03/15/2023
As many of you may already know from our Instagram account, we have suffered a catastrophic fire that destroyed our home and the shop. It’s been a rather surreal experience for sure. Not only from the actual event, but from the support and outreach from the audio community as well.
There are so many levels of understanding that are so simple and yet so complex. We constantly hear the term “community” and think it’s an easy thing to say. And then as the term gets used more and more we probably start to lose appreciation and understanding for what it actually means.
As many of you may have seen, we suffered a devastating fire that resulted in us losing everything. As you stand in a pile of debris, mask on, eyes burning from the smoke and fumes, just staring at everything you just lost….you think, “I lost everything”. It’s an easy thought to consider and especially looking at thing you have built up and worked for for so long, to just be gone.
What I believed I lost was just stuff. The fact of the matter is that everyone was safe and what I lost was just stuff. I thought I am just a guy that makes pieces of cork that go on a turntable. Literally a piece of cork that sits on your turntable. It’s easy to think of it that way to justify the devastation in a way that it’s easier to process. Here is what I have learned. The piece of cork really doesn’t matter. And that’s ok. The business was not a piece of cork. That was our product, but it’s just stuff. No different then anything else lost in the fire. I see a product that in seconds can become just stuff in a pile of smoking rubble. The product was cork but our business was not comprised on just the product. I sat here thinking that the product is what defined Analog Restorations, but I was very incorrect.
When John from decided to create a gofund me page, against my wishes, it was truly eye opening. It made me realize that it’s not the product at all, but the people that I have interacted with…. The true essence of community. It’s remarkable and unexpected to see the level of support I have received from everyone. To say a thank you is not nearly enough. I felt premature trying to type this as I thought the words on how I would feel, how thankful I am, would eventually come to me. The fact is I don’t know if I will ever be able to conceptualize it all on a level that I could express with words.
The term “community” should not be overlooked or taken lightly.
We will bounce back stronger and better then we were before.
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