Bridget Kearney with Lake Street Dive Continues To Build Her Songwriting Toolbox In A Studio Space That Gives Her Unplugged, Creative Vibes

“One thing I really love about Great North Sound Society is that you can stay on site, it's a great place to hang out and then there are these two specific rooms that are primarily music making rooms. So, you also have a sort of focused area. It's like okay, now we're here and we're working on the record and all that fun stuff we did last night is over and we're working on the record again,” said Bridget.Lake Street Dive has a big heart for Maine and continues to come back year-after-year to perform in Portland. They will be performing this fall at Thompson's Point. I was just in awe that they had recorded one of their most popular albums here in the great state of Maine at Great North Sound Society.So how did Lake Street Dive find out about this awesome studio in Maine? “We knew Sam a little bit from his work with the Josh Ritter band. We're all big fans of Josh's music. We knew that Sam had had a big hand in what some of those records sounded like. Then, we heard that he had his own studio, which is remote, in Maine, kind of deep inland, like outside of town. So it sounded like a really great place to get away and kind of focus on the project of making the record, which for me has become a big part of how I like to make records. Making it kind of an event that is separate from your day-to-day, separate from what touring life is like and separate from what home life is like. You go to the studio and you're really able to kind of just stay in that zone for the space of the recording to take place,” said Bridget.She shared with me that the most important thing to her when picking a studio to record at, is the vibe. There is always a concern for technical capabilities, but how the studio feels will always be top priority.Her experience at Great North Sound Society, has been truly one-of-a-kind and she enjoys the vibe it brings. She continues to utilize it every once in a while as a writers retreat and who knows may she will come back one day to record a song or another album. Lake Street Dive recently came out with a new album called Obviously and a bit of their track Hypotheticals is featured at the end of the episode.To learn more about Lake Street Dive please visit their website and Instagram. If you enjoyed this Makers of the USA episode, please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Facebook. Please check out Makers of the USA's YouTube channel, Facebook and Instagram. Thank you all and stay safe and healthy.