[goldcoastrefuse]

Unfortunately you are wrong. I started putting a studio together in my bands practice space. We got tired of "being on the dime" at a studio and not being able to experiment with sounds, try different arrangements, play with mic placement, try a different effect, compressor, mic pre. My band writes very organic stuff, but the studio can bring out the best or the worst of it. We suffered through the worst of it for nearly a year trying to put out our first album. Unfortunately, we signed on with a studio that will probably be another statistic in a year or so. We vowed never again. We'll learn the craft beyond our instruments and do it all ourselves. So Im really not sure how anyone can say that what we are doing hampers our craft, but if you do... I can prove you wrong.