Have you ever thought about what makes you stand out as an engineer? Why would anybody hire you instead of any of the thousands of engineers rolling off the conveyor belt of audio school this year? Being in a category of one is a great place to be. You’re not a small fish in a...
Knowing how to get gigs when you’re just starting out in your music career can be a complex subject. If you don’t have a band to play live with, you’re going to need to find some band members. Then you need to rehearse a good set so you can start contacting venues to finally get...
You’ve finally decided. You want to start recording other bands. You’ve been honing your audio engineering skills on your music for a while now, and you feel like you’ve got the hang of how everything works. Your friends, family and the fans at your shows tell you they like the sound of your music so...
About a year ago, the website Medium hired me to write one of those long, detailed articles designed to be “one part inspiration and one part clear, detailed advice.” (Their words, not mine). Their goal was to “produce the world’s most trusted advice in personal development” and asked me to write a “procrastination piece targeted...
If you’re reading this chances are you want to make the most out of your home studio. You might already pretty darn good at recording and mixing but you’re having a hard time finding people to work with. You can only record so many of your own singles before you get sick of your singing...
You’re here because you want to make money from your home studio on the side. I already told you what to think about when charging for your time, and I even gave you a handy calculator to make it easy to calculate how much you should charge for your sessions. Although knowing how much you...
Yesterday I gave you an invaluable tool for finding the right rate to charge for your projects. If you haven’t checked it out already, head on over here and download the Recording Session Calculator. However, pricing yourself is only a small part of the struggle. It doesn’t matter how much or how little you want...
Yesterday we talked about the struggle of setting the right rates when you want to start charging for your services. I struggled with this problem in the past because it was difficult to visualize how long things would truly take, and how much I should charge for each service. Have you felt the same way?...
If you want to do audio work professionally, sooner or later you’re going to have to answer the crucial question: How much should I charge? Pricing yourself is hard because there are so many different ways to look at it. Do you charge hourly? Do you charge a flat rate per project? Do you charge...