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Originally posted by TonyBelmont
You kind of jumped around a little bit.. |
Yeah, I suppose I did...
But there's probably four or five different responses to various other GS threads...
Big studios are dying because:
a. MP3
b. Producers having their own studios
c. people (non-producer/engineers) doing more work at home themselves
d. shrinking budgets
e. etc. etc. etc.
Firstly, and for the record, I think Producer studios are great. And yes, I think they are the way forward. Why? Because hopefully, in an ideal world, better sounding records can get made for less money.
I mean, if a band can't afford $1000-$2000 a day studio time on top of the producers $5,000 (or higher) per track maybe they CAN afford just $5,000 per track when recorded in said producers studio?
But it was finally kicked off by your remark about producers taking more of cut by charging for productions AND studio time.
It sounded so friggin' greedy. (And it ALMOST sounded like you said it with a smile.)
Why don't they accept that they might have to do more work for less money in order for the industry, and their jobs, to survive?
And before everyone gets their panties into a twist, I'm not talking about selling yourselves short. I'm talking about realising what the market can afford and building a new, viable model around that.
Something that can help the industry not only survive but grow.
Anyway, this whole "big studios dying' thing has really opened up a can of worms and it's gonna a take more than a few fish screaming MP3/Producer Studio/Behringer/ADAT to gobble em' all up.
See, there I go again...
R.