Building A Recording Studio In A Ghost Town (Part 1)
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I went logging! This week I finally started a project I've wanted to do for the past 5 years. It involved getting A LOT of specific wood, which took me to Washington to meet up with my friend Jason of Mt. Baker Mining. There, we headed to his property, collected some downed trees and went to the mill!
The result was a bunch of beautiful new lumber and the start to building a recording studio at Cerro Gordo.
If you're interested in getting involved with the studio, email: studio@cerrogordomines.com
Check out Jason's other videos: / @sjforestproducts
Check out Haley's music: / @sloppyjanemusic
More behind the scenes action on Instagram: / brentwunderwood
Cerro Gordo T-Shirts and more: store.cerrogordomines.com/
Mailing Address: PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545
Thank you all so much!!
If you're interested in helping with the studio project, feel free to reach out! studio@cerrogordomines.com
Hi there , why not consider turning some of those scrap pieces into sound diffuser panels for the studio.
Would love to find and donate an acoustic drumset to the studio ! Couple guitars and a harmonica or two and you could recreate the music played in the 1890s!
Unfortunately, and I say this because I'm a building contractor in Northern California, since Cerro Gordo is in California, all that lumber will have to be graded by a certified lumber grader before you can use it in any building or structure. Finding one close to your location may, or not be, as difficult as it is in Northern California, but either way, your building may be delayed because of his or her schedule. It is just another California regulation that seems to me as an overreaching government bureaucracy. Not to mention frustrating as heck. They may cull some of your lumber I'd it doesn't meet their requirements so be prepared to lose some of you lumber. I hope it works out for you in the end because you are a good guy and U really enjoy your videos.
@@dasfootIt will split and shrink in low humidity environments.
@@JeffreyKB It's better to build it and then get necessary approvals after if anyone demands it.
Hey wood worker/carpenter here. Make sure you sticker all your boards. Meaning, put small pieces of scrap wood in between every layer of boards. This lets the air get in and the boards dry out equally which stops the boards warping. Even if your wood is dry this is a good practice.
Excellent point. Makes sense too
That’s what I was thinking too! He didn’t have them separated for air flow to dry.
32:43 shows the wood stickered
@@treswaldman9147 and @jeremyxman Correct. It was done!
Good to see Jason from mbmm helping you out. He seems like a great guy.
Great guy indeed!
Kudos to Jason, a real wingman
I remember leaving a comment to one of his videos a couple or more years back telling him about Ghost Town Living. I'm really glad he got in contact. He was a perfect ally in this whole Cerro Gordo thing, with all his knowledge of mining and precious metals etc.
He definitely is a real stand up guy, he loves passing on his knowledge of everything he knows. He's the type that enjoys teaching and educating. His channel is pretty cool too
Love Jason’s channel, it’s just so laid back😂
Love this story. However, I was cringing when that young lady had her hair draped over the spinning chain saw. VERY dangerous.
Yep, it could have scalped her. That would sure mess her looks up. Hair will not grow back once the scalp has been ripped off.
One little mistake is all it takes.
@@janettesweet6087 Agree, worst case it could of yanked the chainsaw blade back into her face as it scalped her. Fortunately that didn't happen. Hopefully she or her companions see this and be aware of hair and loose clothing around spinning machinery. It's is not forgiving of carelessness even for a photo op.
21:55 was beautiful too
let her learn..........
I was thinking that too! Anything for tv
My Daddy was a tree topper and trimmer for 37 years. and when i was young sometimes id go to work with him and my gosh how i miss the smell of fresh cut tree's and getting saw dust all over me, Dad is gone now, but the smell of that wood stays in my mind forever. you haven't really lived till you go to the forest and cut a log and smell it. it stays with you for ever and you look at lumber a whole new way.
I’m a wood worker and would love to volunteer some of my time to come up to Cerro Gordo. I can bring all my own tools and help build furniture, put in flooring, whatever you need. Lmk if that’s something that you’d be interested in. Love what you’re doing!
Jason has got it going on. His attitude to the sustainability of his property is brilliant. Beautiful trees need replacing and not exploiting.....and the fact he has planted 15,000 seedlings is fantastic. Nice work Jason!
This made me miss when I used to live on Vancouver Island. The pacific north west is one of the wettest places ever, but it has some of the most beautiful summers anywhere
Appreciate that Jason has sustainability in mind! Our forests must be protected.
Protect the forests so that they can burn for 3 months straight every year and choke us with the smoke!
Beautiful!
Dear Brent: As someone who's been following your story since the beginning, and who fascinated with Cerro Gordo, an outdoorsman who loves hiking, climbing and camping, AND, as a lifelonog musician, ... I now will be dreaming of recording there. My bucket list has changed once again!
Is this Robert Plant ?
