary

BJ cut acoustic tiles into a sky of clouds, hung a summery glass light, and filled the room with acoustic and electronic instruments — a studio you can come learn about and schedule time to gently enjoy.

The Recording Studio: Sky, Clouds, and a Room to Make Music In

June 2026

For a long time, the little room off the chapel was just a room — a place where things got stored, where the old instruments waited, where the acoustics were honestly not great. We knew what it could be. We just had to get to it.

BJ got to it.


The sky and the clouds

He started overhead. Acoustic tiles, cut and shaped into a sky — soft billowing clouds set into the ceiling, the kind of thing you lie down under and feel your shoulders drop. It isn't only pretty. The clouds do real work: they catch the hard reflections and let the room breathe, so a voice or a guitar sits in the air instead of bouncing off the walls.

And then the light. BJ hung a glass lighting piece — a fabulous, summery thing — that turns the whole room golden when the sun moves through it. It's the kind of light that makes you want to stay a little longer. A very summery, inspiring space, is what it is.


The instruments

The studio holds a wide range of acoustic and electronic instruments now — things to learn about, things to pick up and try, things to schedule time with and gently enjoy. Guitars and strings, keys, a few surprises. Nothing behind glass, nothing you can't touch. If you make music, or you want to learn, you can come, see what's here, and book a little time.


Come make something

The room is open the way everything here is open — freely, by donation where there are real costs. Come learn what's here. Schedule a little time. Bring a song you're working on, or just sit under the clouds and see what comes. We built it to be used.

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