Michael Jones
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It would be nice to think that, but when you become dependent on the revenue generated, its no longer a hobby, it is indeed a business, and that in itself takes on a much different conotation.DanielJohn said:But if it's your hobby anyway, and you enjoy recording and love doing it, then you might as well just do it. Probably best solution is from your home.
-DAN
Sure, you love the creative process, and the engineering, but when it becomes your business, those 2 aspects are really miniscule in the grand scheme of running a profitable business. You'll find that you end up doing much less engineering than you initially thought you would!
Doing it out of your house is not impossible, but there are many legal and liable issues to overcome.
Many cities, local governments, and even homeowner's associations have laws and rules against running a business, thats open to the public, out of a residence.
In addition, do you really want a 4 piece rock band draggin' ass through your home? Hmmm, I don't believe I do. Plus, I have kids that play and make noise, and have fun.. not an environment condusive to recording; while I can work around those distractions, someone thats paying you $50/hr is not going to put up with that!
While a home recording studio works very well for our own, independent projects, it simply is not a professional environment, and exuding an aire of professionalism is paramount to running a successful business.
Finally, no matter what you do to your home, it just isn't constructed in the way a "proper" recording facility would be. How many recording facilities have you seen that have windows in the tracking room? How many have lawnmowers running outside below those windows? Or an ice cream truck running down the street!
Given that, doing it from your (my) home is not an option for a recording studio that plans on having multi-track sessions as its primary source of revenue.
Just some thoughts.
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