Why Big Recording Studios are CLOSING

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  • Опубліковано 13 січ 2025

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  • @rayantenna
    @rayantenna Місяць тому +16

    As a recording artist myself who’s recorded at a few legitimate studios I can personally say that if you got the right set up at home it’s almost as good as the studio but the studio is still better in terms of sound quality depending on where you go.

  • @tkelong3569
    @tkelong3569 Місяць тому +23

    People don’t need them anymore. I wrote a Top 10 House track on a Scarlett 6i6. You don’t need a big studio, you need production skills and a few thousand dollars to invest in equipment.

    • @djdspence
      @djdspence Місяць тому

      Which equipment do you reccomend

    • @kingblack6965
      @kingblack6965 Місяць тому +6

      @@djdspence apollo twin x interface,1173 mic pree,cl1b compressor, record with that goin in and you have quality recording,then mix and master.all plugins from beginning to end

    • @j.charleshiggins5503
      @j.charleshiggins5503 Місяць тому +1

      That doesn’t really apply to a band, you need many mics and preamps to record 4-5 piece band live on the floor. And a decent space to cut drum sets if you want to achieve a decent sound. Let alone the expense of all the mic stands and cables it gets pricey quickly

    • @tyroneking6883
      @tyroneking6883 Місяць тому

      @@j.charleshiggins5503every member of the band pitching in will quickly take care of the prices. Start small, increase value, return on interest

  • @sir275handsome
    @sir275handsome Місяць тому +4

    You can now make a beat on your phone and record vocals that sounds good enough to make a hit 😐

  • @FrancescaBettiMusic
    @FrancescaBettiMusic Місяць тому +2

    I had a terrible experience with a studio. Booked for two songs paid a lot of money and the guy delivered the songs after 8 months!!!!! Never again. They were only 2 songs!!!!It was so frustrating I cried a lot. I had to ask him every time did you finish my song? First time recording and had such a terrible experience.Thanks to that experience I made the studio at home .best investment EVer !! Now I don’t depend on anyone and it feels so good!!!!
    I regret so much I paid all those money but I was a newbie . Never ever again. Unless you have a sponsor or millions of streams monthly don’t use a studio. Is not worth the money. At home you have more fun and you can revise the work if you don’t like how you sound or how it sounds and is FREE. Don’t waste your money this is my personal opinion

  • @C1K450
    @C1K450 Місяць тому +1

    Don’t really need a studio unless you want to be there for the experience or “feel good” about yourself. You can have a good setup at home. Learn your equipment and the software. Learn engineering techniques. I feel like in house studios tied to major record labels will be the only ones lasting due to their funding through the record labels

  • @GranFinale
    @GranFinale Місяць тому +6

    Studios are closing because of inflation. Rising rent, mortgages, utility bills & maintenance costs turn runnning a studio into a money pit.

    • @citystarproductions6703
      @citystarproductions6703 Місяць тому

      Maybe. But im a camera man who used to own a recording studio most of these artists record on Bandlab off their phones and it come out decent. Studio owners are competing with their own artists. Not only is Bandlab free
      Artists are making home studios and learning how to mix and master.

    • @GranFinale
      @GranFinale Місяць тому

      @@citystarproductions6703 Both can be true. To your point, up and coming independent artists use more convenient and economical means of recording while studios with clientele who demand more high end, professional gear face the challenges I mentioned previously.

  • @Checkmateyourmovemedia
    @Checkmateyourmovemedia Місяць тому +6

    We need to get back to the old ways so quality won’t decline and Hand2hand sales is obviously much more lucrative

    • @wynton765
      @wynton765 Місяць тому +2

      I agree. The quality in music has dropped significantly. I don’t think it’s so much about using old methods of music production with vintage gear etc. I think it’s more about artists and producers raising their bar for excellence and pushing for great sounding music where you hear the passion.

