Building A Recording Studio In A Ghost Town (Part 1) 

If you're interested in helping with the studio project, feel free to reach out! studio@cerrogordomines.com

Love this story. However, I was cringing when that young lady had her hair draped over the spinning chain saw. VERY dangerous.

Hey wood worker/carpenter here. Make sure you sticker all your boards. Meaning, put small pieces of scrap wood in between every layer of boards. This lets the air get in and the boards dry out equally which stops the boards warping. Even if your wood is dry this is a good practice.

I’m a wood worker and would love to volunteer some of my time to come up to Cerro Gordo. I can bring all my own tools and help build furniture, put in flooring, whatever you need. Lmk if that’s something that you’d be interested in. Love what you’re doing!

Good to see Jason from mbmm helping you out. He seems like a great guy.

Imagine being able to walk around the forest and be confident there's no snakes or spiders. I can't even walk into my house and have that kind of confidence (Australia).

As someone who's grown up in western Washington it is so cool to see you visit Jason and hear your perspective on the forests and see the places I've spent my whole life in on your channel

I do have one idea, for the scrap wood in particular, you could use the smaller pieces that are harder to find uses for, and make picture frames. You could even use these picture frames to display pictures of all the people involved in the building of Cerro Gordo over the years, and your favourite memories.

My Daddy was a tree topper and trimmer for 37 years. and when i was young sometimes id go to work with him and my gosh how i miss the smell of fresh cut tree's and getting saw dust all over me, Dad is gone now, but the smell of that wood stays in my mind forever. you haven't really lived till you go to the forest and cut a log and smell it. it stays with you for ever and you look at lumber a whole new way.

Dear Brent: As someone who's been following your story since the beginning, and who fascinated with Cerro Gordo, an outdoorsman who loves hiking, climbing and camping, AND, as a lifelonog musician, ... I now will be dreaming of recording there. My bucket list has changed once again!

Appreciate that Jason has sustainability in mind! Our forests must be protected.

You are truly the embodiment of the old adage that, a journey of a thousand miles, starts with a single step. Thank you for taking all of us along with you. These videos are truly inspiring, and they are building a community. One can not do better than that. Until the next time, may the fates smile on Cerro Gordo, and her group of dedicated caretakers.

Thank you Brent ❤🙏👏👏

As a musician (and one very interested in the West at that), I am ECSTATIC to see this project come to Cerro Gordo! I really hope to make it out there someday and create beautiful art in such a beautiful place!

Jason has got it going on. His attitude to the sustainability of his property is brilliant. Beautiful trees need replacing and not exploiting.....and the fact he has planted 15,000 seedlings is fantastic. Nice work Jason!

Sitting place .A place to keep food.The smell is beautiful ❤ lucky people.

Jason rocks and timbers too

It's great that You Tubers around the world are now getting involved with each other's projects and sharing content. It makes for great diversity. I can see the day when Cerro Gordo becomes a popular filming site considering the attention to detail that is going into making the town look authentically old.

There are endless numbers of crafts that could be encouraged at Serra Gordo, Wood Carving, Blacksmiths, Tree Planting, Permaculture, the list goes on 🙂

What a lucky person you are: You sure have made some true friends. And you don't talk about money. You just get told come and help salvage. "What a bonus". Thanks for sharing this very exciting story. Would love to hear your new studio, Brass Band (The missing Note). All ears..

Man, I absolutely love that! I'm a woodworker and drool over that stuff. In high school I worked at a cedar shake mill and worked harvesting downed cedar trees to be flown out by helicopter in shake blocks. The smell of cedar absolutely gives me a charge! You drove within a quarter mile of my house on your journey south. I would love to seen and helped create stuff with you, but I love to create with anyone! I can smell this video so much! Can't wait to see! I use scraps and all in my projects!

Haley has long since been a pioneer in her own right , a true musical visionary

I've cut a lot of trees in my life, but I've never dropped one as big as those. I'm jealous.

You're absolutely the best Mr Underwood ,thank you for bringing us another exciting chapter in the Sierra Gordo's future.

I was 19 when the channel came up, and watching this on the other side of the world really makes me want to go there not just a visitor but also to be a settler. The vibe of the current town is just right my alley, chill and scenic.

