"So that studio served its purpose, and still is working very well for other people right now"
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There is an unusually calm kind of pride in that line: not the chest-thumping “I built this” energy, but the musician’s version of legacy - the gear still gets used, the room still makes records, the signal chain still carries somebody else’s idea into sound. Sherwood frames the studio less as a trophy and more as infrastructure, which is a quietly radical way to talk about creative ownership in an industry obsessed with individual genius.
The phrasing does a lot of work. “Served its purpose” sounds almost clinical, like a tool returning to the drawer after the job is done. That understatement is the point: it sidesteps nostalgia and avoids treating the past as sacred. Then he pivots to “still is working very well,” shifting agency from the artist to the space itself. The studio becomes an engine with an ongoing output, implying good design, good maintenance, and - more subtly - good stewardship. It’s not “my studio,” it’s a functioning node in a larger ecosystem.
“Other people right now” lands like a small ethical flex. In a culture where creative spaces get hoarded, sold off, or turned into museums of one person’s myth, Sherwood is signaling continuity and usefulness. The subtext: if you really believed in the music, you’d want the room to outlive your own sessions. The context likely sits in that familiar musician lifecycle - building a personal workspace, moving on, and choosing whether it becomes dead capital or a living resource.
The phrasing does a lot of work. “Served its purpose” sounds almost clinical, like a tool returning to the drawer after the job is done. That understatement is the point: it sidesteps nostalgia and avoids treating the past as sacred. Then he pivots to “still is working very well,” shifting agency from the artist to the space itself. The studio becomes an engine with an ongoing output, implying good design, good maintenance, and - more subtly - good stewardship. It’s not “my studio,” it’s a functioning node in a larger ecosystem.
“Other people right now” lands like a small ethical flex. In a culture where creative spaces get hoarded, sold off, or turned into museums of one person’s myth, Sherwood is signaling continuity and usefulness. The subtext: if you really believed in the music, you’d want the room to outlive your own sessions. The context likely sits in that familiar musician lifecycle - building a personal workspace, moving on, and choosing whether it becomes dead capital or a living resource.
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