  • @Diggy22
    @Diggy22 2 місяці тому +5

    With today's technology, it makes less sense that larger studios that cost more to keep open are closing down. Leases and rent are expensive over time, and it's not the same scene that it was before the late 2000's and early 2010's. I have a friend who ran a successful music studio out of his basement area for almost 20 years; he just recently moved west to get closer to higher-paying clientele. Mind you, he wasn't just recording small local bands; celebrities were making their way to his place because of the quality of his work, as well as his rates. Larger studios may serve a purpose for live orchestral purposes or live jazz recordings, but for the majority of music being put out there, smaller studios make more sense in terms of efficiency. Even large mainstream artists are becoming less reliant on big studios for every album; Damon Albarn recorded an entire Gorillaz album on an iPad. (It nabbed a solid B+ rating in Entertainment Weekly.) Jonathan Davis recorded all of his vocals in hotel closets for Korn's The Path of Totality while the band was on tour. Even Erykah Badu has admitted that she had recorded tracks in the comfort of hotel rooms with an iPad. Along with equipment being more accessible through Sweetwater and Amazon among other places, artists and engineers can get more done with less.

  • @TeeRock70
    @TeeRock70 2 місяці тому +6

    The major labels aren't spending money at these high-end studios. Times are changing.

    • @kwameeyiah
      @kwameeyiah Місяць тому

      Some of the major labels have acquired their own high end studios complete with engineers and staff.

    • @megamafiarecords
      @megamafiarecords Місяць тому +1

      @@kwameeyiahand are charging their artists to record in them

    • @viceworldtony
      @viceworldtony Місяць тому

      @@megamafiarecords That's diabolical

  • @risingphoenix1484
    @risingphoenix1484 2 місяці тому +34

    Big studios closing #1 because you can do 95% of recording at home.... #2. the music industry, the entertainment industry itself is dying, fans don't really care about celebrity anymore between wokeness, virtual signalling, bad artist, social media and the decline of art in general is not something people care about anymore, they don't pay for music, they don't pay for concert.... what is the revenue source?. #3. expensive to maintain, and in a declining market cost cutting is absolutely necessary #4. collaboration can be done remotely.... #5. distribution is digitally... The future of studios is a marketing studio.

    • @epicwork5970
      @epicwork5970 2 місяці тому

      marketing studio ? what do u mean ?

    • @risingphoenix1484
      @risingphoenix1484 2 місяці тому +5

      @ What i mean is the only incentive for someone willing to pay a studio is no longer perceived value but real value through marketing and promotional services. That studio would have to be willing to do some marketing and promotion for the artist that uses their studio. Besides recording capabilities they would have to offer an advertising or multimedia campaign at a reasonable price. Replacing some of the traditional activities that major labels do. That is the only way I see studios surviving that aren’t big budget for movies is they have to have the ability and avenues to market artists and the value has to be real…. What ever the service they provide an artist will have to see real value

    • @NoctisStrife88
      @NoctisStrife88 Місяць тому +1

      ​@risingphoenix1484 facts. Times are changing. I can get in the studio now and have the song dropped within 5 hours. But nobody cares about good music anymore

    • @risingphoenix1484
      @risingphoenix1484 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@NoctisStrife88 You have to blame the artist and industry themselves.... Everyone wants to sound like everyone else.... All the beats sound the same... with auto-tune everyone sounds the same.... everyone is using the same gear, plugins.... what made music that we love .... was 1... it was controlled, barrier to entry.... you had to be good, have talent, 2.... you had an A&R that guided your project and developed the artist 3. it was a real collaboration on a project... 4. There was a plan to introduce the artist, project and album.... 5. There was control around the marketing 6. There was a control/air of mystic around the artist that made them seem special..... hip hop killed that, when you knew the dude around the corner and still had access to them... #7.... Everyone talks about the same subject matter in their songs...and they talk about it in the same way.... everyone wanted to keep it real and that took the poetry out, it killed the literary imagery, it killed the imagination for the listener.... for example Nas said "Only twelve trying to tell me that he liked my style
      Then I rose, wipin' the blunts ash from my clothes
      Then froze only to blow the herb smoke through my nose
      And told my little man that I'm a go cyprose
      There's some jewels in the skull that he could sell if he chose"..... nobody does that in rap anymore.... it captivated the listener..... To be different you need to have bands make a comeback because a band forces input form each member and that in itself creates a sound that can't be duplicated.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording Місяць тому

