Comments on: Downsides Of The Home Recording Studio Business

By: Jim Reynolds

Jim Reynolds — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:06:00 +0000

Very true article.I have been in the recording biz for over 43 years.My only income period for the last 23 years.Whats really surprising is I am not a musician,but have racked up over 1,000 albums and thousands of professional sounding demos.What really bothers me is all of these recording schools teaching would be recording engineers for jobs that do not exist.How many studios can the Twin Cities support?I have seen 1,000 of studios come and go.The main thing that has kept me in business is my huge collection of Neumann microphones and probably one of the best Yamaha grand pianos around.If it wasn’t for the grand piano I am sure I would not be in business.But hey it has to be tuned at least once a month or more ($100.00) and has to be maintained.Very few studios have a grand piano to offer or Hammond B-3.Also the most impotant thing is experience,experience, experience.The other thing that bothers me is all of these studio owners do it as a part time business or hobby which really takes away the business of those of us that make are living by recording.Enough said.

Jim Reynolds(Eng.)
Custom Recording Studios (since 1965)

By: fast eddie

fast eddie — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:28:11 +0000

I have to agree on so much you said. It seems we have walked the same path. But I have always said some people just have to learn the hard way,and it goes the same for musicians and know it all band members. home recording is not as easy as they think,and definately not for the novice.

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By: Brody

Brody — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:44:20 +0000

Great article, has me thinking a little more on what I should do. I’m kind of balls deep in my studio, or about to be at least. Orlando is a very competitive area and everyone thinks they can record. Little do they know theres a difference between a recording engineer and just throwing some tracks through your mbox. Oh well..I’m up for the journey.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:20:07 +0000

What of working in someone else’s studio and getting paid to do so? That’s my plan anyways. I play a few instruments and have vocal talent, along with mixing talents blah blah blah. My main focus is making my music, but I don’t give a shit if I get paid for it. Unless I want to be homeless (which I honestly have considered…pretty stupid), I’d have to have a job (currently, and for the past 4 years I’ve been a cook). The obvious reality, of course, is that jobs generally suck. Being a cook in a non-corporate resteraunt isn’t really all that bad, don’t get me wrong. I’ve always loved construction and more blue-collared jobs, but I’m not a big fan of losing my fingers and being exhausted).

Anyways…my plan is to work in a studio for whomever (although, I could do some small projects of my own as well, not as a job but as a nugget of extra income, maybe enough to buy cigarettes from moldova). Hell, if you don’t have that job it’s not the end of the world. You have to work and you have to do what you love to do, and still love to do it. When combining the two, it can be dangerous. Great musicians have been ruined by turning their hobbies into careers…but I digress. Now I have no clue why i wrote this comment…

By: Roshan

Roshan — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:26:52 +0000

hai i want to know in what budget as in small amount we can construct a studio for 8track recording and wat r the equipements need

By: Elgordo

Elgordo — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Super article. This is exactly what I tell myself. It’s for fun and enjoyment. It’s nice to learn things and be able to apply techniques to home recording environments. It’s another thing to do it full time