Home Recording Show?

[cincy_kid]

I wasnt sure what category to put this under so it landed here

I am sure others have thought about this and maybe even exists in some form, but wouldn't it be cool to have a 30 min - 1 hour TV show like once a week or something on public access or any station for that matter that is like a "how-to" for home recording.

Basically introduce new gear, ways to set up your DAW, studio acoustics and building, anything and everything. I bet it could become quite popular and wish there was something like this out there.

Anyways, was just thinking about it and wanted to post it.

Any thoughts?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

"This Old Studio".

G.

 

[Red Dog Studios]

ABC has been wanting to do one for years, but they wanted Bob Vila to host it and he's just way out of there price range.........lol nah on a serious note i see what your saying and i've thought of that myself many times. maybe one day. lol

 

[cincy_kid]

ABC has been wanting to do one for years, but they wanted Bob Vila to host it and he's just way out of there price range.........lol nah on a serious note i see what your saying and i've thought of that myself many times. maybe one day. lol

LOL, bob vila..."this old studio"..hehe..yea...

I think its a great idea, now someone go bankroll it and make millions

 

[metalhead28]

I would watch a show called "The Mixerman Diaries"

 

[Track Rat]

Cotton, is that you????

 

[chessrock]

I'd rather see a weekly series on VH1 or something like that, and have it feature real producers and engineers producing actual records. But only do it more from a "behind-the-scenes" perspective rather than a cheesy reality show drama. That would be worth watching.

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[timboZ]

Anyone checkout behind the scenes with the making of Bruce Springsteen's 21st album The Seeger Sessions.

http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/bruce_springsteen_the_seeger_sessions/series_about_special.jhtml
T only saw a few mins of it.

 

[Red Dog Studios]

well if any of yall have noticed, MTV has been having like 60 sec. clips between shows called "in the lab" or something like that were they have mainly rap artist showing how they make beats or record stuff, but it's really short and that's the only thing i've seen that's close to the idea of a tv show for recording. I've just about got to were i dont even watch MTV anymore, they need to change the name from MTV to RTV (reality tv) because they hardly every play music on there any more. shit pisses me off lol.

 

[cincy_kid]

I guess I was thinking more like a show where you had a host or 2 and for that 30 min show or 1 hour show they would be doing things this board does. Helping noobs like me understand the difference between TRS and TS cables, or how a proper chain works with your gear.

It can certainly get into more advanced stuff as well to keep the interest of those who dont need the basics but basically be a nice educational show that explains how things are done and things work.

Also maybe have a short 5-10 min segment on a new piece of gear where they try it out and test it and review it to help people make decisions on gear while they are actually seeing it being used. Would be cool

 

[chessrock]

Well, they do already have books for that sort of thing.

But what the hell? Sign me up. I'll host it.

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[SHEPPARDB.]

I would watch a show called "The Mixerman Diaries"

You can watch the trailer for free,the movie will be on PPV.

 

[chris-from-ky]

Do you realize the ramifications to this? Everybody who sees the show will say "Dang, that doesn't look too difficult. I like music and I hate my current job so, I'm gonna try to make a studio." There's already too many of those guys and too many artists themselves saying they can make their own record cheaper than hiring an engineer and producer and booking time in a real studio. The more we make things easy for ourselves, the more we are hurting ourselves in the long run. I for one would like to be the only guy in town that can record your band. Not the 12th house on the street with a basement studio. Understand?

Don't take it to the masses. Let the masses come to it. If they never find it, we're better off.

 

[Garik]

Do you realize the ramifications to this? Everybody who sees the show will say "Dang, that doesn't look too difficult. I like music and I hate my current job so, I'm gonna try to make a studio." There's already too many of those guys and too many artists themselves saying they can make their own record cheaper than hiring an engineer and producer and booking time in a real studio. The more we make things easy for ourselves, the more we are hurting ourselves in the long run. I for one would like to be the only guy in town that can record your band. Not the 12th house on the street with a basement studio. Understand?

Don't take it to the masses. Let the masses come to it. If they never find it, we're better off.

I kinda agree.....since everybody and their mama is a produca these days

BTW look what happened to the Fast and The Furious...ever since that movie came out ,the kids make their cars look all retarded,with the wings that are heavier than their cars,i can go on forever , you guys dont want that to happen in the homestudio world do you?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

First, I don't think such a show would fly on anything but the most narrowcast of cable channels. While in places like this forum it may seem like the entire world is home rec'ing, we are actually a rather small percentage of the overall population. Every home owner needs to have home repair done a la "This Old House", but only a select few will be interested in, be old enough, and have the money for most of the stuff to be covered in "This Old Studio". Perhaps a webcast program might be more reasonable. Or, if one wanted to try and market it as a cable show, lining up corporate sponsors/underwriters for the program the likes of a Mackie or Digidesign would probably be in order.

