BUILDING STUDIO IN PALAYE BOTSWANA AFRICA

Hi everyone We have been working on the studio and things really taking shape. We have managed to mount the soffits and have insulated the whole control room and hopefully shall be putting the ceiling boards soon.

I have really enjoyed watching the progress of your build. I wish you the best.

Hi every one Hope every one is alive and kicking :D Sluntbutt thanks for the veiwing adn the well wishes, i have also enjoyed working on this studio. I am having fun and learning alot for all this. I was afraid to even start, but i am glad i did. We have been busy working, last night when i wanted to upload some pictures the power went out in my village. We have covered the control room with the black cloth and we are have also managed to block mount the stage (couch area) with block board. WE have also put ceramic floor tiling on the floor, unfortunatley wood flooring is very expensive in Botswana, so ceramic flooring is a cheaper option for me. i think tomorrow we shall be putting up the ceiling boards in the control room. Sorry for the poor quality images, will try and clean the lense for tomorrow. I am looking for a desk, does any one have a ready design to share? Thanks Moemedi

Looking good moemedi, here is a desk that i designed and plan on building for my studio. you are welcome to use the concept. just resize it according to how you see fit (my sizes shown are not completely correct so i dont recommend following the dimensions.). your lense looks like mine aswell, haha, wonder if the fibre glass has anything to do with it?

Hi every one. Long time, we too a short break, been working too hard. We where working on the ceiling boards and have now covered the control room. so both the rooms are now covered. In covering both rooms even though we are dont fully done, there is alot of reflections. I spoke to DJO (the brother in Mozambique) and he said he had put up some clouds to solve the refections, so I will look into it too to see if i can put up the clouds to reduce the reflections. I shall be having some people coming to put carpeting on the stage (couch area) in the control room, so that i am sure will reduce reflections too, but i think clouds will help or solve the problem. Hey Prelude2June, thanks for the desk, i think really nice. is it possible to send me some images or the skt up document to look closely at. I am still looking for desks, if any of the massive have designs to share, not that i dont like yours Prelude :D, just what to see what out there. Thanks to you all and keep well :D

Hi everyone, hope that you are all well. We have been busy as usual. I went to Francistown a city that has a total trip length of 400km. and its was work the teip because i think i bought more than enough wood to cover the area. We managed to varnish the wood that covers in the control room so tomorrow we work on the booth.. I think we tryied the best we could, we varinished with a varinih called Light Oak, let me know what you think:D THe pic below show the progress. later Moemedi

Hi everyone IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK. THANKS JOHN. We have been busy working at the same time John and his crew where working on moving the forum. I have tried to keep up with taking pictures of the build, so i will be uploadig a number of images that show the build. hope that we have been on track. later

more pics that where taken while we where not broadcasting

Here are some more pics from the build. I am sorry that the pics are dark, i was trying to be creative so they didnt turn out the way :D but more pics will be coming in the morning, when its morning here in Africa, just in a few hours.

more pics

hi every one, hope you all are doing good. We are in summer here and it is hot hot hot hot :oops: But we have been working in the heat. we have painted the soffits faces, just felt a little crative, i enjoy just watching it. the people who fit the sliding doors came and put the framing, the glass is still to come. let me know what you think. later moemedi

MOEMEDI, WOW What else can a person say Nice job on the finish work. Cant wait to fire up the speakers I bet Peace Tom

Nice! Andre

It's beautiful moemedi :thu: it's so african :):) cheers john

That is it, it looks so unique to your country. Good looking work!

Hi Moemedi, ZEBRA's !!! Looks great and a nicely documented build process! Hope it starts making those ruff-riddims shortly! Marius

Hi Guys Thanks alot , glad that you like what we have done, i love it :D , i cant even believe it, its like i am dreaming or in a place far far away. I was really scared to start but once we started the fear went and courage came and we had to do what had to be done. I love it and i cannot stop saying thank you to JOhn, Glenn and all those that are involved. I believe that it will change my life and my community because new artisst from my village will be discovered. I cant wait to get it working and kicking some ruff riddims. Thanks Again to you all Moemedi

Hi everyone had to go to the city to get the guys that put the carpet and we managed to put up some clouds in the CR and booth. The carpet covers the space between the sliding door, the booth and the stage area. it really looks great. WE also put the couch into the couch area and it looks smashing. i love it totally. I just need a deak design now, there is one i have seen , but dont know the name of it but would really like to make this one. i will make a sketch of the top and maybe some one has the design measurements. thanks to you all. Moemedi

ruffriddims wrote:

" its like i am dreaming or in a place far far away."

From where I sit, you are in a place far, far away :)

Looking really really good mate. I'm getting close to finishing mine now and I know exactly how you are feeling. Out of interest, what monitors will you be using? Keep up the good work. All the best.

Fantastic, Moemedi! Looks beautiful! I recently built a corner desk, but the Sketchup file is too big for the forum. It's not exactly what you specify, but it's close, and you can modify it as needed. If you want a copy of it, PM me and I'll send it to you, just give me an email address.

HI thanks for your comments everyone! I am glad that you all like it. Its really great how the internet can bring us so close together even when we far far far way from each other. I am going to use m-audio BX8a, maybe i should have bought more expensive monitors but that we will use for the next project , just have to use what i can afford for now. JWL, i think i have sent you a PM, hope that you got it, never used it before so i hope it worx. Hey thanks again guys and after 3 years of working on this studio, i am glad that its looks closer to starting than ever. Later MOEMEDI

This is terrific! I've been following this thread in the back ground since the beginning. Yes, it is very African, but what else could it be? When creative people have a creative task at hand, no matter if it is music or building, we put our heart and SOUL into it. It is so good to see peoples creative expression on this forum. From an idea, to a plan, to a build, and into reality. It is very exciting. I wish your community all the best and I believe there will be many many many people benefit from your skills, talents, time money and effort. God bless.

HI every one its been a while since i added new pics showing progress. the internet has not been working well, but i have tried to keep the pics upto date. Thanks Drumdrumdrumdrum glad that you like the studio too. It has been a long road to get where it is and for alot of time i can believe that we have actually built the studio. Every time i get into the studio and i say wow, we have really done it, yes we have done it and it really looks great. I think that it will take some time of getting used to it, the feeling and everything. Even Max the Carpenter cant believe it too. Every day we are like, "Heish this studio is NIce!!!!" BUt like i said, i cant thank enough the people that have supported us in building this studio, Glenn, John for coming up with this massive design. Thanks to Djo in Mozambique too for all the information he continued to give me to get my build done too. THANKS A TRILLION!!! I have added some pics. We are putting some finishing touches on the studio so its little details that we are working on, like painting the doors. WE are also waiting for the sliding door glasses that we hope will be coming this week. Thanks to you all. Later Moemedi

HI every one hope that you are all well and good, the studio is still in progress and things coming together real nice. I have been debating with myself if i should paint the soffit, (area not painted or not.) i think i will end up painting it in black. just worried about spoiling everything but i think that black may work. what do you think? Should i go for black? i want to paint black. I think the glasses for the sliding doors will be coming and will have them fitted. , but we are basically almost done, except the table, we still need to sort that out too, but my friend max the carpenter has gone to zim to check his family. later Moemedi