      " they don't pay for concert"
      *Taylor Swift has entered the chat*

  • @shawndiggz8904
    @shawndiggz8904 2 місяці тому +2

    Great video! I definitely agree with you in the sense that producers don't need major studios to produce music, artists don't need major record labels to distribute their music, and some record labels are laying off personnel and offering streaming distribution. Technology has advanced so much that an independent producer & artist can make cheap music sound good. I'm about saving money and invest in yourself. Thanks for the valuable post.

  • @BrandoeBrandMusic
    @BrandoeBrandMusic Місяць тому +2

    Prices are outrageous. For vocals. I only use big studio's for mixing and mastering.

    • @WillyJunior
      @WillyJunior Місяць тому

      You don't need big studios for that. Send it to me

  • @keybang3273
    @keybang3273 Місяць тому +3

    this is crazy we have all these channels telling you how to make beats and put music out nobody talking about how to master keeping there publishing or bad label deals or paperwork

    • @busyworksbeats
      @busyworksbeats  Місяць тому +1

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    • @BilGmusic
      @BilGmusic Місяць тому

      There are channels that help you figure these things out. Just gotta search and look for it.

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording Місяць тому +2

      Actually....her name is Top Music Attorney right here on UA-cam. She's quite informative!

    • @keybang3273
      @keybang3273 Місяць тому +1

      @@RealHomeRecording great thank you beem watching you for years now great content

    • @RealHomeRecording
      @RealHomeRecording Місяць тому

      @@keybang3273 thank you!

  • @FlashbackFeverRadio
    @FlashbackFeverRadio 13 днів тому

    its Analog vs Digital, we don't need the big analog machines anymore such as 2 inch 8, 16 or 24 track tape on reel to reel and if you have money like Dr Dre, you're just going to build a studio in your own home on top all the other reasons people have mentioned. Zzounds and Sweatwater make it easier for people to buy their own production equipment.

  • @destinedtosucceed5907
    @destinedtosucceed5907 Місяць тому

    The main thing is, production skills. Internet has helped so many people to get trained and acquire great production skills. Apart from all those huge analog equipment needed for some live stuff, other popular genre like R&b, hiphop, pop etc don't need studi... If you can build up a well padded environment that stops the echos. You need no studio, Studio doesn't produce the music but the producer or engineer does. Studio is only need to show more seriousness and avoid distractions & disturbances especially if you're a family person. A home studio will even let you work more because you wake up anytime and you can go fix anything up right away, unlike waiting to first go to the studio

  • @MyOwnWayMusic
    @MyOwnWayMusic 11 днів тому

    Studios are about the personnel and their creative abilities. Artists want to work with hit making producers, mixers and top shot engineers. All the other fancy stuff as lounge areas, kitchens, games rooms and sleeping quarters are the icing on top.. But really you're not going to the studio to have a vacation, you're going to get work done... get your music finished.

  • @DJURBANBG
    @DJURBANBG Місяць тому +1

    digitalisation killed the big studios

  • @Jo-Ann808
    @Jo-Ann808 Місяць тому

    You guys got it wrong! *Here's why: The reason why Commercial Studio are closing is bc Labels aren't sending them clients.* Commercial Studios make their money off of Labels Acts., not local consumer/independent ppl. Locals Acts never can really afford the rates of The Commercial Facilities (label acts only).
    I worked in a Commercial Studio for decades. *They stay alive according to the latest hits that have bn recorded there by major acts from the record labels,* *not from unsigned independent artists.*
    It's The Record Labels that keep Commercial Studios running, The average unsigned artist cant afford to book time in a Commercial Studio. Only labels can. *It's always been like this !!*
    This has absolutely nothing to do with the home recording & DIY boom. *This is about Label Acts Exclusively!!*

