There is talk that MP3's have deadened the public ear to quality. But think back to what folks were listening with 20 years ago. Or even now. When we mix we have to mix for really good and the crappy table model less-than-boom-box quality player. And for everything in between.
There are just so many gigs available for field recordists. And good old Uncle Dweeb can squeeze out a quality guy just because he is cheap or free. But if they want to sell copies there will be some eventual resistance to what is Uncle Dweeb's work. And then they will come back. What you do to pay the bills in the meantime can be a problem.
The local radio station has a sound engineer who records from the balcony railing at the back of the hall with two mcs about 30' apart into an old Marantz DAT machine. His recordings are just awful. But he is "the sound engineer" because he is a ham radio operator. Makes sense, eh??!! LOL
There is an old saying, "Quality is like oats. If you want clean, fresh oats you must pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with the oats that have already been through the horse, those come a lot cheaper."
