Mbira
Well-known member
Hmmm....been thinking about this a bit. I got on the kick of DIYing as much as I can in my life.
I now have a small rack of very nice recording gear in my office, but not a very good room, and several incomplete projects in my workshop. I get much better results than I used to, but still not the "pro" results that I want. I'm now considering selling my gear or trading it to a good studio here in town to just get the results I want the first time and finally have my next album finished.
I now have a short-size school bus in my driveway for getting the band to and from gigs. It is used 5-8 times a month. Diesel. MPG gallon is rediculous. I had the intention of converting it to WVO but it'd take a while to just break even. I'm curious at the cost of just renting an extended cab van for when we need it...Thinking about selling the bus and using that money to pay the rental fees as needed. I'd probably still make money after a year of doing this.
I am now in the process of automating my whole record label and sending everything to CD Baby and dumping my website. I calculate that this will save me several hours each week of cutting, folding, burning CDs, etc, etc.
Derek Severs said something that made me think. DIY doesn't mean "Do it yourself", it means "delegate it yourself".
I'm starting to think that I don't want to wast my life on the little things if I am mainly a musician, I should just focus on making music and let people work for/with me more.
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I now have a small rack of very nice recording gear in my office, but not a very good room, and several incomplete projects in my workshop. I get much better results than I used to, but still not the "pro" results that I want. I'm now considering selling my gear or trading it to a good studio here in town to just get the results I want the first time and finally have my next album finished.
I now have a short-size school bus in my driveway for getting the band to and from gigs. It is used 5-8 times a month. Diesel. MPG gallon is rediculous. I had the intention of converting it to WVO but it'd take a while to just break even. I'm curious at the cost of just renting an extended cab van for when we need it...Thinking about selling the bus and using that money to pay the rental fees as needed. I'd probably still make money after a year of doing this.
I am now in the process of automating my whole record label and sending everything to CD Baby and dumping my website. I calculate that this will save me several hours each week of cutting, folding, burning CDs, etc, etc.
Derek Severs said something that made me think. DIY doesn't mean "Do it yourself", it means "delegate it yourself".
I'm starting to think that I don't want to wast my life on the little things if I am mainly a musician, I should just focus on making music and let people work for/with me more.
:guinness: :guinness: :guinness: