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I was just wondering... [message #93368] Thu, 06 December 2007 12:41 Go to previous message
Gantt Kushner is currently offline  Gantt Kushner   
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Registered: June 2006
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...How many of you nice folks actually record music (with or without Paris)
for your livings? About 13 - 14 years ago my studio began to out-earn my
gigs playing guitar in local bands and it's been my primary source of income
all this time. The problem is it's not working very well anymore. I hardly
do any demo work for bands these days. The last demo project I thought I
had lined up ended up going to a friend of their guitar player's house -
a lawyer with a Protools studio in his basement. The price? Nothing. I
couldn't compete with that! I haven't done any jingle work in years. All
the jingle writer/producers seem to have their own setups and use the big
impressive studios for clients who want to see receptionists and 30 foot
long consoles.

So I'm looking for a "real" job. My wife quit her job to home school our
10 year old son (and probably our 8 year old daughter once she has a groove
going) and I can't support my family on what my studio makes. Which, at
the moment, is almost nothing. I've thought about marketing myself as a
"recording consultant" to help people build and use their home studios but
I'm not sure how to go about doing that. I've also thought about marketing
my guitar playing skills for home recordists and maybe trying to get mix
work.

Sorry - I don't much know what I'm looking for here. I guess I'm just whining
and venting a bit. I suppose I had a pretty good run. Now it's time to
go sell video systems for the local music store. Or drive a school bus!
I'm told our county school system has great benefits. I'm about to turn
56. Seems a little old to be trying to figure out what I'm going to be when
I grow up!

Thanks for listening. You people have felt a lot like friends to me over
the last 5 - 6 years that I've been hanging out here almost every day.

Gantt

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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