MUSIC STUDIO..

I am sure many of you are familiar with the hip musicians today like: Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, BoysLikeGirls, Jonas Brothers, and many more. But ofcourse, as everyone should know, before they got all of their great songs out in the market, they have recorded them first in a music studio. Now what exactly is a music studio? What are it's functions? How can we manage a music studio? Today we're gonna talk about that and a brief history of how a music studio came to be. Who knows, maybe we can start recording ourselves and be stars in our own right.

Today, we can define a music studio simply as a place where musicians can play, rehearse and most importantly, to record their songs. To better understand, Recording is a process of registering waveform by mechanical, photographic, electrical or magnetic means for subsequent reproduction on radio, television, disc, film, or tape.

The first sound recording was made by Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric light bulb. In 1877 his first machine had a cylinder turned by a handcrank, a horn that looked like a cheerleader's megaphone. The idea was good, but the sound was very bad. Edison's simple machine had many faults.

The recording of sound, has been done all through 20^th century. But only in the last few years has nearly perfect recording been possible. The “talking machines” of the 1900's were so crude that the “talk” could hardly be understood. In the early 1920's the wind-up phonographs were only slightly better. But the modern record players are so well made that they can produce the original sound almost perfectly. So basically, the first music studio is the workplaces of every inventor after Edison who is working on the improvement of sound recording.

A music studio must have a technical room where all the recording equipment is found, where a technician operates, and where a music producer oversee the ongoing recording. A music studio obviously has to have a recording booth, a room where a musician plays and records. Aside from musical instruments, mic stands, the room is also sound-proofed for better sound input in recording. To do so, the walls are plated with rubber or with soft cushions. Like what we see in movie houses and theaters.

Services rendered in a music studio, first is rental of equipment ofcourse only to be used within the premises like guitars electrical or otherwise, drums, keyboards, etc. for band rehearsals are charged by the hour. Second is recording, the rate depends entirely on what the customer and owner agrees upon. Some charge them per song, how long the duration will take. Lastly is music lessons. If the owner is musically inclined, he or she could teach kids lessons in voice, guitar, drums, or in which the owner has prior knowledge of. Lessons could be rated by the hour or session.

Starting your own music studio would be a bit pricey, because of the equipment and all. So usually owners are mostly musicians who had collected/bought these equipment for personal use over the years and thought to share 'em with willing souls who wants to learn their craft.. The music studio business can be manned not just by musicians or people with music-inclined proffesions but also simple music enthusiasts.

So basically that's it. Though I'm no expert in the subject matter, I hope I was able share some things there is to know about a music studio. So Musicians out there, never fret to experiment just write stuff and let the world enjoy your music.