
TheGuitarMan
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Because in a matter of minutes I can get that chord progression or vocal out of my head and onto disk. Inspiration is time sensitive. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Because in a matter of minutes I can get that chord progression or vocal out of my head and onto disk. Inspiration is time sensitive. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Ive been in theatres in Branson Mo where they set up exactly like that.Bands make gigging harder on themselves than it should be. Nobody needs to bring an amp to a bar that has a decent PA (corollary: don't play gigs at bars without decent PAs). Just go direct, use your pod, whatever. Sure, you can hear the difference, but only you can, no one in the audience cares. Most of them aren't even listening, or if they are, they are just listening to the vocals.
Set up one mic for the drums and learn how to balance your own kit. Or don't; again, no one really cares. In fact, the drunks who are already at the bar and drunk at your 5pm soundcheck will be happy that they don't have to listen to you pounding out quarter notes on each drum while the soundguy gets all happy with his mix.
Setup in fifteen minutes, load out in five, get paid. If it doesn't increase your paycheck, don't do it.
Bands make gigging harder on themselves than it should be. Nobody needs to bring an amp to a bar that has a decent PA (corollary: don't play gigs at bars without decent PAs). Just go direct, use your pod, whatever. Sure, you can hear the difference, but only you can, no one in the audience cares. Most of them aren't even listening, or if they are, they are just listening to the vocals.
Set up one mic for the drums and learn how to balance your own kit. Or don't; again, no one really cares. In fact, the drunks who are already at the bar and drunk at your 5pm soundcheck will be happy that they don't have to listen to you pounding out quarter notes on each drum while the soundguy gets all happy with his mix.
Setup in fifteen minutes, load out in five, get paid. If it doesn't increase your paycheck, don't do it.
You could also do the same thing in a casinoI could easily drop the same amount of money in Vegas in about 30 minutes and generally speaking have nothing to show for it except...a feeling of "well that sucked"
You could also do the same thing in a casino
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As a kid, I loved football grounds. They were magical places to me and whenever I'd see one, I used to get shivery all over. When I saw the old Wembley stadium, well, that was like being transported to God's right hand ! Once I'd been to football matches, recording studios became the same way to me, all the more mythical and magical because they weren't obvious and easilly identifiable. If you walked past Abbey Road, it just looks like a house.Having a home studio is great double-edged sword. If you use it, you can discover a lot about your strengths and weaknesses, your compositional skills, etc, without spending money dinking around in a pro studio. Unfortunately, most people with home studios barely use them at all. If you added up the total hours they spend in a year, it's less than 100.
Also, there are very few musicians who can make decent home recordings. By 'decent' I mean something that a listener who isn't a friend or family would actually listen to more than once. Most stuff self-recorded at home sounds terrible. Sorry, but it's true.
There's a big industry built around selling the dream of the home studio. People make a lot of money telling you that you don't need 10 or 20 years of experience to make decent recordings. That's a lie. No gear will ever replace an experienced, talented engineer.
I think the gear available to home recordists is fantastic. It's entirely possible to make a record that sounds as good as anything on the radio, at home, with less than 10k worth of gear. And maybe 1 out of 1000 musicians can do it themselves, without years of learning.
Build a home studio, I think they're great. But don't kid yourself that you're going to make great recordings without spending a loooong time learning how. Not a few months, not a few years, doing one session a month. I'm talking 10 years, working every day.
I don't mean to sound like a spoil-sport or that I'm pooh-poohing the home studio revolution, I just get tired of seeing Presonus ads that basically portray some kids making a great record with their home computer and the latest Firewire interface. I realize it's marketing , but it's disingenuous at best.
To Johnsuitcase, I'll say this. I spend alot more than 100 hours a year in my 'studio' ! I think many more hobbyists do than you realize. And having listened to much stuff from users of this site, I can't agree that most stuff recorded at home is terrible. Quite the opposite, actually. It's all a matter of taste. I have loads of big time albums over the decades that sound ropey. But I still love them. I agree that the manufacturers of gear have a product to sell and promise the moon, but we're simply not all suckers. And of course many of us know we're not going to achieve as hobbyists in a year what a full time engineer can. But over a period of time we can learn, do learn and hopefully progress. Well some of us do !
Sorry this was so long and rambling. I've relieved all my pressure.....![]()
Actually, on reflection, you may be right.I didn't mean to imply that all home recordists are terrible, or anything. I got into this to record my band, too.
I'd say that people on this message board (and others) represent a small percentage of those who own gear. The fact that we're here talking about recording means we have a certain amount of interest in improving our skills, etc. But I would say that the majority of people with home setups don't even bother to read books, let alone go online and try to dig up specific answers.
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Hey Guys
I'm not sure where to put this topic, so feel free to move it somewhere if need be.
Anyway, I was sick for a while. During that period I had a lot of time to think. I was lying in bed with a pounding headache, and I took a look at my computer (the one I record with.) I thought, "Man, recording is REALLY expensive. I still need all this software and equipment to complete my bedroom-studio. I'm not even considering room treatment!! Why do I blow all of my money on this stuff when I could just record in a real studio for 50 bucks an hour."
I live about 30 minutes away from a great studio, but something about it turns me off.
I think I record at home because it feels like I actually accomplished something. It's not just me playing songs. It's me setting up the "studio", writing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering my songs.
So why do you guys spend over a thousand dollars on a home studio when you have access to a real studio? (you might not... if you don't, then it's kind of obvious why you have a home studio. Feel free to post something though!) But even if you did have a nearby studio, would you use it?
~Squibble94