Bowerbirds to Record Next Album in DIY, Off-Grid Studio (Maybe)
Sami Grover Living / Culture December 11, 2012
Kickstarter/Video screen capture  Real bowerbirds like to make
things and plant flowers, all as part of an elaborate mating
ritual. So it's probably no accident that the critically
acclaimed fold duo of the same name also like to make beautiful
things surrounded by nature.  They are currently in the process
of building a DIY solar-powered recording studio in the woods of
North Carolina.  From a repurposed lifeboat turned solar-powered
music studio to a high-tech fully professional studio powered by
the sun, this isn't the first time we've seen musicians stepping
up for clean energy. But it might be the first time that it's
been done as a grassroots effort being funded by their fans.
It's also the first time I've seen such efforts connected to the
very simple idea of owning less so you can make more:  For us,
nothing was more gratifying for us than the process of bringing
a song or a painting out of