[Les Cargill[_5_]]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article ,
James Price wrote:
On Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 8:18:36 PM UTC-6, Scott Dorsey wrote:
James Price wrote:
Do you think the rise of home studios will eventually offset
demand for professional recording services to the point that
running a commercial studio won't be a viable career path?

That happened some time in the mid-nineties. Did you miss it?

If it were no longer a viable career path, recording studios would
occupy a niche market on par with typewriter repair.

No, I can actually find a typewriter repair shop.

All the full-service studios in the country are gone. The big Hit Factory
auction was basically the sign that everything changed. All the big label
studios are gone... Columbia's 30th st. studio... all the RCA studios gone.

The only studio left in the country large enough for an orchestra or a big
band is Skywalker Sound, and that's an audio-for-film shop.
--scott


This is probably far too broad to be much good, but the pattern of
acquisition of HBO Max looks like they're running on P/E money
and they're on a dash to buy everything they can. IOW, there is
no pattern. Perhaps they'd word counting Reddit posts.

Since theaters have taken a shot below the waterline, that's what's left
of the entertainment industry ( modulo some sort of renaissance ).

If I had to call it, it's the generalization of ClearChannel - create a
financial tire fire of all that remains.

At least we have YouTube.

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Les Cargill