Tennessee: Music Production Studio Opens Inside Chattanooga Public Library
From The Times Free Press
Thanks to grants of $75,000 from Benwood Foundation and $90,000 from Lyndhust Foundation, the library has a professional-quality 24-track studio that is available to library patrons, primarily for learning and teaching purposes.
While musicians will eventually be able to use the facility to record a track or a fairly simple song or podcast, it is not intended to be used in place of a professional working studio, according to Meredith Levine, head of youth services and the studio manager at the library.
“We are not looking to put anyone out of business,” she said.
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Located on the second floor of the downtown library on Broad Street, in what used to be a classroom and closet spaces, The studio is just under 1,000 square feet. It includes a vocal booth, drum booth, a live booth for guitars, bass, keyboards, etc., and a main control room with two computer monitors and speaker monitors.
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