Should you work for free? Maybe, here’s why

If you’ve read the Pros and Cons of Working for Free as an Audio Engineer, you already know what you’re juggling:

When the benefits of free work include:

It’s easier to get a portfolio started
You’ll gain experience faster.
You eliminate some of the barriers to entry into the music community because you’re not bringing up money all the time.

However, the disadvantage of not making any money can get you run out of the industry and into a boring cubicle job faster than you can say “we’ll fix it in the mix!”

The absolute key to making it in the oversaturated music industry is knowing how to run your home studio as a profitable business.

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In the end, you’ll have to find what’s most important at this exact point in your career. Demanding top dollar prices when you can’t even show prospective bands what you can do isn’t convincing. And conversely, continuing to work for free once you have a robust portfolio isn’t doing you any favors either.

So make sure you have a plan moving forward to avoid getting stuck in a rut.

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If you’re tired of competing in the saturated recording industry where it seems like we’re all fighting for scraps, you’ll like the Studio Success Starter Pack.

If you want to quit your boring-ass day job so you can focus on building up a list of clients that work with you in your home studio, but you don’t know where to start, The Studio Success Starter Pack is for you.

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About Audio Issues and Björgvin Benediktsson

We help musicians transform their recordings into radio-ready and release-worthy records they’re proud to release.

We do this by offering simple and practical music production and success skills they can use immediately to level themselves up – while rejecting negativity and gear-shaming from the industry. A rising tide floats all boats and the ocean is big enough for all of us to surf the sound waves.

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