Home Recording vs. Studio: Music Business Tips for the Independent Artist

Video Transcript

"I'm Chris Knab for Expert Village and I would like to turn now to a different subject for those of you now are putting out your first record. In the last 30 years, we've come a long way from a little four track recording device to something called Pro-Tool, a computer software program you can have on a laptop that records fairly decent music and a lot of bands are doing that. A lot of artists are doing the recording at home and putting their first records out that way but I want to let you know something that it depends on what you want to do with that recording what the quality of the recording facility and capability should be. If you are trying to reach a large audience, I would say to you listen to the type of recordings you hear on radio stations wherever up and down the dial you may listen and listen to the quality of that type of recording as it is being broadcast. You have to have if you wish to get any type of airplay, you have to have that type of quality to get some serious attention for airplay. So you can't take something that maybe was recorded at home and maybe it was good enough to press up a few copies for your fans put it on your website, etc. You can't expect that recording to be good enough on commercial airways so think belong Pro-Tools and all that. How serious are you when you are putting out your first record. Are you seeing this as a long term investment. If so, invest some money and get a very good recording and shop around your areas for professional recording studios. There is still a place for them. It all depends on what you want to do with that first recording. The way I look at it is if you want the media and the record labels and even the music publishing companies that are out there to admire you, you've got to do the best recording you possibly can of the best songs you've ever done. "