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I don't think I could ever be a full-time recording engineer, as I don't
like a huge chunk of what's apparently popular. It seems to me that one of
the drawbacks of trying to make a living in the recording industry is that
as hard as I hear people say it is to make any money, you would have to take
projects on music that you don't care for. Yes? No? Also what about dealing
with the variety of knuckleheads that often seem to gravitate toward musical
circles?
Do any of you have so much work/cashflow coming in that you never do a
project you don't care for?
On the subject of knuckleheads, as an example on a small-time basis - a
friend who does music production referred someone to me since the nature of
what they told my friend they wanted to do was outside the scope of their
niche. I was told that this girl wanted to record a couple of Christmas
songs to give to her friends and family as a Christmas card. Okay, seemed
like something I could handle.
Turns out, what this girl wanted to do wasn't just a vanity track or two,
but record an *album* of Christmas songs, with full orchestral arrangements.
And she wanted to have it "in the stores in time for Christmas". By "the
stores" she meant the major retail outlets, Walmart, Best Buy etc. It was
October when I was presented with this.
Obviously, neither this girl nor her mother had a clue on earth. Do you ever
have successful projects with people like this?
I don't think I could ever be a full-time recording engineer, as I don't
like a huge chunk of what's apparently popular. It seems to me that one of
the drawbacks of trying to make a living in the recording industry is that
as hard as I hear people say it is to make any money, you would have to take
projects on music that you don't care for. Yes? No? Also what about dealing
with the variety of knuckleheads that often seem to gravitate toward musical
circles?
Do any of you have so much work/cashflow coming in that you never do a
project you don't care for?
On the subject of knuckleheads, as an example on a small-time basis - a
friend who does music production referred someone to me since the nature of
what they told my friend they wanted to do was outside the scope of their
niche. I was told that this girl wanted to record a couple of Christmas
songs to give to her friends and family as a Christmas card. Okay, seemed
like something I could handle.
Turns out, what this girl wanted to do wasn't just a vanity track or two,
but record an *album* of Christmas songs, with full orchestral arrangements.
And she wanted to have it "in the stores in time for Christmas". By "the
stores" she meant the major retail outlets, Walmart, Best Buy etc. It was
October when I was presented with this.
Obviously, neither this girl nor her mother had a clue on earth. Do you ever
have successful projects with people like this?