Opening a recording studio..

[BBurton]

I am currently looking into the possibility of opening up a recording studio here in North Carolina. I am graduating school in September for Audio Produciton and Design.

I am very curious of the start up rates that are involved with doing this. Any difficulties you guys have come across while doing this? If anyone here has thier own studio, please, any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

[dcwave]

Tell us what services you are you going to provide? Who will be your clientele?

[ShaneC]

Without knowing anything specific, I'd say you should garner some experience working for another studio to see how they do it, but more importantly to gain a working relationship with the clientele. Think of it as a hair dresser... when they first start, they hook up with a shop and get aquainted with the people, and, how they do things. Eventually, they get enough experience and develop enough personal clientele that they may branch out on their own.

[BBurton]

The services i would provide would be engineering/producing musical groups. Also basic mastering for cds i could do too. I have been around the music scene for quite some time now and know a decent amount of people who would be interested.

As far as experience..the school i went to was very hands on and i got to work with many instructors who worked alongside many talented people in LA and NewYork. I feel confident i can perform the duties needed to run a recording studio. So beyond finding customers and networking, what problems have any of you come across that you could tell a newcomer about.

[dcwave]

Acoustics. PLan on spending a fair amount of any startup $$ on acoustics.

[87PRS]

Clientele, Networking & lotsa Money. If you have a day gig, don't quit. The studio build, gear and maintenance can become a small fortune, as you probably already know. Establishing any new business is hard. Congratulations on your degree!

[Bops2000]

Also
look ito marketing specific schools for backround music like skating etc. It's not the money here, its the name at this point. In most any service industry, it's word of mouth that gets you the gig, so do a few freebees, be active in the community, and if your good at what you do, folks will know it. Pretty lame advice,- but it is what it is.... advice, everybody has it to give ...:)