#weareoh

Written by Tyler A. Smith

Introduction In May of last year, we announced an indefinite hiatus to focus on priorities outside of We Are OH Studios. Ultimately, that six-month break provided the necessary space to step back from our projects and reset. Today, we are here to discuss the future of the company, our music program, and our vision for 2026.

The Transition We officially returned from hiatus this past December. During our time away, we worked closely with partners and friends to evaluate what a return would look like. Leading up to the hiatus, the pressure to constantly push ourselves to the edge of collapse had become unsustainable. We learned that we are only human, and the scale to which I had built We Are OH was no longer manageable.

Last month, we decided to restructure the company, streamlining our focus solely on We Are OH Studios. This difficult decision marks the end of We Are OH Music, Goodness, LUMI, Simple as Records, and Sound Check Mag. We are incredibly thankful to everyone we have collaborated with over the last 17 years, including those who were with us before the official formation of the Studios in 2009. While it is tough to move on from these projects and the music scene we spent years building, Lancaster is growing—and we must grow with it. To continue that evolution, we need to branch out.

What’s Next? As we move into the second quarter of 2026, we are excited to explore new horizons. In 2019, we experimented with in-house photography and videography at LAUNCH, working with a handful of friends to test our capabilities. While that remained a personal project for the last five years, today we are officially launching We Are OH Media. We will now offer full photo and video services to both existing and new clients. I am thrilled to move forward with the skills I’ve honed over the last six years, turning a childhood hobby into a professional pillar of our business.

As for "business as usual," we will be expanding our offerings, entering new adventures, and embracing the cultured mindset we strive for every day. 2026 marks our 17th year as We Are OH Studios, and we are ready to build back stronger. Most importantly, we are ready to MAKE OUR MARK.

#WEAREOH

Sixteen years ago We Are OH Studios started as an idea and has blossomed into a full fledged digital media company started by two sixteen year olds who wanted to build a better future for themselves. — The industry we worked in, the industry we supported for years helped us gain who we were and who we are.

Hello there!! It has been a very very long time since we've used our Tumblr account and today we've got some news.

Back in May we announced our hiatus on our website and we've spent the last three months thinking about what we would do, how we would do it and what the future of the company would look like going forward.

Today or well.. Tomorrow. We plan to bring the brand back to fruition and redevelop things back into just We Are OH. We're dropping "Studios" from the name entirely to focus on the brand we've built and the ideas we've spent the past almost sixteen years building. Leaving behind the company for three months to focus on other things was a fresh new feeling but it is something absolutely needed.

Afterall, We Are OH was and always will be about the community and people around us. In the coming weeks we'll be redesigning and rebuilding our website (and maybe staying on tumblr) but for now.

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It’s been quite a long time since we’ve posted anything long and thoughtful on tumblr so we decided to post something new.

On January 27th we’ll be posting behind the scenes photos, videos and audio from around the office leading up to LAUNCH Music Conference 2017 from our CEO Tyler and digital media director Heather.