MUSIC
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David Catching is a musician, producer, and co-founder of Rancho de la Luna, the legendary Joshua Tree recording studio that has helped shape the sound of desert rock for more than three decades. A guitarist with Eagles of Death Metal, earthlings?, Queens of the Stone Age and other projects, Catching has become one of the defining figures of the High Desert music community—part musician, part producer, part host, and always at the center of something interesting.
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Founded in Joshua Tree in 1993 by Fred Drake and David Catching, Rancho de la Luna is one of the defining recording studios of the High Desert. Over the years, its rooms have hosted generations of artists, including Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters, and the long-running Desert Sessions.
More than a studio, Rancho has become part of the mythology of desert music—a place where musicians gather, experiment, and make records in a setting that feels inseparable from the sound itself. The photographs focus on that character: the instruments, the worn-in rooms, the desert light, and the history embedded in every corner.
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Coyote Run Studio is a recording studio, event space, and artist retreat built into the creative landscape of Joshua Tree. Founded by engineers Daniel Friedman and Ian Stahl, the studio pairs vintage equipment and character with a modern recording environment, including a large live room made for capturing full bands in the room together.
What makes Coyote Run interesting to photograph is that it feels like more than a working studio. Music, people, architecture, and the desert all overlap there—recording sessions giving way to gatherings, outdoor performances, and the kind of spontaneous collaboration that feels completely at home in the High Desert.