Great North Sound Society
All photos by studio owner Sam Kassirer
A recording studio in Maine
Owned by Sam Kassirer
The Great North Sound Society is a recording studio and accommodation situated in an 18th century farmhouse in southern, interior Maine. It consists of a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house, attached barn and an attached carriage house which has been converted into a 600 sq., 16’ ceiling live room.
As a studio, GNSS was designed as a retreat style facility, where bands and solo artists can have plenty of time to explore ideas without feeling like they are quite as “on the clock” as many hourly rated studios.
The house itself is a post and beam structure built in 1790 that still has many of its original wide floor boards, horse plaster walls and staircases. The attached three story barn is unfinished but sometimes used for recording. Similarly, the many rooms of the house are often put to use as tracking rooms. The house also contains a full kitchen, living room, backyard and two porches.