It’s sad but true — not all who make music have access to record it — a problem Jack Antonoff is eager to solve. Taking to Instagram to share his intentions to make recording more readily available, the musician/producer/ songwriter extraordinaire announced his plans to build public recording studios in several LGBTQ+ youth shelters across the United States.
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The Bleachers frontman, who has famously collaborated with Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and many more, said that after learning how best to build studios, “a large part of the next chapter of my life” would be dedicated to launching a “Public Studios” initiative to democratize access.
In his post, Antonoff expressed his joy for being able to produce anywhere – from his home studio to hotel rooms and even on planes while on the road. That being said, Jack said his life was “changed in a recording studio” and that “it’s time to share that with those who might not find themselves there otherwise but need to be.”
He continued, “I plan to spend a large part of the next chapter of my life bringing these spaces to people who wouldn’t have access to them. Public studios available to those who aren’t priced out. It’s going to take time and a lot of resources but over here we have a plan that starts with working through the Ally Coalition to build studios in LGBTQ+ youth shelters. From there, our plan is to build these spaces, pay for maintenance and engineering and let the centers give out the time slots for people to use them. From there we can start to expand into cities once we have it happening.”
Antonoff revealed that his reason for announcing the endeavor early is in hopes to raise awareness and ask for help. “Anyone who believes in this and has resources that can help should please reach out as we get this off the ground,” he wrote, adding that people could contact the effort’s organizers via studio@theallycoalition.org.
Jack concluded his post by addressing “all the commercial studios I love,” noting, “This concept is strictly for those who can’t afford studio time in those spaces so it’s my belief that this is helpful to our spaces as well”.
See Jack’s full message below.