I agree, I live in Ohio.. I love my woods and streams and green places... meeting at least 1 epic Sequoia is on my bucket list. Brent is on the way, I love this place. Worlds biggest ghost town, more than a million virtual citizens
Oh, I LOVE that .... Cerro Gordo is such an amazing, special place, and the vision that Brent is carving out chip by chip into reality there is SOOO inspiring. The reality is that life circumstances will probably make it impossible for me to ever get there in person, from South Africa, but it is so cool to be able to think of myself as a "Virtual Citizen." NICE! @@chadmiller7460
Professional musician from Germany here, also watching the videos since the early beginning and I’d love to come to Cerro Gordo someday 😊
@@markvanderstelt8999 Yes my son, shall I autograph something for you?
You are truly the embodiment of the old adage that, a journey of a thousand miles, starts with a single step. Thank you for taking all of us along with you. These videos are truly inspiring, and they are building a community. One can not do better than that. Until the next time, may the fates smile on Cerro Gordo, and her group of dedicated caretakers.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate notes like that!
@@GhostTownLiving you sir are well worth all of it and then some.
You're a good dedicated man to that beautiful lil town
I do have one idea, for the scrap wood in particular, you could use the smaller pieces that are harder to find uses for, and make picture frames. You could even use these picture frames to display pictures of all the people involved in the building of Cerro Gordo over the years, and your favourite memories.
The most interesting person in California does some work with the most interesting person in Washington state. I know this is going to become an amazing project!
As someone who's grown up in western Washington it is so cool to see you visit Jason and hear your perspective on the forests and see the places I've spent my whole life in on your channel
It's beautiful up there! Never been around trees like that before.
@@GhostTownLiving I love it here! You need to come back and do more exploring. We have a rainforest, tons of lakes and rivers, and the mountains are amazing! I have a tough time being in desert areas because it feels so bare. You have mountains around you, which I like, but flat desert is not my cup of tea.
Same
Agreed, having grown up in Skagit Valley then moving to KS, its always awesome to see home through a different lens.
Washington is a beautiful place
It's great that You Tubers around the world are now getting involved with each other's projects and sharing content. It makes for great diversity. I can see the day when Cerro Gordo becomes a popular filming site considering the attention to detail that is going into making the town look authentically old.
There are endless numbers of crafts that could be encouraged at Serra Gordo, Wood Carving, Blacksmiths, Tree Planting,
Permaculture, the list goes on 🙂
As a musician (and one very interested in the West at that), I am ECSTATIC to see this project come to Cerro Gordo! I really hope to make it out there someday and create beautiful art in such a beautiful place!
Man, I absolutely love that! I'm a woodworker and drool over that stuff. In high school I worked at a cedar shake mill and worked harvesting downed cedar trees to be flown out by helicopter in shake blocks. The smell of cedar absolutely gives me a charge! You drove within a quarter mile of my house on your journey south. I would love to seen and helped create stuff with you, but I love to create with anyone! I can smell this video so much! Can't wait to see! I use scraps and all in my projects!
Yep I grow up around cedar trees and mahogany on family land...never forget the smell of cedarwood lol
Jason rocks and timbers too
What a lucky person you are: You sure have made some true friends. And you don't talk about money. You just get told come and help salvage. "What a bonus".
Thanks for sharing this very exciting story.
Would love to hear your new studio, Brass Band (The missing Note). All ears..
What a great guy Jason is!
Sitting place .A place to keep food.The smell is beautiful ❤ lucky people.
How cool to source that wood from a beautiful forest where that tree can now live again in great use.
You're absolutely the best Mr Underwood ,thank you for bringing us another exciting chapter in the Sierra Gordo's future.
Wow, thank you!
Brent you ARE cerro gordo now your love for the town and its preservation is fantastic, in 100 years the town and hotel will still be there and with your chapter in its history being told to the future generations
Thank you Brent ❤🙏👏👏
Imagine being able to walk around the forest and be confident there's no snakes or spiders. I can't even walk into my house and have that kind of confidence (Australia).
I worry about the same thing but I live in the armpit of the south aka South Carolina.
Not to mention Drop Bears :)
There are snakes and spiders and black bear and mountain lions
Come for a holiday to nz
@@Blue_Dingo Those must be the worse 😺
What a friend you have... Awesomeness job Jason. 😊 there just something about that raw woood
Nothing like PNW old growth wood. I used to live in Tacoma and had a house built in 1910 with old growth lumber. Sturdy as heck and I feel like that house will still be around in 100 more years.
This also reminded me of when I was a teenager. My dad & I would take a tractor into the woods we had on our Colorado property and get firewood for the winter. My dad would do the timbering and I'd drag out the trees to our truck to take back to chop into regular firewood. That was one of my favorite activities growing up.
the scrap wood can be formed into utensils and then sealed with a food grade epoxy resin. ideas that come to mind are cutting boards and big ol mixing spoons.
the scrap wood with bark make great shelves or even door coverings!
