Hi Patrick,
Well, I'm with you on your mission! However most of industry (and most of
the public) probably don't agree. Consider than almost an entire generation
has been brought up thinking that hi fidelity is MP3 and ear buds! Those of
us that subscribe to analog tape and consoles, minimal micing, high
quality, "pure" audio are in a small and probably shrinking minority. We
either have a major up hill battle to fight or end up preaching to the
(small) choir. The industry is in a pretty bad place right now and
honestly, I really see things getting worse.
If I were to make any suggestions it would be to:
1. Find your little niche and work it hard. Be the best you can be as a
small fish in a slowly evaporating pond. Find like minded bands, labels,
musicians, etc. and do your best.
2. Diversify to your strengths! As Ike and Don mentioned, and I absolutely
concur, one aspect of this business no longer seems able to put the food on
the table. What else can you do? Set up high quality home systems, produce
bands, work on arrangements, fix gear, do location recording, build
widgets, so session playing, consult, whatever.
Having "love" of what you do is probably your strong point. This will
help you get going each day and keep at it. However, fiscal realities have
a way of rearing their heads. Try to think long and hard about how else you
and your business can serve any potential clients beyond your core function
and give it a shot.
Best of luck!
Regards, Jim
At 02:21 AM 1/4/2009, you wrote:
Hey guys,
long time snooper first time poster. I feel like as a community we all
have a certain amount of dedication to things sounding right, hence the
Neoteks. I was just curious how everybody is doing under the current
economic/record company circumstances. Our studio just got under way
about a year ago and I know for a fact we don't have a good business plan,
in a city with no labels, dedicated to recording live instruments in a
live room the way they sound to a human ear or a ribbon microphone. We
love what we are doing and having started with no clients every day we
book the studio is a wonder and a plus: but I wonder if we are in some way
entering a golden age where talent and fidelity may replace the machine
and marketing.
So what I am curious about is whether you all feel the high fidelity is
making a come back. Do you think 2009 will be a good year?
p.s. I love having a neotek, it's weird and has joy-sticks I have no use
for, but go++amn it sounds like what is happening on the otherside of the
glass.
p.p.s. I am totally open to the "talent is dead pro-tools is the future"
response as much as it breaks my heart I want to know how we are all
doing. I've seen too many Neoteks or studios for sale.
__patrick
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