...Doesn't charge for mixing and mastering
...21 and lives with his parents
...something most people won't notice
I'll throw a hand grenade here:
You realize it's guys like this who have made it almost impossible to have a viable career as an audio engineer, don't you?
Hopefully all of you are just interested in recording as a hobby, let alone spending thosuands to study it at a recording school...
Try living in a major music center and keeping a roof over your head and food on the table for the $15-20 hr. you'll top out at, IF you can get work at all.
There's always going to be a handful of "A-listers" who make good money, but you'd be SHOCKED at what the "A-minus" and below engineers are willing to work for, nowadays. Guys w/Gold and Platinum records on their walls...
Interested in everyone's thoughts on this.
MG
he'll eventually start charging more as he gets more experience and buys more gear. With his current portfolio he's booked for months ahead, and his only form of advertisement is craigslist. He posts his myspace page on CL which has a player with the best songs he's mixed and mastered. Anyone who contacts him about booking gets a reply within 10 minutes. He makes 150$ a day on average doing this alone. There's studios in town with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of recording equipment, state of the art facilities that charge $65/hr...yet they can't pull off the quality that he does. Did I mention that he provides all the instruments. He's got a maple kit already mic'd, a marshall/mesa triple rect and soon orange head. There may be some pumping issues with our songs, but overall we're happy. If we would have taken more time with it, it could have easily been resolved. and eventually it will be once we bring it to his attention. If you listen to his other recordings at myspace.com/amhstudios you'll see what I mean by "quality". I love the "north of never" demo he's got on there. He recorded the drums n bass while his friend did all the guitar tracks. I'm glad that people like him are around, it'll cause these other studios to step up their game.