Recording Studio Opens in the SOCH Tonight

Are you the next Usher or Katy Perry? Are the future Beatles walking among us? With the grand opening of a recording studio and music practice room in the SOCH tonight, members of the Harvard community have a new outlet to explore those latent musical talents.

Recording room coordinators Daniel J. Thorn '11 and John "Jack" A. Ausick '13 are throwing a grand opening for the new studio tonight from 10 p.m. to midnight in the SOCH Penthouse.

Students can nosh on pizza and swig soda while learning how to use the studio equipment—including state-of-the-art speakers, various microphones, and an assortment of editing softwares—so that they can reserve the room for themselves in the future without supervision.

Afterward, attendees can participate in a "jam session," where they can sing and play instruments in the recording room.

Ausick said that he and Thorn hope "to develop a musical community centered around the recording studio." He said that the studio, which has been open for less than two weeks, already has people lining up to reserve time.

"There was a fair amount of interest just right off the bat," Ausick said. He added that he hopes tonight's event will publicize the existence of the studio more broadly.

Who knows? The next big recording stars might get their start in the SOCH.