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Jimi Gunns’ Brewhouse Music Studios

LOM Staff Reports
Being a musician means needing a space to house the or night. Rooms are rented on a monthly basis with the
tools of trade. It’s also handy if you can find a spot that first and last month’s rent paid up front at the contract
is far enough away from complaining neighbors so that signing.
you can use those tools at the volume level they were
designed for.

Jimi Gunn used to run a band rehearsal space and
recording studio called the Skoolhouse Studio in an
abandoned school house on South Grand. As space
started to fill, Gunn looked for something roomier. The
solution came in the form of the abandoned warehous-
es in the Lemp Brewery. Christening his new residence
as Brewhouse Music Studios, Gunn relocated to the

Jimi Gunn, Family man, Entrepreneur, Environmentalist.

The Lemp Brewery is also home to Brewhouse Music
Studios, a full-fledged, professionally built and bal-
anced studio. Gunn owns top notch outboard gear
from Neumann mics and an Avalon preamp to Yamaha
NS10M studio monitors and Avid Pro Tools to achieve
the top-quality sound that you are looking for to cap-
ture your performance. Brewhouse Music Studios also
specializes in professional mastering, an often over-
looked but vital component of the recording process
historic spot and set up shop in the brewery as the that brings your recording up to the volume and the
rental space All Night Rehearsals. Bands can make use quality standard that is prevalent in the music industry.
of the historic neighborhood and commercially-zoned Those who are in the know also use Gunn as the go-to
location to achieve ear-splitting levels at any time, day for vinyl mastering and pressing services.

Reggie and the Full Effect Missouri’s American Rock Band
LOM Staff - Wayne Bell
A Saint Louis original (Des Peres) and Audience members are constantly sending
now a Kansas City Favorite, born the drinks to the stage. Also known as Common
son of a Methodist minister running Denominator and Fluxuation, Reggie’s associat-
the streets of St. Louis County. What ed acts run from Slipknot to Chemical Romance
is the Full Effect Reggie? An Amer- and New Found Glory. With songs from What
ican rock band, the solo project of the Hell is Contempt, Get Well Soon, Take Me
James Dewees, keyboardist for The Home Please, to Your Girlfriends Hate Me, there
Get Up Kids having released seven will never be a pause in the entertainment when
full-length albums, the latest in 2018, Reggie takes to the stage. The band is currently
and has toured with various associat- on their multi city 2018 tour.
ed acts. Alternative rock, pop punk,
emo and post-hardcore makes for a
diverse show with audience members James Dewees – lead vocals, piano, keyboards,
occasionally stripping down and synthesizers (1998–present); drums (1998–2004)
throwing their clothes onto the stage. From the moment of taking the Jeramiah Pauly – lead guitar, backing vocals, Lance Claypool –
stage Reggie engages the audience with conversation, keeping them rhythm guitar, Vincent Caito – bass guitar, Michael Hansen – drums
in the palm of his hand until the last song plays.

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