What a week its been. If youd asked me a week ago what wed all be doing today, I would have confidently answered: Doing a chill recording session at MCFK with Ghostpal, and then hiking on over to Emet for a crazy musical blowout. Now its May, spring is truly here and things are changing. Emet is closed, probably for good (RIP, gone too soon). And on Wednesday, MCFK was hit by a devastating flood, the largest weve ever seen, which tore through the studio and decimated our carpeting. Thankfully, I was there doing a session when it happened and we were able to salvage all of the instruments and equipment. Nothing was really lost (other than a whole bunch of industrial carpeting), and it couldve been much worse. But it really was a reckoning for us. At that moment as I watched the waters pour in from all sides, I knew deep down that we could never put ourselves, our music and our livelihoods at risk in the same way again. It was time to pack up and move on, to newer horizons, taller ceilings, and bigger dreams. As much as I had come to love the space on McDonald Ave with all my heart, I knew that if we stayed on account of sentiment, it would ultimately mean our undoing. Although I was mostly pretty shattered and shell-shocked from the experience of watching the floodwaters ravage everything before my eyes, Bernadette and I immediately sprung into action and started visiting potential new spaces for the studio. Although nothing is 100% yet, I believe we may have found the space for us, and we have made an offer. We will certainly keep you updated as news becomes more concrete. The new studio will certainly be a massive step up from the last one. Were looking at the long game now. The first thing we do, on moving in, will be to build. Really build a gorgeous customized studio to our own eccentric specifications. Really build a home for Mama Cocos, the studio, the collective, the community, the scene. It will be an arduous process, but we will meet the challenge with wide eyes, open hearts and above all good humor. It will be sad saying goodbye to the space on McDonald Ave. Well continue running sessions out of there over the next few weeks as we make our next moves. Im deeply confident that this is all a blessing in disguise though, and the move out can only be a giant leap forward for us all. Without the catastrophes of this week, we would never have been forced into the inexorable forward march that will take us now to the next frontier. If Ive felt and said it before, its never been truer than now: MCFK lives and dies on the love of its community, and if it wasnt for the village of beautiful souls I feel rallying all around me, I would have certainly given up a long time ago in the face of adversity. Its been hard going mounting this utopian and idealistic vision without much funding and experience. If it wasnt for each and every one that has recorded at the studio, danced at the showcases, listened to the records and joined us in our fever-dream, there would be nothing at all here. Now and forever, I am in your debt. I would like to close this post with tonights I Ching reading. 59. Dissolving Using a horse for rescue. Strength brings good fortune. Word. Love, Oliver
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 02:38:45 +0000
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