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I'm not pretending to be an expert but what you need to do is build up your skills. You may think you're shit hot now but like martial arts - you are always learning - no matter how successful you are. You also have to build up your reputation by puting out some great music and making bands recommend you to their friends.
I bought some equipment to record my band. Since I had the equipment I offered to record other bands who were friends of mine. After a while people asked if I could record them and I told them to offer whatever money they wanted. If they wanted to pay £50 for a demo then that was fine because I was gaining valuable experience while they were getting a really cheap demo. I saw it as getting a little pocket money while I got an education in recording. After a while I got a reputation for being a pretty good cheap alternative to the other local studios and I started taking recording seriously and started absorbing information about his game from wherever I could. A little while after that I started gaining a reputation for actually being better than some of the other local studios and some of the local studios even got me in to produce some bands.
Put in a little ground work and build a rep. One thing that helped me was to record some really good bands for a low price and to write a couple of articles on recording and the music scene in some local rags and on some websites. Here's an example, it's a rather crap article written for kids who know nothing about recording music but from this rather crap article I had several young bands contact me to record their first demo. More experience for me! http://www.josaka.com/Features/2004/Bleeding-Ear.htm
I'm not making much money now but I'm getting by. I think I'm in a similar position to many people on this board from a little reading, a little investing and alot of practice. I'm even appearing on local radio shows now billed as a "producer", I'm not a record producer by any stretch of the imagination but it all helps build my profile and who am I to admit that I'm just a regular guy with a home studio set up?
Absorb as much information as you can from resources like Homerecording.com (there are real life shit hot award winning producers who post here and their advice is priceless), other websites, books etc and put that knowledge into practice recording bands. Make mistakes, learn happy accidents, hone your skills and eventually people will start throwing money at you.
I know I'm on the lowest rung of the ladder, that's why I'm the cheapest recording service in the UK, but I'm slowly getting more and more recognised. I suggest you follow a similar plan.
I bought some equipment to record my band. Since I had the equipment I offered to record other bands who were friends of mine. After a while people asked if I could record them and I told them to offer whatever money they wanted. If they wanted to pay £50 for a demo then that was fine because I was gaining valuable experience while they were getting a really cheap demo. I saw it as getting a little pocket money while I got an education in recording. After a while I got a reputation for being a pretty good cheap alternative to the other local studios and I started taking recording seriously and started absorbing information about his game from wherever I could. A little while after that I started gaining a reputation for actually being better than some of the other local studios and some of the local studios even got me in to produce some bands.
Put in a little ground work and build a rep. One thing that helped me was to record some really good bands for a low price and to write a couple of articles on recording and the music scene in some local rags and on some websites. Here's an example, it's a rather crap article written for kids who know nothing about recording music but from this rather crap article I had several young bands contact me to record their first demo. More experience for me! http://www.josaka.com/Features/2004/Bleeding-Ear.htm
I'm not making much money now but I'm getting by. I think I'm in a similar position to many people on this board from a little reading, a little investing and alot of practice. I'm even appearing on local radio shows now billed as a "producer", I'm not a record producer by any stretch of the imagination but it all helps build my profile and who am I to admit that I'm just a regular guy with a home studio set up?
Absorb as much information as you can from resources like Homerecording.com (there are real life shit hot award winning producers who post here and their advice is priceless), other websites, books etc and put that knowledge into practice recording bands. Make mistakes, learn happy accidents, hone your skills and eventually people will start throwing money at you.
I know I'm on the lowest rung of the ladder, that's why I'm the cheapest recording service in the UK, but I'm slowly getting more and more recognised. I suggest you follow a similar plan.