I'm sorry, try again! I was 49 when I opened for business. Amazingly, after 25 years in construction, I'm not deaf.I'll bet I win the geriatric price. 47.
How old were you when you opened your first studio?
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We closed the central ave shop at the end of the year. Jeff has plans to reopen over in North Davidson. I have plans of getting a real job and actually making some money this year. I'll probably keep my hand in it, but not as the primary engineer.cgarges wrote: Hey Rob,
Did you just bow out of your place or did it actually close?
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They mostly come at night..... Mostly.
I started to fart around with recording "things" when I first dicovered guitar around age 6. Got my first digital system at age 18. Then my computer had a fairly typical hard drive of a whopping 1.1 GB! Soon found out it was great for midi but sucked for audio. Went to an 8 track Tascam porta.
Actually started charging people for recording at age 19. By 21 I had a pretty substantial home studio all digital with analog mixdown to tape if wanted. Co-owned a studio at 25. Now, with the same business parter, we operate out of a commercial studio to track and mix at my home studio. I'm now 29. Many many dollars invested and lots of headaches! But I still love it.
Someday in the hopefully near future, I can build from the ground up a tracking room at my home. However, I love going to a "real studio" with the massive console and 24 track reel to reel machine because that is what I first imagined working at when I really got into this. I already own a nice console and with a little luck, a 24 track reel to reel too!
Actually started charging people for recording at age 19. By 21 I had a pretty substantial home studio all digital with analog mixdown to tape if wanted. Co-owned a studio at 25. Now, with the same business parter, we operate out of a commercial studio to track and mix at my home studio. I'm now 29. Many many dollars invested and lots of headaches! But I still love it.
Someday in the hopefully near future, I can build from the ground up a tracking room at my home. However, I love going to a "real studio" with the massive console and 24 track reel to reel machine because that is what I first imagined working at when I really got into this. I already own a nice console and with a little luck, a 24 track reel to reel too!
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Just turned 60, been recording folks almost 2 years. Now about that geriatric thing...river wrote:I'm sorry, try again! I was 49 when I opened for business. Amazingly, after 25 years in construction, I'm not deaf.I'll bet I win the geriatric price. 47.
I'm old, tired, busted, impatient and my feet hurt that's why I sit all the time. Deal with it and hand me that remote while you're close.
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Not sure about the rest of 'em, but this place is zoned Industrial so hours of operation won't be an issue, and it's a pretty big space. Should make for a pretty cool home recording studio.cgarges wrote: Huh. Lots of houses with studios in them popping up in that area.
They mostly come at night..... Mostly.
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I was always recording from the age of 16 unward... but at the age of 25, the reality and prospects of me opening a studio really hit hard the day I inherited an old Neve Melbourne console.
this is the really short version of this story....
this is the really short version of this story....
"Digital?
Is that the thing where they take a good old sine wave and they chop it up into little bits?" --- Rupert Neve
Is that the thing where they take a good old sine wave and they chop it up into little bits?" --- Rupert Neve
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I resemble that... and I'm cantankerous too. (I'm told) heh heh heh8th_note wrote:Damn, you're older than dirt, man. Geezers rule!Just turned 60, been recording folks almost 2 years. Now about that geriatric thing...
I'm old, tired, busted, impatient and my feet hurt that's why I sit all the time. Deal with it and hand me that remote while you're close.
how old .....started studio
When I was 15 I would take my tascam porta 1 and some 58's and a mixer to bands basements or rehearsal space's and record their demo for 200$ a weekend
saved up and bought a tascam 38 8 track and got "Studio Red" going when I was 18
recorded Dumptruck,Gigolo Aunts,Madder Rose demo's on that machine and then was able to buy a 1 inch 16 track Tascam ms-16 when they returned to do records with me.
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saved up and bought a tascam 38 8 track and got "Studio Red" going when I was 18
recorded Dumptruck,Gigolo Aunts,Madder Rose demo's on that machine and then was able to buy a 1 inch 16 track Tascam ms-16 when they returned to do records with me.
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I've been recording music since i was about 16 with me and all my friends. I opened a "real" studio and started to take everything alot more seriously about a year ago, I am 22 right now. I always wanted to record bands, and I hated working normal jobs. So I just figured I should probably start doing just that.
I'm right there with you guys. While I built my studio about five years ago when I was 46, it took me a couple of years to get everything together to turn "pro." I did my first paid session when I was 48. I'm 51 now and just finished up a project for a Grammy winner, and things are starting to pick up nicely. I quit my job as a teacher 1 1/2 years ago, so the studio, along with my piano tuning/tech side work, is my main source of income now. The best thing is that my studio is in my backyard, so I walk to work. Life is good up on this hill.river wrote:I'm sorry, try again! I was 49 when I opened for business. Amazingly, after 25 years in construction, I'm not deaf.I'll bet I win the geriatric price. 47.
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youngins'idylldon wrote:I'm right there with you guys. While I built my studio about five years ago when I was 46, it took me a couple of years to get everything together to turn "pro." I did my first paid session when I was 48. I'm 51 now and just finished up a project for a Grammy winner, and things are starting to pick up nicely. I quit my job as a teacher 1 1/2 years ago, so the studio, along with my piano tuning/tech side work, is my main source of income now. The best thing is that my studio is in my backyard, so I walk to work. Life is good up on this hill.river wrote:I'm sorry, try again! I was 49 when I opened for business. Amazingly, after 25 years in construction, I'm not deaf.I'll bet I win the geriatric price. 47.
Cheers,
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Don
I'm old, tired, busted, impatient and my feet hurt that's why I sit all the time. Deal with it and hand me that remote while you're close.