Roux Magazine (pages 52-56)
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From the street, a tan sheet-metal wall isolates the grounds from passing traffic. But once the turn onto the driveway is made, the pastoral grounds envelop visitors as they drive under the canopy of hundred-year-old oaks heading toward the cafe-au-lait waters of Bayou Vermilion.
The concept behind Dockside was to create an immersive environment for artists. The secluded grounds have everything needed for a band to move in and do some serious woodshedding, knocking out song ideas, tracking parts, mixing, remixing, and experimenting with state-of-the-art equipment and, more importantly, a warehouse of vintage amplifiers, instruments and microphones that set the studio apart from anything else in the region.
More than that, the “move in, make records” philosophy behind the compound — which includes guest rooms above the studio as well as a pool house with its own studio for songwriting and rehearsal — has attracted artists from around the world, adding to the cachet.
