Quick check-in: what’s the biggest thing stopping your creative output right now? Drop a comment with the project you’re trying to move forward, even if it is currently hiding in a folder judging you. Pick the closest one:

The free course is becoming something more useful: The 30/30 Challenge The goal is simple: 30 days to build your creative space. 30 days to make something in it. That space might be a spare room, garage, shed, bedroom corner, office, or whatever odd little rectangle you’ve got available. The first step is to Post Your Room. Before you buy anything, post an image of your actual space. Not the perfect version. Not the cleaned-up fantasy version. The real one. Add: • 3 photos of the space • rough measurements • what you want to make in it • what gear you already have • the biggest problem with the room right now I’ll be using my own room as the example: a former single garage turned into a 3.0 × 5.8m studio and creative workspace. The point is not to build a perfect studio. The point is to make a usable space where you can record, write, film, teach, practise, podcast, create, or finally finish the thing that keeps getting delayed by “I’m not set up yet.” Start here and post your room. #RoomBuild

Let’s start simple. What kind of music are you making, what does your current setup look like, and what’s the biggest thing you want help with right now? Whether you’ve got a full studio, a corner desk, or just a laptop and headphones, jump in and share where you’re at.

Part 1: Planning the Studio This is the first in a series of 10 posts about how I planned and designed this room, from before we even moved in, through to building a functional studio. About 12 months ago, my family and I moved into a new house. Part of the decision to buy it was this room. I knew from the start that it would become my office and studio space. The house is a three-bedroom, two-storey semi-detached home, and this room is essentially a converted garage. The previous owner had used it as a shrine to his favourite AFL team, which made it memorable for reasons both practical and deeply Australian. Image 1. This was the room when we first inspected the house. Not a studio yet, but I could already see the potential. It had laminate wood flooring, dark grey paint, and plenty of holes in the walls where framed pictures had been hung. The room measures 3.0 x 5.8 metres. Image 2. The floor plan showed the room as a 3.0 x 5.8m lounge on the ground floor. Before we had even made an offer on the house, I was already convinced this was the room. I even rushed out and bought some cheap second-hand ceiling insulation, which I’ll come back to in a later post. Once the purchase started moving forward, I began planning the layout. Using the real estate floor map, and my best memory of where the power points were, I made a simple Canva mock-up to work out where everything might go. It also helped me start thinking about what I needed to buy, what I could reuse, and what I’d need to sell or give away as part of the upgrade. Image 3. My rough first pass on the floor plan, working out the room size and main zones. Image 4. One early layout version, back when I thought I might fit the motorbike in there too. In the next post, I’ll share what the room looked like once it was empty, what I tackled first, and how it quickly went from blank space to crowded chaos to the start of a working studio. Have you ever planned out a studio, workspace, or creative room before moving things in?

This community is for people building creative spaces they can actually use. That might be: • a full home studio • a desk in the corner of a room • a laptop and headphones • a rehearsal room • or complete organised creative chaos The goal here isn’t perfection. It’s building a space, workflow, and mindset that helps you keep making things over time. We’ll be talking about: • studio setups • workflow • creativity • procrastination • recording • songwriting • gear • clutter • distractions, and • the strange process of trying to make meaningful things while still living a normal adult life. Feel free to introduce yourself, share your setup, your goals, your music, or just quietly absorb ideas while pretending you’re “still planning things.” Very common here. What are you currently trying to plan, build or create?