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Thursday, September 20,2012
Arts & Life
Page 3
Brittni Barnett, Arts & Life Editor
NrDailyArtsLife@gmail.com
A day in the life... of an instrument repairman
Photo Michelle Heath/Senior Staff Photographer
Gregory Lange shows Anthony Rome the repairs he made on Rome's guitar when he
comes to pick it up. Lange has been repairing musical instruments at little d guitars
since 2003.
TrentJohnson
Intern
On a recent afternoon,
surrounded by guitars hanging
one by one from their necks,
Gregory Lange readies himself
for the task of repairing his latest
challenge, a violin.
It's just another day at the
workshop for Lange, who bangs
away at string instruments daily,
treating them like sick patients
in need of tender loving care.
While being a luthier,
someone who makes or repairs
string instruments, was not
always his dream job, the owner
of little d guitars has turned the
action into his life's work.
"Being a luthier requires
woodworking, metalworking
and plastic fabrications and
some degree of knowledge,"
Lange said. "To have all these
skills and to apply it to musical
instruments is a great, chal-
lenging job to have."
While some days are short,
most of Lange's days are long
due to the time and effort it takes
to fix instruments as unpredict-
able as the string variety.
Since problems vary from
instrument to instrument, Lange
does not keep regular hours and
instead requires customers to
make appointments.
"It requires a lot of concen-
tration," Lange said. "I have
to reserve long periods of time
on work days because people
popping in makes it hard to
work undisturbed, though the
social aspect is great as well
because of the connection with
the music scene here at Denton."
The UNT alumnus began
working on guitars in 1995
because he was tired of spending
money on his own repairs. This
eventually led to him starting
his own business four years
later.
"I worked for Christopher
Savino, a guitar maker in
Denton at the time," Lange said.
"He was the guitar guy here in
Denton for many years, and I
kind of earned while I learned,
and I worked for him for five
years before he left and encour-
aged me to start my own busi-
ness."
In 2003 Lange moved his
business from his own home
into the store he currently occu-
pies.
"The problem-solving really
attracts me, because I never get
bored," Lange said. "Especially
with the old classical guitars.
Plus, being a guitar player, I get
to play some really neat guitars."
Though the good definitely
outweighs the bad in Lange's
shop, there are some difficulties
in being a luthier, most of which
are the nature of the beast, he
said.
"The worst part is, with the
problem-solving, unpredict-
ability," Lange said. "My income
and profitability is like a roller
coaster ride. It all works out, but
losing money is always frus-
trating."
After enduring the fun and
not so fun steps required when
completing a job, the reward at
the end is worth it, Lange said.
"Oh yeah, I feel elation when
the job is done," he said. "It's a
victory when you can take an
instrument that won't play and
make it play."
U NT's string instrument
repair technician Joel MacMillan
has taken notice of his peer.
"What I've seen is quite
good," MacMillan said. "He's a
carpenter and does top-notch
fret and string work."
Because of the countless
hours Lange puts in at the small
shop located behind Andy's Bar,
his work is not only admired
by equals but also by guitarists
around Denton.
"It's great having [Lange] in
the area," said kinesiology soph-
omore Evan Wohleb, a frequent
guitar player. "Having him here
means I don't have to drive to a
Guitar Center in Arlington or
Dallas, so yeah, he's truly impor-
tant to the [music] scene here."
Magazine to shine
light on local talent
H. Drew Blackburn
StaffWriter
The women at the new Denton-
based magazine Austere believe
they can grasp an audience that
craves talent and puts content
first.
Austere is a bimonthly maga-
zine with a focus on aesthetics
and interesting people in Denton
and the Dallas-Fort Worth area
produced by four women. The
co-owners are Nikki Crouse
and advertising senior Natasha
Stoked.
Rounding out the crew
is hospitality management
freshman Gabriella Losada who
handles copy writing and photo-
journalism sophomore Vicky
Andres who works on design.
The magazine debuted at 35
Denton's Hot Wet Mess on Sept. 1.
"We'd been planning it for
about three months, and then
all of a sudden we realized we
needed to have it out by Sept. 1,"
Crouse said. "And that was three
weeks before Sept. 1, so we liter-
ally produced this whole thing
in about three weeks."
Austere magazine seeks to
shed light on artists, musicians,
designers and other creative
figures.
"I'm a big supporter of local
talent," said journalism junior
Priscillia Mon, who was one of
the first people to buy a copy of
the magazine. "I enjoy discov-
ering people in my neighborhood,
what people in my neighbor-
hood are doing and what they 're
best at."
The co-owners hope to submit
the magazine to major retailers in
order to acquire a wider audience
and give people the opportunity
to have a physical copy rather
than a digital copy.
"We've had people buy them
online and have literally been
driving and taking it to them
because we feel bad about the
shipping cost," Stoked said.
Crouse and Stoked saved
up about $1,000 to produce 150
copies of the first issue of Austere.
Getting funding without adver-
tisers, which the owners want to
keep out of the magazine, makes
it difficult to make a profit.
Merchandising junior Adriana
Solis, the editor-in-chief of
Method Seven Magazine, another
magazine based in Denton that
launched in May, said her maga-
zine focuses on a digital version
due to lack of funding.
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Advertising senior Natasha Stoked and
profiles unknown talent in the area.
Like Austere, the goal of
Method Seven Magazine is not
just about making a profit. It is a
place to showcase talent.
"Our main focus is to have
our students shine," Solis said.
Photo by Zac Switzer/Senior Staff Photographer
i Crouse are the creators of Austere, an advertisement-free magazine that
"We want to let people know that
this is the kind talent students at
UNT have."
Austere magazine is available
online at austeremag.bigcartel.
com. People can purchase it in
print form and digital form.
"A lot of people say our gener-
ation is a bunch of screw-ups,"
Crouse said. "But really, there's a
lot of people doing great things,
and people don't even know it."
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