  • @o_gzimusic3244
    @o_gzimusic3244 Місяць тому

    It's 100 dollars an hour at the recording studio I work @. State of the Art shit....located at the hotel. Doing good, Nashville came through last month

  • @antonioscolotti8558
    @antonioscolotti8558 Місяць тому

    I have said this on other posts that I believe that digital technology is the cause of big studios closing. I do believe there is still a need for big studios. The problem is, is that there are fewer live bands that need large studios to record their music. Anybody with a laptop and samples and loops feel that they are a producer. the biggest difference is the acoustic environment. Think about the pandemic. Digital technology allowed musicians to record their parts, send that to another musician and they would add their part to the song. All the while in the comfort of their home studio. And that became acceptable. I kinda hate it because I'm from the old school and I miss the passion and soul that went in to recording music.

  • @Tespod
    @Tespod Місяць тому

    Thank you for all you do you’re extremely important! Thank you for being you!

  • @Only1Science
    @Only1Science Місяць тому +1

    Consumer-grade recording gear helped tank the recording industry.

  • @vi8ezmusicgroup
    @vi8ezmusicgroup Місяць тому +1

    Tracking Room sold their building for 3.85 million. Real Estate play.

  • @LogicalLove
    @LogicalLove Місяць тому

    Very well explain busy. ❤

  • @ToddScorpio
    @ToddScorpio Місяць тому

    Technology has made making the record iattainable to the everyday person independently of a big recording studio

  • @meadpro
    @meadpro Місяць тому +3

    Man since Tupac started this podcast he's really gotten good at explaining the music industry.

  • @girardstudio
    @girardstudio Місяць тому +2

    They got Diddled

  • @YAYYEE
    @YAYYEE Місяць тому +2

    Bandlabs shut down big studios

  • @ChibindaChipawa
    @ChibindaChipawa 2 місяці тому +30

    Took too long to explain this in my opinion. Coulda been 1 minute if prepared better. But still good content.

    • @Vaxxine229
      @Vaxxine229 2 місяці тому +13

      you can always make your own video

    • @ChibindaChipawa
      @ChibindaChipawa 2 місяці тому +19

      @Vaxxine229 No thanks. Better to give constructive critisism and help improve someone who enjoys doing it.

    • @epicwork5970
      @epicwork5970 2 місяці тому

      some timse people just wanna sit down and have something meaningful playing in the background with out having to keep on clicking and searching for something else to watch

    • @ChibindaChipawa
      @ChibindaChipawa 2 місяці тому +2

      @epicwork5970 Joe Rogan?

    • @soundsfromYYBY
      @soundsfromYYBY Місяць тому +6

      ​@@Vaxxine229exactly ninjas always complaining about FREE videos 😂

  • @nowiknowbeta
    @nowiknowbeta Місяць тому

    Please i need that your old Tutorial on how to make “Freestyle”

  • @UTENOW
    @UTENOW Місяць тому

    Straight Ballen what up 2 pac 👌🏿

  • @musikausdemosten
    @musikausdemosten 2 місяці тому

    KI Music will have for impact and make damage too. I made so many Songs and the quality is better than most of the studios can do.

  • @lilian896
    @lilian896 Місяць тому

    Great video❇

  • @Peezy-w8n
    @Peezy-w8n 2 місяці тому +1

    Feel like everything is leading to private businesses

    • @tyroneking6883
      @tyroneking6883 Місяць тому

      We were meant to provide for ourselves. Help eachother but maintain our own resources.
      And that’s the way it’ll go back to.

  • @leftofcenter4
    @leftofcenter4 Місяць тому

    The days are changing.. there is not much of the music business left of old. The big plus is artist will also have to be able to preform live and be entertaining, that is slowly happening but there are still gate keepers on whats left of the industry and there are talentless artist mixed in with the real talented ones,… P Diddy aka Puff daddy had very little talent and used the hell out of other peoples talent to make him look good. Queen Lariafha, LL cool J. Jennifer Hudson along with others use there short music industry fame to branch off into other more money making endeavors.