Good evening 🌆 from Nottingham, UK 9.20 pm

Good morning from New Zealand ❤

What a friend you have... Awesomeness job Jason. 😊 there just something about that raw woood

The Wood Trimmings, Make some Benches, and stools, and maybe a small table for the Hotel ?

How cool to source that wood from a beautiful forest where that tree can now live again in great use.

The most interesting person in California does some work with the most interesting person in Washington state. I know this is going to become an amazing project!

What a great guy Jason is!

the scrap wood can be formed into utensils and then sealed with a food grade epoxy resin. ideas that come to mind are cutting boards and big ol mixing spoons. the scrap wood with bark make great shelves or even door coverings!

Hi Brent more fun.🎉❤

Seeing all the sawdust there makes me think of turning that stuff into compressed wood briquettes, perfect fuel to stock up with for the winter, and as it's a waste product, it's free, just needs squishing under pressure with briquetting machine... :)

AWESOME! GOOD JOB EVERYONE!

That's a serious woodchuck, chuck. Have a great week and God bless amen.

What an educational video! It's awesome to see the tree to the mill .. I can't wait to see the studio 😊

you are an inspiration

This made me miss when I used to live on Vancouver Island. The pacific north west is one of the wettest places ever, but it has some of the most beautiful summers anywhere

I love this. Using salvaged cedar will assure that studio lasts even longer than the original cabin.

I think you got this going on Brent and Fred and Jason are great peopleto help you thank you for sharing these wonderful people with us and your great video

Brent you ARE cerro gordo now your love for the town and its preservation is fantastic, in 100 years the town and hotel will still be there and with your chapter in its history being told to the future generations

I can Feel The Passion in every video and see the 100% in action and want you to know how inspirational you have been to many of us. 🙏💕😇💕

Beautiful Video Of Cutting The Trees And Bringing It To The recording studio at Cerro Gordo.

Boy she really came dressed to work... In a coffee shop

Hi Brent hope you're doing great !

Opening the truck up the smell must of been gorgeous. Beautiful wood

Be sure and store it spaced so it all dries evenly and doesn't warp! Can't wait to see where all the extra wood ends up around your village!

Jason is a hard working miner, not to mention a good ol boy.

Amazing to see! Great content and I'm so happy to see the progress! That being siad, whoever that women is, she just oozes toxicity!!! Stay well clear!

It's so cool to know this recording studio is built with wood 30 min from my house. Some day, I'll make it down to feel the grain. Thank you for this amazing video.

I’m a lighting guy so I say make some lights out of those wood scraps! 👍💡

I cant believe its been 3 years since I have started watching this channel. I love everything about it, the highs and the lows. The new found skills everything is amazing!

Really amazing to hear and see the respect for nature in these videos!

3,5 years ago, you’ve bought a ghost town and started uploading videos on RU-vid, 3,5 years ago my son was born.. just now I realised, that literally I was looking forward to each and every episode as a sort of a spiritual gateway. Your videos have helped me to stay sane during the lockdowns and keep going at attempting to be a good father even when it seemed impossible. I would always think, that my problems are nothing compare to what Brent is facing and dealing with! This channel and I assume the Cerro Gordo town itself seem to have some power to help other people. After all these years, even from Europe, I do feel myself a part of a community and a family all centred around one man and his ghost town! Thank you Brent, for being an inspiration to so many of us. At least you are a true inspiration to me. I hope, that one day I will bring my son to a thriving town full of interesting people, where I would be able to stay and explore the mines, read a stoic book in the library and take one of them crazy hikes with my son and hopefully meet you in person and shake your hand! Love from UK

Nothing like PNW old growth wood. I used to live in Tacoma and had a house built in 1910 with old growth lumber. Sturdy as heck and I feel like that house will still be around in 100 more years. This also reminded me of when I was a teenager. My dad & I would take a tractor into the woods we had on our Colorado property and get firewood for the winter. My dad would do the timbering and I'd drag out the trees to our truck to take back to chop into regular firewood. That was one of my favorite activities growing up.

BRENT!!! Cool🤟😉

Also, Maybe use some of the Trimming for Signs, Frames for photos, and / or Paining frames?

Really fun watching the journey.

I can’t wait to help in any way possible in June! Coming back again and would love to continue the cutting firebreak around the bunkhouse!