Oooh!! There's a fundraiser!! I'd buy a Cerro Gordo mixing spoon!!!!!!
I cant believe its been 3 years since I have started watching this channel. I love everything about it, the highs and the lows. The new found skills everything is amazing!
Beautiful Video Of Cutting The Trees And Bringing It To The recording studio at Cerro Gordo.
I think you got this going on Brent and Fred and Jason are great peopleto help you thank you for sharing these wonderful people with us and your great video
The Wood Trimmings, Make some Benches, and stools, and maybe a small table for the Hotel ?
Really amazing to hear and see the respect for nature in these videos!
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I can Feel The Passion in every video and see the 100% in action and want you to know how inspirational you have been to many of us. 🙏💕😇💕
Be sure and store it spaced so it all dries evenly and doesn't warp! Can't wait to see where all the extra wood ends up around your village!
The Cerro Gordo community is growing and Brent is looking energized and happy. Great to see! ❤
That's a serious woodchuck, chuck. Have a great week and God bless amen.
3,5 years ago, you’ve bought a ghost town and started uploading videos on TH-cam, 3,5 years ago my son was born.. just now I realised, that literally I was looking forward to each and every episode as a sort of a spiritual gateway. Your videos have helped me to stay sane during the lockdowns and keep going at attempting to be a good father even when it seemed impossible. I would always think, that my problems are nothing compare to what Brent is facing and dealing with! This channel and I assume the Cerro Gordo town itself seem to have some power to help other people. After all these years, even from Europe, I do feel myself a part of a community and a family all centred around one man and his ghost town! Thank you Brent, for being an inspiration to so many of us. At least you are a true inspiration to me.
I hope, that one day I will bring my son to a thriving town full of interesting people, where I would be able to stay and explore the mines, read a stoic book in the library and take one of them crazy hikes with my son and hopefully meet you in person and shake your hand!
Love from UK
OH MAN! I've been a drummer at heart. I would LOVE to come smash out some rhythms at Cerro Gordo.
Haley has long since been a pioneer in her own right , a true musical visionary
I was 19 when the channel came up, and watching this on the other side of the world really makes me want to go there not just a visitor but also to be a settler. The vibe of the current town is just right my alley, chill and scenic.
I hope you can visit some day.
When the American Hotel opens Brent will need a cook or barkeeper for a session. Maybe you can work out an deal: Working in the hotel for some month and living there. And if you still love the place after the months there you might find a home in Keeler.
@@GhostTownLiving check out the comment below suggesting wooden spoons be made out of some of the scraps. I would LOVE to buy a Cerro Gordo wooden spoon!!!!!
Seeing all the sawdust there makes me think of turning that stuff into compressed wood briquettes, perfect fuel to stock up with for the winter, and as it's a waste product, it's free, just needs squishing under pressure with briquetting machine... :)
AWESOME! GOOD JOB EVERYONE!
What an educational video! It's awesome to see the tree to the mill .. I can't wait to see the studio 😊
I love this. Using salvaged cedar will assure that studio lasts even longer than the original cabin.
I so enjoy witnessing your personal growth and appreciate that you are vulnerable enough to share it. There is joy in the journey! Even with setbacks, hardship and challenges you have persevered and are stronger for it.
I'm glad to be seeing a new episode of
Ghost Town Living and see the beautiful
scenery of the area there and Thank You
very much for your videos.🤠👍🇺🇲
Amazing to see! Great content and I'm so happy to see the progress! That being siad, whoever that women is, she just oozes toxicity!!! Stay well clear!
I can’t wait to help in any way possible in June! Coming back again and would love to continue the cutting firebreak around the bunkhouse!
Opening the truck up the smell must of been gorgeous. Beautiful wood
Hi Brent more fun.🎉❤
Good morning from New Zealand ❤
Yer another kiwi watching nice
Yes sir. Where you guys from?? I'm in hamilton😂
Northland haha
Hello! Greetings from America
@@jimbobkirkwood828 Taranaki
It's so cool to know this recording studio is built with wood 30 min from my house. Some day, I'll make it down to feel the grain. Thank you for this amazing video.
I've cut a lot of trees in my life, but I've never dropped one as big as those. I'm jealous.
As a sawmill operator, musician and someone who just got back from the Sierras/Vegas area (wanted to stop by so bad!) I greatly enjoyed this video! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
BRENT!!! Cool🤟😉
I like how you got a huge appreciation for the work that went into producing all that wood that was originally in Cerro Gordo as well as the new wood you're going to use. Cool!
Jason is a hard working miner, not to mention a good ol boy.
It’s really inspiring to see the once boom town turned ghost town resurrected once more! I’m convinced your vision and dedication will bring the boomtown back. Cerro Gordo lives again! Happy Saturday Brent!
