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Some studio owners I've known have survived by means of illicit activities or selling socks at the flea market on Wednesdays and Sundays. Some of them have even bought planes like that. The only thing I've seen wreck a studio is Divorce and the give me half of the value of all your Neve, Pultec, UA, Studer, Bryston, C-24, U-48, M-249 etc... Your kids have to have food, shelter, clothing and an education.
For money acts the Sound Hotel will always be needed, it's a shootout over who'll survive, no doubt with corprate contacts tipping the decision, for others it's a mad scramble for the greased pig or a long climb up that greased pole. It's best to keep on working and save whatever dignity there is that remains.
For those that have made loans, I believe that even if you pay a little less at a time, they'll still accept your money rather than forclose.
As for the survival aspect, anyone that can pay one rent instead of two or more and not have all the expenses of a "real" business has an edge over another that does. Less accountant time. However, here (Italy), the government doesn't let you hire people if you don't have your act together, and the minimum buy-in for act togetherness is about 6k a year.

My question is: Where do the Artists who use DAW studios shop their work or how do they book these studios? Most of the radioplay music I hear is all done in some sort of pro, even music hotel type of environment.
This phenomenon is just a ploy used by the labels to drive down the costs. If I had Big label business I'd raise my prices every time they asked me for a cut. The smaller labels have always wanted to underpay and in some way they deserve a break. Tell me where I'm going off