Not everyone who makes music has access to recording studios, and Jack Antonoff wants that to change. In an Instagram message, the Bleachers singer-songwriter, who has collaborated with Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, and countless others, said that after learning how best to build studios, he was launching a “Public Studios” initiative to democratize access.
“I plan to spend a large part of the next chapter of my life bringing these spaces to people who wouldn’t have access to them, public studios available to those who are priced out,” he wrote. “It’s going to take time and a lot of resources but over here we have a plan that starts with working through [Antonoff’s charitable organization] the Ally Coalition to build studios in LGBTQ+ youth shelters. From there, we will have a network of engineers that we will fund who will train people at these sites….
