Making Records with Eric Valentine - Flood Update!

[@PatFlanigan]

I live not so far from Vermont and we also had flooding in my basement during that time! Not a fun cleanup! My home studio project had to be put on indefinite hiatus… but happy to learn that everyone is safe on your side!

[@icysasakimusic]

Good news you and family and the barn is safe and dry. 🙌🙏

[@Richard_P_James]

WOW! Never a dull moment at The Barn!! Amazing that the dog just managed to get out in time, and that the studio was totally unharmed.

[@davidcummins3005]

I am really glad that you, your family, dog and studio made it through this.

[@UdiKoomran]

Good luck dear Eric I admire your positive attitude and resilience

[@Himynameislarry]

I’m glad everything worked out. I truly love this channel and all the knowledge you’ve shared over the years, it really means the world to me. Looking forward to see what other great stuff you have on The way!

[@bluematrix5001]

Good to know you, your family and max are good, thanks God under the circumstances all is pretty good.

[@mikewolfe9458]

Glad everyone is ok and that things can be repaired. All the best to you all!

[@Thirsty_Deer_Studio]

Glad you and the family are OK. I saw Grace posting. and was like oh shit Eric's studio. I knew you'd keep the family safe. Glad you didn't lose any gear

[@TimDolbear]

holy shit dude! After dealing with 2 floods in my studio when it was back in Los Angeles, I feel you. I had standing water, you all have a river. The feeling that morning of opening up my studio's front door and taking a step in and hearing squish under my foot before I turned on the lights...

[@reesbroomfield_SS2_Recording]

Glad you made it Eric. Sounds a lot! Curve balls everywhere these days it seems. Thanks for sharing!

[@johnbowman3630]

Eric! Thrilled you are ok and I thank God. I'm stoked for future ProDecons, man, hopefully a 3eb one soon! (The Wombats - Tokyo is also a killer song) Your breakdowns and interviews are true masterclass-level stuff for us budding producers. Keep on trucking brother, you've no idea how much I appreciate the quality and attention to detail of 'Making Records'!

[@PeterBracrella-bk1dh]

So thankful max and family are safe. Seems like no major damage to house and studio. Nice job Sagan!!

[@noahdinsdale257]

We experienced something similar not too far away in Canada- Flash floods are so dangerous and I'm glad everyone is safe. I hope your insurance company is sympathetic too!

[@craigligman]

Flooding is the worst, glad you got through it and looking forward to new content from the studio!

[@oceansiderecordingstudio]

You need to stockpile sand bags. Glad your all ok. Great to see you again.

[@EDEN-LIMINAL]

Glad to know you and your family (Max included!) are safe, Eric. The barn is too safe and dry 👏🏻

[@lestudioproaudio]

Holy Crap! I am glad you are all OK. Best of Luck to You!

[@TehSyneS]

storms were nuts even here in South Africa! Glad the barn survived the worst!

[@lahattec]

Eric, when you rebuild the stream bank, be sure to place many fast growing plants, like willows, (if they will grow in that climate) on the wet side to help protect that stream bank.

[@mrwev]

Totaally!! Everyone is saying that is the best way to stabilize the soil.

[@sdanis]

Sorry to hear about all this flooding my friend. Glad to see everything is under control and everyone (including the doggy) are ok. Looking forward to the big announcement!

[@TrueFallacy]

Happy to hear it’s all still dry - Can’t wait to hear what’s planned!

[@vincentvanhaperen6761]

Hi Eric, That looks terrifying! I'm glad you're doing well and that the barn stayed dry. I don't know your exact situation, but maybe you could consider the Dutch approach to future-proofing your land? In the Netherlands, the trend has been to not only build higher dikes but also to create spaces where water can safely go. Since our country is a river delta, we've had to prepare for large amounts of water at once. We've deepened and widened river beds, created substantial floodplains, and built alternative channels to manage sudden water surges. You might have already thought about this, but I wanted to mention it. Good luck!

[@anazro1]

My wife and I have a place in Chester VT ever since Irene it’s been almost a yearly occurrence, glad the barn looks ok

[@AdamGotheridge]

Super sorry you had to go through that, and will probably be dealing with this episode for a long time. Sure is a beautiful place of nature though. Thank goodness the barn was spared.

[@breakburrito]

Eric, the creek will overtop that bank again after rebuilding it, so you may want to consider building a bypass like was done in downtown Napa. Basically just dig out a channel following the course the creek took across your meadow and then perhaps install a ~6' diameter culvert pipe under the gravel road leading to the barn. Would not be cheap, but this could potentially alleviate the overtopping around the main house while keeping your gravel road from washing out completely.

[@mrwev]

Yes! we're talking about regrading things so the river can have a path back to itself before the bridge/road.

[@pietrozikik]

Glad to see you're OK!

[@CarstenGoeke]

Man. Phew. All the best ✌🏻

[@adambowers7482]

Mad. Looks like the beginnings of a hydro-electric set-up though...

[@mimidhof2179]

You maybe should make some contention wall outside the studio at least 2 feet thick from 4 feet deap into the ground up to 3 to 4 feet high above the ground all around the studio and home too. Nature is very unpredictable and very strong. The state should help to secure your property. This is why you pay taxes. They should certainly make riverbank maintenance. Those trees looked like they were allready fallen on the ground from long before the flooding trees without leaves and that black... It doesn't happen in one night. They should probably manage the riverbank so that trees don't cut the river flow. I hope you find the knowledgable peoples to help you with that. Are there maybe insurance consortium fund for such kind of disasters? I hope these thought help. All the best and keep on with the good content Eric.