I don't agree with the premise that such a program would open up the floodgates for every musician/engineer/producer wannabe; at least not if the program is done right. If the program were produced properly, it would teach, like "This Old House" does for home building and remodeling, just how much knowledge and detail is involved in properly designing, building and operating a home-based project studio. There would be two effects from this, I believe; either some of the real nooobish would be scared off by all the work involved, or those that are realy jonesing to do it will learn the real stuff from it instead of all the crap info they get from their equally-uneducated friends or their half-baked local Guitar Center sales rep.

Not that this is actually going to go anywhere, but if it does, I'll offer my job application as video editor/producer .

G.

 

[chris-from-ky]

Or, if one wanted to try and market it as a cable show, lining up corporate sponsors/underwriters for the program the likes of a Mackie or Digidesign would probably be in order.

Nah, let the smaller fish in the pond do some sponsoring. Bring down the yuppie corps!!!!!

I don't agree with the premise that such a program would open up the floodgates for every musician/engineer/producer wannabe; at least not if the program is done right. If the program were produced properly, it would teach, like "This Old House" does for home building and remodeling, just how much knowledge and detail is involved in properly designing, building and operating a home-based project studio. There would be two effects from this, I believe; either some of the real nooobish would be scared off by all the work involved, or those that are realy jonesing to do it will learn the real stuff

I don't think you can classify remodeling a home together with putting a bunch gear in a room and calling it a studio. I'd be much more able to do the latter. The fact is, we need to protect our futures. Granted it may not open a "floodgate" but, it will make it more difficult for guys who've already been at it for a few years and still can't scrounge up enough clients to amount to anything.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Nah, let the smaller fish in the pond do some sponsoring. Bring down the yuppie corps!!!!!

Mackie and Digidesign *are* small fish when it comes to this kind of endeavor. Companies smaller than that aren't going to have the kind of advertising budget or strategy to underwrite a how-to TV series.

I don't think you can classify remodeling a home together with putting a bunch gear in a room and calling it a studio.

I don't think "putting a bunch of gear together and calling it a studio" is a valid basis for a TV show. Nor is "putting a bunch of gear together" a valid basis for calling something a "studio".

Put together a half-assed production that tells somebody little more than how to purchase a grand worth of gear, hook it together, hit the record button and compress the daylights out of the mixdown, and you will most certainly open the floodgates to every 16-yr-old hack with a Harmony guitar and daddy's credit card.

Put together a properly researched show that goes into detail on equipment selection and operation, room construction and audio engineering technique for those wanting to home record material of a quality compatable with their real desires - i.e. "how do I get my CD to sound like the ones I buy in the store?" - and those that are serious about it will learn properly, and those that aren't will learn that "putting a bunch of gear together and calling it a studio" is a waste of time and money.

G.

 

[peopleperson]

American Mix Idol.

To hell with singers, let's critique on compression settings.

Randy: "Yo dog, it was muddy up front, but by the time you mixed in the bongo's at the end and ran the choir vocals through that toilet paper roll.....bam!......we got a hot one tonight!!"

Paula: "I don't know what just happened, but I loved it!!!"

Simon: "Totally horrible. It was like Guided by Voices engineering a Steely Dan record"

 

[noisewreck]

Do you realize the ramifications to this? Everybody who sees the show will say "Dang, that doesn't look too difficult. I like music and I hate my current job so, I'm gonna try to make a studio." There's already too many of those guys and too many artists themselves saying they can make their own record cheaper than hiring an engineer and producer and booking time in a real studio. The more we make things easy for ourselves, the more we are hurting ourselves in the long run. I for one would like to be the only guy in town that can record your band. Not the 12th house on the street with a basement studio. Understand?

Don't take it to the masses. Let the masses come to it. If they never find it, we're better off.

I completely disagree. The more people do this, the more people will spend money on gear, which in turn the compamies can use for R&D which means more cool development.

The people that were'nt gonna go to a proper studio aren't gonna go anyway. In fact I think the more people try to do it themselves at least when the go to a proper studio, they'll have a better understanding and appreciation of what it takes to ebgineer stuff properly.

 

[Dr Biscuits]

I don't think "putting a bunch of gear together and calling it a studio" is a valid basis for a TV show. Nor is "putting a bunch of gear together" a valid basis for calling something a "studio".

Put together a half-assed production that tells somebody little more than how to purchase a grand worth of gear, hook it together, hit the record button and compress the daylights out of the mixdown, and you will most certainly open the floodgates to every 16-yr-old hack with a Harmony guitar and daddy's credit card.
G.

It's true, but unfortunately as we all know, that's the only type of show that would ever fly, even on a 'specialty' network... we've seen it here on this board, no one wants to hear "no, you can't get a good sound from a Soundblaster and a webcam mic, even if it's all hooked up with 12 guage lamp cord." People want a hot chick to stand in front of a camera and say "In the next 15 minutes, we'll show you how to turn your mom's laundry room into a world class facility to rival the top LA studios - all for the price of a new toaster!"
I know I know, I'm being cynical
I'd LOVE a real show dedicated to that - but I think if it ever happens it'll be more along the lines of an un-professionally done DVD you can order online, full of good info but horribly presented....
Unless anyone here has a DV Cam.... ?