Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes are pictured in Taylor’s music studio in 2024. The studio burned down in the Eaton Fire of 2025 in Altadena, California. Taylor plays guitar and Griffin is the drummer in the band. Photo by Jon Chu

As the lead singer and drummer in the band Dawes, Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith always dreamed of having their own recording studio. They built one together over time in a structure behind Taylor’s home in Altadena, California. In early January, they recorded a song and after finishing it, the brothers felt they finally had the studio dialed in.

“We had just done a track that day,” Taylor said in an interview with the Aspen Daily News. “And it was the first time Griffin and I felt like, ‘Whoa, this studio really can deliver. We really have all

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