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Before I got into web development, I spent 4 or 5 years as a recording engineer. And people were constantly predicting the "end of recording studios". Certainl
by kevincennis 13y ago
Before I got into web development, I spent 4 or 5 years as a recording engineer. And people were constantly predicting the "end of recording studios".
Certainly, there was a big shift. Pro Tools got cheap, companies like Behringer started making affordable large-diaphragm condenser mics that sort of looked like the nice ones. Line6 and Amplitube were making reasonably convincing guitar amp simulators. And some studios did close.
But there is absolutely still a market for for experienced recording engineers and big studios. The difference is that now there are DIY alternatives at the low end of the spectrum.
This article makes the mistake of predicting the end of web development, when in reality, all that's happening is that people with simpler needs are finally starting to see alternatives. Just need a basic home page? Go to Squarespace. Need a high-performance single-page web app? Still need a real developer. I don't see that changing soon.
- te_chris 13y agoExactly this. I've made a similar transition and I'll say one thing: we web people at least don't have to deal with declining customer incomes. The worst part about being in the audio (live and recorded) biz was not only the bottom up effect, but the fact that the ROI of the average recording was plummeting (at least from where I was sitting, for the artists I was working with). People/Clients still make money on the internet, even off $50-100k plus builds. $50k on a pro studio album would be damn near impossible to recoup these days, from what I've seen.
- kevincennis 13y agoIt'll be interesting to see if the web starts to follow the trend I saw in recording. Basically, a lot of clients would come to me to track drums and maybe guitars. They'd pay for a nice room, good mics, lots of guitar amps, and someone who knew how to use them. Then they'd do vocal overdubs, bass, synth and occasionally guitars at home. And they'd usually bring bit back for me to mix. I sort of like the model of "pay an expert to do the hard stuff, and do the rest on my own".
- te_chris 13y agoYeah I've definitely seen that as well, get a couple of days in the studio to get a great drum sound then beg, borrow enough gear to get passable synth, gats etc. It makes sense, I just hope more models emerge to recoup some of the lost CD earnings, but they don't really seem to be. It's quite sad actually, the number of my friends who are now considering retraining as developers because the state of the music industry is so shitty.
- te_chris 13y agoHow did I say anything worth being downvoted here?
- ScottBurson 13y agoBeats me. Maybe someone misclicked; it happens. I've upvoted you, FWIW.
- kevincennis 13y agoWeird. Mine got downvoted a couple times too. It would be great if people would take the time to point out whatever it was that they found to be objectionable.
- ilaksh 13y agoFor single page applications, take a look at applications like Zoho Creator or Wufoo or Weebly. Or QuickBase, Knack, Grubba, probably dozens more.