I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm finishing building a house and setting up a shop to build custom electronical musical instruments.
I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio.
As an engineer, I tended to maintain my own equipment along with developing the processes for it.
Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.
I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.
I had been building electronic musical instruments since I was a kid.
So for my studio purposes, I know that I'm in my studio with technicians who've done amazing things to my board and to my power amps and I know what I can deliver out of my studio.
I live in such a sweet world in the world of 'Home Improvement' that I tend to be drawn to stuff that's really on the other end of the spectrum entirely.
I've spent quite a bit of time working on wind turbines and exploring control systems and photovoltaic and integration system.
Architects design houses. I live in a home.