Jake Sanders_SOUND ENGINEER

Jake Sanders is a sound engineer and studio owner who has worked in Queensway for over a decade, experiencing it primarily as a place of work rather than home. Having bought and taken over a warehouse music studio in his late twenties, Jake describes the decision as an act of necessity and instinct rather than strategy, a case of winging it that became a long-term commitment. The studio houses soundproof rehearsal rooms rented largely to local musicians, alongside PA hire and occasional mixing work, and has functioned as both an income source and a formative space that shaped his confidence, identity, and sense of adulthood. Jake is deeply drawn to dense, messy urban environments and values the cultural friction of the area, which he sees as a lived, imperfect form of multiculturalism that resists neat narratives or idealism. Through music and sound, he articulates a worldview that rejects rigid control in favour of intention set early, believing both creative work and society function best when structure is considered from the beginning rather than imposed midstream. His reflections on education, work, and success reveal discomfort with institutional pathways and competition, instead defining success as sustainability, community, and personal satisfaction rather than status or profit. While the studio has given him stability and purpose, he is candid about the creative cost of turning passion into labour, acknowledging a loss of artistic spark even as the space continues to serve others. For Jake, the studio and the street represent a form of grounded independence: imperfect, demanding, and alive, offering a version of success measured in connection, endurance, and lived experience rather than recognition.

This is Southbury Art Trail

‘This Is Southbury Art Trail’ is a new creative placemaking initiative celebrating the Southbury and Ponders End neighbourhood shaped by community, resilience and industry. The new public art trail weaves together 3D portraits, poetry, and local voices to honour Southbury’s identity and bring everyday stories into the public realm.

DYSPLA, an award-winning art studio in Enfield, was commissioned by Enfield Council to deliver this innovative digital art and 3D sculptural project working with 30 community members, to shape this bold new public art trail and offers a wonderful opportunity for local people to come together and shape who they are, where they live and how their work is shaping the area.