I interviewed a man who has knowledge and a way "inside" of the music recording industry. My first question was straight to the point I was trying to address, "Why do you think commercial recording studios are declining in population?" His answer was very thorough, he first talked about the history of commercial studios starting off in the 1970's as project studios and demo studios, and then explaining certain recording equipment being used in those times. He went on to say Pro-Tools, a high quality recording software used in modern studios, make it affordable and available for artists who don't have large budgets such as record signed artists. Today, the home studio sound quality is better then its ever been. It's so good that commercial recording studios are simply being used for tracking sessions only because houses can't supply a big enough room to record a full band. Creditable engineers and producers use home studios to mix and overdub the already recorded sound in order to cut down on overall production costs.
I asked a couple more questions that I did not prepare for that seemed relevant and went with the flow of the interview conversation. His answers had great insight and knowledge that will help me with my overall portfolio.
The information seems really thought out. I am interested in the questions that you asked that were not planned, but other than that I thought it was a lot of good info for your topic.
ReplyDeletethis gets right at the main problem for the decline in commercial recording. I think you have a good direction. One thing I would think about would be, do listeners/consumers care if the quality is not as good? Can they even tell the difference?
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