“Haven Studio, located in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood, is Guitars Over Guns’ first community-based recording studio. In partnership with Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, this unique program features no ordinary classroom. Instead, students have access to a fully equipped professional music studio, allowing them to use industry standard technology to develop original music and learn vital, career-track skills in music production and engineering.

Led by critically acclaimed artist Andre “Add-2” Daniels and Dennis Thompson, our Haven Studio students receive instruction and mentorship from some of Chicago’s most accomplished music professionals, who guide and empower them to discover meaningful connections through artistic self-expression. Add-2 has received acclaim from Chicago’s own, Grammy Award–winning Common, saying, “He is somebody who seems like he really cares about the culture and cares about uplifting people, and that’s inspirational to see.””