For many years my studio was wherever I could plug in a computer, some monitors, and my tools.
I never had a space designed from scratch.
I had to learn to work with what was available.
Small apartments.
Bigger apartments.
Houses.
Adapted rooms.
Spaces where, besides making music, I also had to live.
And although for a long time I saw it as a limitation, over the years I understood it was also a school.
Learning to work with any space
Not having my own studio forced me to develop something I consider fundamental in audio:
The ability to adapt.
Every room had its own problems.
Its own character.
Its own limitations.
I learned to listen beyond the space.
To understand when a problem was really about the mix and when it was about the room I was working in.
To look for practical solutions.
To be more efficient.
To depend less on having «the perfect gear» and focus more on judgment.
The moment to build
Today a completely new stage shows up.
After many years working in rented spaces and constantly adapting, the moment came to ask myself:
What would it be like to build a studio designed around my own needs?
The place where I’m currently working is reaching the end of its lease, and after thinking it over a lot, I felt it was time to take a different step.
Build.
Create my own space.
A place where I can keep developing my career for the years to come.
Returning to a familiar place
The construction will be on a family lot located in the Sajonia neighborhood, in Asunción.
A place that means a lot to me.
It’s a neighborhood where I spent part of my childhood and teenage years.
A place I know.
That I’ve walked through.
That’s part of my story.
And it’s interesting because, over time, I discovered that Sajonia also has a very strong connection to the history of recording studios in Paraguay.
There are many important, professional spaces linked to music in that area.
That made the decision make even more sense.
A question I had never asked myself
Something that really struck me during this process is that, after so many years working in my own studios and those of colleagues around the world, I had never actually stopped to think:
If I could design my studio from scratch, what would it look like?
I had always thought in terms of solving.
Adapting.
Making the most of what I had.
But I had never had the chance to start from a blank page.
Now completely new questions come up:
What size does the room need to be?
How do I want to work?
What gear is really indispensable?
What did I learn from every studio I ever worked in?
What mistakes do I want to avoid?
What does the space need in order to support the way I create?
Designing from experience
I think the advantage of building now is that I’m not starting from just an aesthetic idea.
I’m starting from years of experience.
From having worked in different places.
From having heard different rooms.
From having known different workflows.
From knowing what I actually use and what isn’t as important.
A studio shouldn’t just be a place full of gear.
It should be a space that helps make better creative decisions.
A new process
This project is exciting, but it also has its challenging side.
Building takes time.
Investment.
Decisions.
Learning new things.
Working with architects, engineers, and professionals who see the space from a different angle.
It’s a completely different world from producing a song.
But that’s exactly why it’s so interesting.
A new stage
At this point in my career, having my own place represents something more than a studio.
It represents stability.
It represents a new stage.
It represents being able to build a space where the next songs, projects, and collaborations can come to life.
After so many years carrying my studio with me, maybe the time has come for the studio to also have a place to stay.
And the most interesting part is that I’m still in the process.
I’m still figuring out how I want it to be.
But one thing is clear:
This space will be built with everything I learned during all these years of moving around, adapting, and making music anywhere.
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