  • @letssee9
    @letssee9 Місяць тому

    Not True! I'm 54 years old and have been around the music indusrty since the 70s. Music studios have always been the place a person goes to in order to have epxperts help them achieve their sonic goals. ENGINEERS have A:WAYS been EXPERT SCIENTISTS at their CRAFT. The REAL reason why BIG STUDIOS are closing down is because of computer products that mimic the real thing. you mention a "brick room". Acouticaly, that room has certain sonics a person might want for a particular project. that place costed a lot of monjry to build. NOW a kid has an app yjat mimics the room maybe 80 percent quality as a plugin. real studios are shutting down because opportunists arten't appreciaring the ART Consider the Art of being a musician vs a kid with a "sample Pack". There's your answer. Imagine STeph Curry vs an AUTOMATIC 3 point shot making magic ball! Steph Curry would lose out to KIDS that never even practiced the ACTUAL SPORT. Those kids would RIGHTFULLY think that the NBA is losing TRACTION because its just a place of HIGH PAID LUXURY, when THAT'S NOT THE CASE. Case in point, a profeesional ENGINEERS has decades of experience in making sonics happen even when he does n't have technology on his side, that's what makes him a TRUE engineer (by DEFINITION OF the word 'engineer") vs "man I just got this new app on my phone that makes me have access to what A million dollars worth of music equipment would ALMOST sound like. Imagine a well practiced drummer that makes a living off his talent vs a sample pack in a phone. The real drummer finds another angle, a DRUM SET ISN'T A LUXURY, AS MUCH AS A FREE APP FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T PLAY DRUMS IS. LOL bUT wHO CARES? LOL tHE BIG RECORDING STUDIOS ARE SHUTTING DOWN BEcause not many people care about THE REAL ART. The Big studios can't stay afloat in a market of mimickry. AND sone of mimics ARE good! pUT A classically trained PIANIST UP AGAIST sEXXY rEDD, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT i MEAN AND NO DISRESPECT TO sEXXY rEDD.

  • @creativeempire4117
    @creativeempire4117 2 місяці тому +2

    The Hideout LV is still holding on here in Vegas.

  • @JoshuaFante
    @JoshuaFante Місяць тому

    Im not hating btw caught me off gaurd im older idk this dude never seen him. Not knocking anything he does he might be cool as mfer etc, thats cool 😎 just funny hes got the nice guy 2 pac look, like if 2pac was a nerd an went to college etc

  • @AtmKrown
    @AtmKrown Місяць тому

    studiois have always come and gone.... i know a million still rockin. i run one, 9 years strong. there is a million commercial studios in nashville too

  • @lucylebronhernandez8126
    @lucylebronhernandez8126 2 місяці тому

    Diddy did it. He owns the music industry until other reputable artists finally own themselves the new way, how it’s done online its hard work but if you have talent and charisma you get more than Hollywood fame and fortune you’ll owe to others for being lazy about everything.

    • @saintkevinofficial
      @saintkevinofficial 2 місяці тому +5

      Diddy doesn't own the music industry. Just stop.

  • @REALEXIT
    @REALEXIT Місяць тому

    it's the future

  • @ayersllc1838
    @ayersllc1838 Місяць тому +1

    BLAME VSTS😢

  • @CampbellDownie
    @CampbellDownie Місяць тому

    times are not changing.... its already happenend lol already changed.. this is the last dying breaths of the old music industry, the final breath falls with AI, the only studios that will survive are the big rooms for film and orchestra and even then thats changing to. having been in this business for 40 years and being a studio owner I would never ever ever ever think of opening a new studio today, maybe a mastering suite... maybe but anything else is just a place to inject your money and watch it burn, put it into crypto y'all make more hahahahaha

  • @orlandeuce6567
    @orlandeuce6567 Місяць тому

    BLAME SOULJAH BOY

  • @ELLIS-zz7bk
    @ELLIS-zz7bk 2 місяці тому

    1 second ago is crazy busy works beats is the goat

  • @_Valen_C
    @_Valen_C 2 місяці тому

    🔥🔥🔥