Which studio do you find the hardest to work in?. The typical demo studio caters for unsigned bands usually on a tight budget with low grade gear. You usually have around 3 days to do 3 songs, recorded and mixed. The band members aren't normally too hot in thei'r domain and your equpitment is typically low to mid range quality at best. The pay is adequate, but your always dreaming of getting to the big studio, where.........
The studio has a about a 3 month production time, a Pro Tools setup, a huge array of mic's and outboard, usually of the highest quality. Lots of record label suits expecting you to make this band the next biggest money maker. Poncey, arrogant band members that dont like to do what they're asked. A big huge desk that takes 3 pushes of the old wheeley chair to get from one end to the other, and best of all, Air Conditioning!!!.
Now, while im not saying that working in a Big Studio is easy, i reckon that demo studio work is the most stressfull and harder studio to work in. You have to make a bunch of greasey dreamers sound like the chart bands to keep your reputation up, using the cheapest, nastyest equiptment u have. The pay is enough to keep you fed, clothed, housed and a little left over to buy the odd thing now and then, but u stick with it cos u want to get to the big studio's, even though u could take a different job that pays more. but you got to love what u do.
Hmmm, i wonder what studio i work in....... It aint barefoot Studio's in LA i know that
The studio has a about a 3 month production time, a Pro Tools setup, a huge array of mic's and outboard, usually of the highest quality. Lots of record label suits expecting you to make this band the next biggest money maker. Poncey, arrogant band members that dont like to do what they're asked. A big huge desk that takes 3 pushes of the old wheeley chair to get from one end to the other, and best of all, Air Conditioning!!!.
Now, while im not saying that working in a Big Studio is easy, i reckon that demo studio work is the most stressfull and harder studio to work in. You have to make a bunch of greasey dreamers sound like the chart bands to keep your reputation up, using the cheapest, nastyest equiptment u have. The pay is enough to keep you fed, clothed, housed and a little left over to buy the odd thing now and then, but u stick with it cos u want to get to the big studio's, even though u could take a different job that pays more. but you got to love what u do.
Hmmm, i wonder what studio i work in....... It aint barefoot Studio's in LA i know that