While I had some basic building skills, I didn’t have much experience in construction work. Fortunately the Craft people had a lot more experience and promised to help—they would benefit from the soundproofing at least as much as I would, after all! We also agreed to leave the original windowed walls intact because they were part of the original interior design. That would make building the new walls a little bit trickier, but not impossible. 3 Fig. 3: The corridor leading to the kitchen on Craft’s side. Note that there will be two doors blocking sound from this side of the studio. 4 Fig. 4: My studio as seen from Craft’s side. The doorway at the far left is the one seen in Fig. 3, from the other side. 14 RECORDING JUNE 2011