?Yes, that's right. There will be people who want to tour your studio. I never gave studio tours. If a person wanted to record with me, they could hear everything on the website that I had done. If they think/thought that how a studio looked had much of an impact to the sound, they are not the people I want to work with, generally. Granted, there is a “vibe factor” that I'm aware of. You certainly feel different when looking out of a helicopter than you do sitting on the toilet. The same applies to the studio a little bit. However, for most of the bands I was working with, “vibe factor” was out of the budget and they were looking for sound quality.

Some people get a little confused. They think a vocal booth is somehow a prerequisite for getting a pro vocal sound. This is NOT the case. Watch a few DVDs with the bands in the studio. Pay attention to how many bands actually use a vocal booth for vocals. It's a very low number. We'll get into those reasons here in a minute.

From a business standpoint, sometimes you need to have names like “Pro Tools” and often unnecessary gimmicks like “vocal booths” for a person to fork over the big money to record. In this case, vocal booths seam to help with making the future clients feel confident.