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About Studios For Schools

In early 2015 my dad, who was president of the Alumni Association of Santiago High School in Garden Grove, CA, asked for some help to build a recording studio in an unused space in the school. Studio equipment tends to be expensive, so I started contacting friends from bands and labels asking for unique signed records or collections I could auction on eBay to raise money. We were lucky enough to get donations from Dan Auerbach (Black Keys), Ian Mackaye, Yoko One, Bon Iver and Jack White, among others, which got us a good chunk of what we needed to move forward with the studio. After a few months of work, the studio is up and running, featuring a green-screen studio, a sound-treated live room, and a 16 channel mixing desk running industry standard recording software. Now, the recording studio is used daily by students to create school news programs, film undertakings and more. The project continues to grow and change organically, subsiding on outside donations. All equipment and building supplies have been donated by various companies, or purchased with money raised through auctioning concert tickets and band merchandise on eBay. With the success of Santiago High School’s studio, I figured that the best way to help this grow further was to give the idea a face and an identity, so I founded Studios For Schools.

Now a registered 501(c)(3) organization, this foundation was created to give some professional-level studio experience to young filmmakers, music producers and engineers, as well as create an avenue for individuals and organizations to get involved. My goal is to help Santiago as well as other schools to attain production studios with industry-standard equipment. Access to these resources will allow the students to learn and develop creative and technical skills that they can utilize now and in their future. If you would like to contribute, or would like to try to get a studio started in your high school, let us know!

      – Scott Montoya

Studios For Schools Mission Statement:

Our Mission Statement is to give professional-level studio experience to young filmmakers, music producers and engineers, as well as create an avenue for individuals and organizations to get involved.

Studios For Schools is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. All donations and contributions are able to be written off. The Studios For Schools PayPal account is studiosforschools@gmail.com, or click the donate link below.

If you’re a band, label, manager, producer, filmmaker, celebrity chef, etc. and have something unique to be auctioned off, email me at studiosforschools@gmail.com.

If you just want to donate some cold hard cash, I’ll gladly accept that too! The Studios For Schools PayPal account is studiosforschools@gmail.com. Cheers!

Scott Montoya

studiosforschools@gmail.com

Studios For Schools
2727 E Anaheim St. PO Box 4914 Long Beach, CA 90804