6 Things They DON'T Tell You About Running a Recording Studio 

Were any of these 6 surprising or insightful to you? If you run a studio, what have you learned in YOUR time as a studio owner? Let us know in the comments!✨

#3 is massive - more on the business-ish side of studio world please! 🙏

Been running our studio coming up on 6 years now, took me 5 years to understand #3! So glad that was included in the video.

Some great things to think about. Love the vid. I lived in Nashville for 13 years, had a pretty successful painting business, went to school for computer IT/Networking, the SAE for studio tech. Recorded a few kick artists in my little home studio, but really fell in place as a FOH engineer for live shows. Now 20 some years later and living out near Asheville NC, im building a small mix/mastering studio. Was planning on tracking live at rehearsals or shows then mix and produce at home. But had a stroke last summer and probably wont be doing that. Rather now im thinking to offer mix/master services to artists that bring me multitracks or stems. Never know what quality source material id get, but i think i could transform about anything into a tight powerful master. Minimal equipment and focus on mix is about where i am going with this. But i do need help with the business aspect of this endeavor. I will be watching for more of your vids. Thank you for sharing your insights and experience!

Be ready to teach, produce or add your own ideas. I do plenty of freelance recording and as engineers we'd prefer to stand out of the way and capture an incredible performance. But on almost every project there are rough ideas that may be vulnerable spots to the musician. If you are quick on your feet to offer ideas that fall in line with their vision, you might end up altering the entire song from their original vision to something even better to them, as the project seems to further cement an identity. I would love to see more content regarding how you financed the building of your studio and acquisition of your gear. Not many people discuss how much they charge for recording and how they keep clients booked in a way that can support multiple employees, great gear of all kinds inside a lavish space that's custom built. And probably built to a more extensive degree, for soundproofing and acoustical purposes.

I was glad to see, 2 of my fav singer on your studio. Cece Winans and Brian Courtney Wilson.

Great 👍 video. I’ve subscribed.

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Good points. However, "seasonality" is not a word. Seasonal is.

i love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friends and relatives want you to record them for free when nobody offered to help me get the gear to make the recording or to pay the huge electric bill and I’m only charging $100 a song now because it’s a new studio and at that rate it’ll take 15 years to break even