Jason, what a great thing for Cerro Gordo, Brent & friends...What perfect "ACOUSTIC" woods for a recording studio..... can't wait for all the education you continue to
share💪🎶🎵🎧🤙🤠
Really fun watching the journey.
The people you’re meeting along this journey are incredible! Love the channel from Houston!
This is the best of both my worlds. Making music and ghost town living
I never knew where the term skid row came from! Now I do 😊
I’m a lighting guy so I say make some lights out of those wood scraps! 👍💡
It does my heart good knowing that you all are mindful of the affects of over-logging. Thank you for being so respectful when you harvested your wood! 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🥰
Brent, a suggestion for some of your scraps is to perhaps incorporate a piece of your NW wood into each room of the hotel. Maybe a lintel (lintol) beam for the doorways into the rooms, maybe the room numbers engraved or burned into a small piece of wood for the rooms...also maybe bookshelves for your hotel or the mine library you created some time back. For bookshelves obviously the wood needs to be varnished so any sap or moisture doesn't damage the books. Lots of things you can use your scrap wood for. Best of wishes for success full continued journeys and adventures with Cerro Gordo.
Someone get this to Brent so he sees it!
I really admire the love and respect with which you progress this project. Its an abject lesson in how Artistry, Ethics and Love will see Cerro Gordo become a huge success because we are all so invested in it, and you Brent. You deserve every success coming your way. 🎉❤❤🎉
Abject means miserable...
Maybe you meant Object?
"This tree is 131 years old and was just a small sapling the time when Cerro Gordo had its last boom. " Love the perspective you weave into your videos, Very cool!
Hi Brent hope you're doing great !
Awesome video! Got to say I'm super jealous of Jason! Dude Gold mines, smelts,wood, and TH-cam calabs on the best channels? Man must crap success!!!
So ironic, normal hard work man!!! 💪
Good evening 🌆 from Nottingham, UK 9.20 pm
The whole process of cutting down trees, milling them and making them into a cabin seems so fulfilling...
Also, Maybe use some of the Trimming for Signs, Frames for photos, and / or Paining frames?
i love the fact that you are taking us on journeys like this. Besides the hotel, i feel like you are trying to rebuild Cerro Gordo how they did back in the day and use old-growth wood. Thank you so much for these adventures!
I love it when two of my favorite TH-camrs collaborate. This video was so cool.
Where did the gold nugget come from? That wasn't explained in the video.
I'm sooooo glad you took the 'scrap' wood with you.
❤
This is the one of the first women I have seen on this channel besides the jewlers. We like to build and explore too you know!
This was awesome. As someone who grew up in the city and romanticized nature, this bridges the gap between what is possible and how much more there is to learn and see
Love seeing the footage of those forests. I live up in Washington, I can actually see Mount Baker itself. Nothing quite like walking through those old growth forests just covered in ferns.
With the scrap wood, I feel like you could get someone to make some amazing stands for some of those mineral samples you have brought out of the mine.
Jason is awesome. Talk about a responsible logger.
I am ALWAYS amazed and greatly impressed in how you make things happen!!!
It’s called, putting it out there, whatever it may be that you want and then focus on it. Tell enough people and they’ll help.❤
Brent is the most humble man I have ever seen. I can't express enough how awesome of a person you are, and what an awesome storyteller you are.
Just ordered your book and wait to receive it...I've been watching and subscribed from the beginning...absolutely love your videos!
Love from AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
Awesome! Thank you!
Solid! Would love to see what musicians create here! Provokes creators to think outside the box quite literally. Love it!
Jason!! He's crushing it!! Guy just grinds
Beautiful. Our youngest son & DIL settled in Seattle & love it. Beautiful country in NW WA state. And I am 2nd gen Southern California born (Mother was born in the Imperial Valley, desert in SoCal, on family ranch, in 1919). I love the semi-arid climate here. Blessings, Brent.
Super informative video….you and Haley make a great team!
So glad you took some of the off cuts and odd pieces. As an artist, I see so much beauty in it. Also it is in keeping with the town. ❤️from Michigan
I’m not sure how I stumbled onto this channel but I cannot get enough. Thank you so much for showing us the process of building Cerro Gordo.
Got your email - keep truckin' man - you are doing something super cool and we love it!
What an adventure! You have done such a great job. I am excited to see what is coming next. Hugs and blessings always
I've added an item to my bucket list. Someday I hope to spend time at the Cerro Gordo hotel and paint watercolors of the beautiful views.
What you are doing is beyond words in my opinion. Keep the history alive and at the same time paving the way for a new modern chapter in the history of that place.
Yessir
Love it!
I'm sooo happy that Jason is only logging or salvaging dead, dying or fallen trees and is replanting to help reforestation. There are way too many stories these days of complete destruction of nature but this is amazing to see. 👌👏
God bless you for your vision and staying power