why people build studios

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why build a studio?

  • For homerecording excellence. My next album's gonna kick ass all around the block.

    Votes: 344 74.5%

  • For commercial purposes. My studio's gonna draw more custom than Abbey Road.

    Votes: 58 12.6%

  • I just wanna build the best studio in the world. I started off in music, but I got sidetracked. No

    Votes: 60 13.0%
  • Total voters
    462
Hey Tim are you part of Drummaker?? lmao I used to be such a big buyer from those guys...I build kits myself but ive been so busy with school/work/recording that I havent had time for a new design lol How are Andy and the guys doing anyways???? :D :D Anyways love to hear some of your drumbuilding stories LOL :D
 
I'm actually on middle ground. I want to build my studio to record my own music as well as renting it out to others.
 
For me, it gives me something to do. I'm a research junky. I love to "do stuff" and I like being different.

Plus, for whatever reason, chicks dig it when the come in my room, see the guitars, the "control area" and all that stuff...they see I'm serious about creating music.

And then it's "off with the pants".... :D
 
Yeah, it's just a good hobby. It's something to do, like building houses out of matchsticks. Geez, I even picked up my guitar the other day, I can't sing or play it to save myself anymore!
 
I wanted a shed but I didn't want to go outside in the cold all the time, so I built it indoors and called it a studio
 
I have been tinkering with recording equipment since the mid 60s.

When my wife and I were rough designing our dream house, we found a builder/bass player who convinced me that a standalone building would be cheaper than an integrated recording space and all the soundproofing that goes with it. Never, ever looked back.

3 years later, I have the ultimate dude escape (my dear wife doesn't even have a key!) that sounds great. I got lots of great info from this and other forae, and I think the joint is pretty perfect.

Check it out: http://www.toddejones.com/huge.html
 
I decided to build my own studio after I recorded my band's demo about 7 years ago. I realized I enjoyed the recording process far more than playing in a band, and especially playing live. I HATE playing on stage. I just doesn't do it for me. But recording music... now THAT I love.

The reason I recorded my band's demo was because I looked around at the studios around town, and it was going to cost us a huge amount of money in studio time. I personally didn't want to pay that. Recording software wasn't too expensive at the time, and I can record as many demos with it that I want and I only had to invest the money once.

I'd like to record local musicians and offer mastering services for a living. Yeah, it's taken me 5 1/2 years to get to this point in my studio, but it's coming along, and one day I'll be able to do it profesionally I'm sure.

Also, who doesn't want to have a recording studio in their home??? Built with your own hands... Its my pride and joy. The wife has the upstairs to decorate and do whatever with, and I've got the entire basement.

To answer the question about not recording during the building process... most people who own a home have a spare bedroom they can record in. Up until a year ago I had been recording in a spare bedroom. I wasn't recording drums anyway so it wasn't a big deal. Now I've finally moved into the control room and I'm waiting for the live room to get finished. But the entire time I've been building, I've also been creating music.
 
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I built mine out of desperation. It seem like the only place where I can play without someone yelling, "PLAY SOME SKYNYRD."
 
im in the process of building my studio(but arent we all always really still "in the process" as there never really done?) after working with a friends band. After several years of doing live sound, and then recording ONE song, i was hooked. Live sound is still cool, but being able to hear what u created, OVER AND OVER again is where its at.

Matt
 
i ccan yell at myself.

i had one of the worst experiences while recording a demo with one of my previous bands. the engineer just happened have fallen out of a tree that week while cutting off branches, he was very easy to aggrivate and we were brand new to the studio enviroment. like mixing water and oil. enough said, i can record a practice session and get far better results than what we got for our 1000.00$. and that is why i built my own studio.
 
I built my studio so that I can practice as much as possible before I goto a "real" studio and not waste my money. also after you start it becomes a quest to outdo the "real" studio's sound... at least for me it does.
 
i do it for the love of the music.

i dont have much as far as friends, social life, happiness, popularity, etc.. but i have my music and i have my studio- my happy zone so to speak.

i do it to become the legend in my school- i want every band to want me to be the producer on their demo's. i do it for free now, becuase i love doing it and im just trying to learn.

maybe i'll make some money in the future. not yet. i dont have the skills yet.

i want to be that guy that works like hell on your demo, for pocket change and a roast beef sandwich.
 
I love being able to just record something when I come up with it, and being able to layer my own tracks for every instrument when I want with no rush. It's complete musical freedom.
 
Actually building a studio is a very good investment. What you get when you build a proper listening enviroment is an accurate listening environment that translate mixes better than if you had some random setup in a bedroom or garage.

When you have an accurate environment you can make better decision on how to approach a track. Without a good listening environment you going to have a harder time making things sound right. Know what I'm saying?
 
jmarques said:
Actually building a studio is a very good investment. What you get when you build a proper listening enviroment is an accurate listening environment that translate mixes better than if you had some random setup in a bedroom or garage.

When you have an accurate environment you can make better decision on how to approach a track. Without a good listening environment you going to have a harder time making things sound right. Know what I'm saying?
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That requires the capital to actually start one though. There's where you lose most of your people who are interested.
 
For me it's simply a place to create musical art. I started off in college with a (brand new!) Roland Juno-6 and a Nakamichi cassette deck. Then I wanted to be able to record a few tracks and just try out music and sound ideas, so I got an Otari 4-track. Other instruments and gear showed up over the years.

For the first few years it was just some stuff in a room, but when I rented my first house I built a temporary and somewhat treated space in the unfinished basement. In the first house I bought, the portable panels I built came along and the studio took over the living room. Now, in my second and probably final house, I'm back in the basement, when I have time to record a track or two. The walls are all concrete, which is a bear to treat, but man is it quiet when both doors seal up.

Cheers,

Otto
 
wow i got an unsigned negative feedback..

'you are fucken shit mother fucker'..

i'm 10 times the engineer you are shithead. lets hear a recording douchebag, and we'll judge who's better.
 
TragikRemix said:
i do it for the love of the music.

i dont have much as far as friends, social life, happiness, popularity, etc.. but i have my music and i have my studio- my happy zone so to speak.

i do it to become the legend in my school- i want every band to want me to be the producer on their demo's. i do it for free now, becuase i love doing it and im just trying to learn.

maybe i'll make some money in the future. not yet. i dont have the skills yet.

i want to be that guy that works like hell on your demo, for pocket change and a roast beef sandwich.
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fuck the neg rep.....doesn't mean squat(orhoweveryouspellthat)!!!!!!!just keep pluggin away and that bastard that gave it to you will be asking you inadvertantly for your advice.........in the wash out the wash.......all comes clean in the end!

where's your soundclick? :D
 
I'm building mine for a couple of reasons....
1) the acoustics I think I'll get out of it
2) my kids mess with my equipment where it is currently located, in the Florida room
3) dedicated space for equipment not in house=more room in house for wife, Seeker and kids
4) mood of environment which I record in

Shit, just realized this thread is 2 years old. Oh well...is Dobro still a moderator.
 
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