[@brendenrobertson]

Best of luck!

[@anders_wall]

Hey guys! Any news? Curious about those announcements.

[@nrehk]

Great to hear!

[@zaphodrahja]

I'm sure if it's a fraction of the trouble you went to with the control room and studio, it will be the best riverbank reconstruction in the history of riverbank reconstructions!

[@EricChesek]

Oh man. That's so unfortunate. I'm glad Max and family stayed safe.

[@dolovfm]

Wow glad you and family are ok. You certainly are in a big nature area.

[@S.K.166]

Wow holy crap, glad you guys including Max are alright!!

[@thechrisricci]

Welcome to New England! I've been trying to get out of here for decades...

[@morbidmanmusic]

Don't. You'll regret it in so many ways. We have so much made here.

[@aidanod]

Wow, Glad to hear that everyone and everything is okay there! Hope your friend with a digger can flood proof the studio a bit too. Incidentally, I just finished watching your last Q&A video, your discussion around your ‘ideal’ control room design reminded me of BOP studio in South Africa - Sound on Sound have an article and some video on here about the design of the place if you aren’t familiar with it already. Amazing stuff.

[@mrwev]

Just checked out BOP. VERY COOL!

[@matthewthomson1995]

Yikes. Welcome to climate change and rural living. My family has a property near the Oregon coast with a small creek flowing through it, last winter the creek turned into a huge raging river almost flooding our neighbors house. The erosion from the river is becoming extreme and we will need to rebuild the creeks bank and a retaining walls. I feel you and will be doing similar work on our property soon.

[@twitterjesus]

Glad you and the family are safe, I thought you maybe were thrust into a album project and were just to busy for a update. Lets make some records!

[@mrufino1]

Oh wow, so glad you are all safe. That’s a lot of water. I’m sorry you are dealing with that. Did you ever think you’d become an expert on river routing and such? It’s very cool that you have so many helpful neighbors though. Vermont has such a cool vibe.

[@mrwev]

The community here in the mad river valley is the absolute best. Everyone really takes care of each other here :)

[@hummarstraful]

When I saw the title of the video I said "oh no." Well, at least the studio didn't get destroyed. But that's a big mess to clean up. I wish you and your family nothing by good fortune going forward.

[@stephentyler4352]

You should incorporate the sound of the water rushing through your property in a future recording. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. ☀️

[@bobbyarthur-yf3yf]

Sand bags on stand by will help a lot

[@toddkelly6181]

Ugh...glad to hear the studio was ok! Careful you're not bringing a bunch of mold spores into your house on those dried carpets/fabrics though. You don't want that...

[@drewleclair1281]

So glad everyone is no worse for the wear!

[@studiodude1]

Might need to do some re-grading and some new drainage trenches on the property.

[@mrwev]

Yes! we are talking about all of that stuff. Definitely going to dredge out the swail behind the barn and we might create a new path back to the river before the bridge for when it jumps the bank again.

[@jakesenkow7684]

So the flood was a blessing! How else would you have tested for THAT! Mysterious ways and such…

[@onemic-theminimalist]

Wow, so sorry that flooding has now been added to your to-do list.

[@patrox247]

Question for Eric: Would you be willing to tell the story of how you were able to obtain the unobtainable and mythical J37?

[@LesonDeson]

That's insane, should I fly to Vermont to help?

[@hesselvisser6552]

If its an annual happening, you could dig a river crossing your land and a lil bridge to cross it, so it won't (nearly)flush your house or studio every year😁 Well, that was easier said that done haha.. Good luck anyway

[@MattSalamone]

You can add Civil Engineer to your resume now that you've re-routed the flooding 😀

[@ywryrwyrwyrwyw]

😮

[@soulflower8687]

Can we have a John Bonham "When The Levee Breaks" tie in ?

[@GuitarFromTheTomb]

Production Decontruction - good charlotte already!! Please! Something off of Chronicles

[@studiodude1]

So, I assume the barn must sit on higher ground than the house?

[@mrwev]

Yes by alittle bit and it is much further from the river then the house is, thankfully :)

[@diggerd6489]

Largest cigarettes I’ve seen 😮

[@wyrlismike]

off topic eric but i gotta ask, for tracking drums do you prefer the class AB neve preamps like a 1081 over the class A 1073,1084 etc..? a lot of people say they're snappier. like if you had both in a rack and you're doing a full setup for rock what would you choose? 3EB sounds amazing to this day and read you used 1081s

[@remedydrums2]

dude!

[@hesselvisser6552]

Just another record with Eric Valentine...

[@lahattec]

I guessing your county assesses your place as being in a flood plain. Best of luck next time! :) Oh, and I know you're a sound guy, so.... VIDEO HORIZONTAL. Stupid Tiktok. ;)

[@mrwev]

yeah sorry about that. I took those videos specifically for a social media post Grace needed to do and then ended up using them for my post. Vertical is so awkward on youtube haha!

[@DomSimpsonDrums]

Don't kill the dog is one of the first rules of story telling. Thank Lucifer Max is ok.