As a sawmill operator, musician and someone who just got back from the Sierras/Vegas area (wanted to stop by so bad!) I greatly enjoyed this video! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

The people you’re meeting along this journey are incredible! Love the channel from Houston!

I am ALWAYS amazed and greatly impressed in how you make things happen!!!

Scrap wood is super handy great to see 👍✌️

The Cerro Gordo community is growing and Brent is looking energized and happy. Great to see! ❤

I'm glad to be seeing a new episode of Ghost Town Living and see the beautiful scenery of the area there and Thank You very much for your videos.🤠👍🇺🇲

Brent, you are amazing

The whole process of cutting down trees, milling them and making them into a cabin seems so fulfilling...

I love it when two of my favorite RU-vidrs collaborate. This video was so cool. Where did the gold nugget come from? That wasn't explained in the video.

This is the best of both my worlds. Making music and ghost town living

I never knew where the term skid row came from! Now I do 😊

OH MAN! I've been a drummer at heart. I would LOVE to come smash out some rhythms at Cerro Gordo.

I like how you got a huge appreciation for the work that went into producing all that wood that was originally in Cerro Gordo as well as the new wood you're going to use. Cool!

It’s really inspiring to see the once boom town turned ghost town resurrected once more! I’m convinced your vision and dedication will bring the boomtown back. Cerro Gordo lives again! Happy Saturday Brent!

I so enjoy witnessing your personal growth and appreciate that you are vulnerable enough to share it. There is joy in the journey! Even with setbacks, hardship and challenges you have persevered and are stronger for it.

Does California allow you to use lumber on buildings without a lumber grade stamp?

You and Haylie should make music for cerragordo atleast a youtube video intro medly

Great video! Keep up the great work!

Jason!! He's crushing it!! Guy just grinds

Jason, what a great thing for Cerro Gordo, Brent & friends...What perfect "ACOUSTIC" woods for a recording studio..... can't wait for all the education you continue to share💪🎶🎵🎧🤙🤠

Awesome video! Got to say I'm super jealous of Jason! Dude Gold mines, smelts,wood, and RU-vid calabs on the best channels? Man must crap success!!!

I have an old walnut tree that fell over and sitting on the roof corner of the kitchen.

-25:07 Yon girl has her forest hiking boots on.

Love it!

Super informative video….you and Haley make a great team!

That recording studio is going to be beautiful!!! 👍🇺🇲

HUrray, ssooo nice to follow the wood all way!

Brent, a suggestion for some of your scraps is to perhaps incorporate a piece of your NW wood into each room of the hotel. Maybe a lintel (lintol) beam for the doorways into the rooms, maybe the room numbers engraved or burned into a small piece of wood for the rooms...also maybe bookshelves for your hotel or the mine library you created some time back. For bookshelves obviously the wood needs to be varnished so any sap or moisture doesn't damage the books. Lots of things you can use your scrap wood for. Best of wishes for success full continued journeys and adventures with Cerro Gordo.

Just ordered your book and wait to receive it...I've been watching and subscribed from the beginning...absolutely love your videos! Love from AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺

Jason is awesome. Talk about a responsible logger.

You could definitely make a table or two out of the scraps or a couple benches, another thing you could do is use epoxy and make something cool out of it

I really admire the love and respect with which you progress this project. Its an abject lesson in how Artistry, Ethics and Love will see Cerro Gordo become a huge success because we are all so invested in it, and you Brent. You deserve every success coming your way. 🎉❤❤🎉

i love the fact that you are taking us on journeys like this. Besides the hotel, i feel like you are trying to rebuild Cerro Gordo how they did back in the day and use old-growth wood. Thank you so much for these adventures!

I'm sooooo glad you took the 'scrap' wood with you. ❤

God bless you for your vision and staying power

Love seeing the footage of those forests. I live up in Washington, I can actually see Mount Baker itself. Nothing quite like walking through those old growth forests just covered in ferns. With the scrap wood, I feel like you could get someone to make some amazing stands for some of those mineral samples you have brought out of the mine.

I never knew those things about wood/trees! Definitely can’t wait for bands/musicians to use it. Hopefully there will be some listening parties and concerts in the future? :)

Solid! Would love to see what musicians create here! Provokes creators to think outside the box quite literally. Love it!

I've added an item to my bucket list. Someday I hope to spend time at the Cerro Gordo hotel and paint watercolors of the beautiful views.