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Big 3rd · 11th January 2006

All very important things to consider.

I don't know...here in Detroit, there isn't many good studios to choose from. To be honest, my engineering EXPERIENCE is very minimal but my producing skills are the complete opposite. For the past year and a half I've been basically saving money to buy equipment to have my own complete semi-professional studio. So that meant me doing a lot of overtime, which forced me to step away from music completely during this duration. No writing, no mixing, no making any music. It's been killer for me. Sometimes I think I've lost my mojo and even my hunger for the actual love of it. But one things for sure, music is what I want to do and working for someonelse can not be my primary option for the remainder of my life.
But anyway, here in Detroit, not to many people have the loot or have the drive to save the loot to get an HD2 system, control 24, top notch converters (AD16x/DA16x), 1073, u87, patchbays, mogami cabling, and etc. This is where most of my hourly rate is coming from, dispite my overall inexperience as an actual engineer. I didn't want to go for a lower rate because when I get the experience it'll be hard to tell the regulars that I went from $30/hr to $40/hr. Don't you think?

Am I setting myself up for failure or problems IYO?

11th January 2006	#5
Big 3rd Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Detroit, WHAT!!! Posts: 3,881 Thread Starter	All very important things to consider. I don't know...here in Detroit, there isn't many good studios to choose from. To be honest, my engineering EXPERIENCE is very minimal but my producing skills are the complete opposite. For the past year and a half I've been basically saving money to buy equipment to have my own complete semi-professional studio. So that meant me doing a lot of overtime, which forced me to step away from music completely during this duration. No writing, no mixing, no making any music. It's been killer for me. Sometimes I think I've lost my mojo and even my hunger for the actual love of it. But one things for sure, music is what I want to do and working for someonelse can not be my primary option for the remainder of my life. But anyway, here in Detroit, not to many people have the loot or have the drive to save the loot to get an HD2 system, control 24, top notch converters (AD16x/DA16x), 1073, u87, patchbays, mogami cabling, and etc. This is where most of my hourly rate is coming from, dispite my overall inexperience as an actual engineer. I didn't want to go for a lower rate because when I get the experience it'll be hard to tell the regulars that I went from $30/hr to $40/hr. Don't you think? Am I setting myself up for failure or problems IYO?