The Bonus Room — Craig Haller
What is the Bonus Room?
The Bonus Room is a small recording space and an ongoing experiment in process. It’s where songs, sketches, and ideas take shape through guitars, synths, and whatever else is within reach. Most days are spent layering, listening, and shaping sound until something starts to make sense. The room is less about production than attention, a place to stay curious, to work slowly, and to see what emerges. This is where ideas learn to sound.
How things take shape.
Most of the work here happens in layers. Ideas circle until they find a shape, guided as much by listening as by intention.
Some pieces take form alone, others with friends who bring their own instincts to the room. Collaboration tends to happen quietly, through small exchanges and shared attention, not directives.
The process is slow, patient, and always changing.
Tools and instruments.
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A small collection of electrics and acoustics, each with its own temperament.
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Analog and digital pieces that lend texture and movement when words fall short.
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Bass, percussion, and anything that can make a useful noise. Reamping, pedals, and a four-track cassette recorder add texture and unpredictability when the room needs it.
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Interfaces, preamps, and outboard gear chosen for reliability more than flash. The goal is always to capture ideas before they disappear.
Nothing finished, only continued.
What begins here ends in sound → Music