Post Open House Mystery

Hallway

The open house held here at the studio last weekend was a great success. It coincided with the Songwriter's Festival here on Music Row, so we got to play host to a multitude of songwriters and artist hopefuls. Many new friends were made over those two days.

As I gave tours and showed off our studio, I also answered a lot of sometimes bizarre questions too. I think my favorite question was who the lady was in the etched glass window that separates the drum room and the front hallway.

Etched Glass Lady

So I guess that means we've got a mystery on our hands: Who is the woman depicted in the etched glass? I really don't know much about the history of this building. I do know that it was supposedly built in 1911, but I have no idea if the glass is original. I doubt that it is original, since it appears that the glass was put up in a previously existing doorway. I've been told that this place was once a hair salon before Brown Bannister turned it into a studio. After that it was home to a publishing company called BME.

How cool would it be if this blog reached out to someone that can answer this mystery? Well, I'll tell you, it would be very cool.

The Landscape Before Time

Landcape (after)

In the music business, having a "golden ear" is considered a good thing. Unfortunately, there are times when a "green thumb" is also necessary. I don't profess to have either, but what I do have is often referred to as a "sore back".

We've been busy with the landscaping surrounding our studio for the past couple of weeks. I guess it'll always be a work-in-progress, but we've progressed a lot in that time. We've got several new plants and what looks like a small Christmas tree planted below our front porch. If only the neighbor's dog would stop leaving presents around the Christmas tree...

Here's a picture of what things looked like around our front sign before we got started with overhauling our outside vegetation. (Pimp my garden?) At one point I had suggested we purchase concrete statues in the shape of bushes and plants. It turns out those are really expensive. We continue to struggle with a couple of bushes in the front yard that appear to be half-dead. I've been applying what I understand to be plant medication to them, so it's a waiting game to see if they'll pull through. I could always cut-off the dead parts and tell people it's a bush-sculpture of Pac-man, or a pie chart.

The push for the extra shine to our studio is in part motivated by the Songwriter's Festival coming up this weekend. As I mentioned in a previous blog entry, Vibe 56 will be open for anyone interested in checking out our facilities. We'll be here from 10 to 6 on both Saturday and Sunday (17th and 18th), and would love to give you a tour of our (now even more) beautiful studio.

For more information on this year's Songwriter's Festival please visit:
www.songwritersfestival.com

Hope to see you there. I mean here. Whatever.

...and please don't mention the bushes, especially if they are made out of concrete by that time.