Hi Bob and thanks for doing this....
I have a more general music biz question. It seems like the era of big producers and fancy studios is coming to an end and big name producers are riding the waves of their past successes and get clients who can afford their fees- mostly famous acts.
You find more and more people recording and producing their own music, and not just beginners who can't afford anything else but famous acts as well. Do you think this is a slippery road to take? Does music deserve to be produced under the right conditions and not in basement studios? You think DIY is a good thing or will just compromise quality and provide a dangerous shortcut? Or maybe there is really no choice since revenues in the biz have been so drastically reduced....
I find that DIY is great, this is what we are doing here on this forum, but it is dangerous because you get people working by themselves with a computer and you lose the team aspect and teacher-mentor hands-on experience....
I have a more general music biz question. It seems like the era of big producers and fancy studios is coming to an end and big name producers are riding the waves of their past successes and get clients who can afford their fees- mostly famous acts.
You find more and more people recording and producing their own music, and not just beginners who can't afford anything else but famous acts as well. Do you think this is a slippery road to take? Does music deserve to be produced under the right conditions and not in basement studios? You think DIY is a good thing or will just compromise quality and provide a dangerous shortcut? Or maybe there is really no choice since revenues in the biz have been so drastically reduced....
I find that DIY is great, this is what we are doing here on this forum, but it is dangerous because you get people working by themselves with a computer and you lose the team aspect and teacher-mentor hands-on experience....