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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Philly,Pa
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Thread Starter | How much did you make last year as an Engineer?? Just curious, how much did you make last year in the recording biz?? Did you Make more recording music or outside the miusic biz? (corporate, commerical, etc.) If I offended you in anyway by asking this question I apologize in advance. |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: long island, ny
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| yeah...i dont think there's going to be a lot of answers coming your way....talking about how much money you make is kind of an ehh thing.... |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2007
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| i actually PAY to record people right now as I am a student going the "education" route right now. Costs like $15K a year. |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: No longer participating here.
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan but currently in LA
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan but currently in LA
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OH....... tuition... my bad.... yah, i paid MUCH MUCH more than that then!!! | |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear addict | Wow, where did you all go to school then for audio engineering? I pay about $8k a year for Middle Tennessee State. Department of Recording Industry Sorry for hijacking the thread...I am actually pretty interested in this if anyone wants to man up and answer... |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: LOS ANGELES
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| too little to brag about  but enough to keep me doing it |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tokyo, Japan but currently in LA
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2005
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| Actually made a reasonably nice amount this year . . . but going to NYU means all of it went to tuition. ALL of it  |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Irvine, CA
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| About $3000 (and yes, I pay taxes even on this paltry amount) |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2007
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| I'm going to Metalworks Institute which is attached to metalworks studios. Got the SSL and ICON systems and access to the main studios where Nelly Furtado, Gavin Brown, OLP, K-OS, and occasionally Bob rock like to work. They have really good instructors, Alan Cross and Greig Nori teach there as well as Bob Ezrin's music managing son and many other pros. 15K a year is reasonable considering the amount of networking opportunities that are available. |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK
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| difficult question to answer because i own and run a music production company involving recording, composition, act management, running a studio orchestra, sync licensing and voice / foley recording. I'm not gonna reveal last years turnover, but it was a lot! Personal income from this? In dollars it'd be about $100K |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wales
Posts: 1,409
| Actual profit after all the bills were paid about $4000 this year. Not so good but that is without any advertisement and the studio only being half finished so something to build on. |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vegas, Norcal
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: The Big Wide City
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| Paying the bills, money in the bank. Fridge is full, vehicles are running, heat's on. Looking to take home about 6k more, this year.
__________________ "It CAN be done. You can drive a car with your feet, but that don't make it a good f*cking idea". - Chris Rock |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wiltshire, UK
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| I haven't earned yet. I'm coming out of my full time education this Easter, and I'd like to make a couple of grand this year. It depends how much time I have to network and find new work. Maybe Gearslutz should have a forum of proper program to help out us coming out of education? UNfortunatly, our education establishments don't seem to care after you stop paying them. |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: S.Carolina
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4th January 2008
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sydney Australia
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I did alright last year, but spent most of it.... on  G E A R !!!! | |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ
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| More than I could sample at 96k, but plenty of headroom at 192 |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Out there!
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| I made more than enough to buy six White Castles (w/cheese), cheese frys, and chicken rings! ~Lerxst |
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2007
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| I'm at the 'hey, let me mix you guys!' point, only taking donations. So far I made a few stickers, a hat, and a ART MPA Gold Pre (bought new tubes for it myself, though). The quality of my mixing is getting there (been doing my own stuff since roughly 2001), just gotta learn to better convince people to use new strings/heads. |
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NYC
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4th January 2008
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| Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Miami
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| im not gonna say how much i made but i will sayhow many hours logged I worked last year.. it was in the 350-400 hr range.. Im shooting for about 600-800 this yr! |
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4th January 2008
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: C-ville area VA
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| A WHOLE lot of "pesos". |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nashville
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4th January 2008
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nevada
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| nada...zip...zero...nothing... |
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| Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ennis, Texas
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What he said.  Only my accountant really knows. scott | |
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