Selecting Your Studio Space

A studio of any size or recording purpose starts with space in which it will be located. Isolation from outside sounds is important. If you live in a studio or one-bedroom apartment, then try to locate your "studio" in a corner as far from door to hallway and away from windows. Also, a closet can work well as a recording booth. Set up your recording equipment just outside closet and your microphone inside closet.

If you live in a two-plus bedroom unit or a single-family home and can dedicate an entire room to your studio, then you'll have more options available for controlling acoustics of space. You'll want to make sure room doesn't sound too "echoey" or "hollow." Treating these problems can be as simple as putting some overstuffed furniture in room, along with a rug and some drapes over windows. Have a lot of old clothes sitting in an attic or basement? You can use them to create a recording "booth" around your mic. Fill three or four rolling clothes racks with clothes and then position them on sides and back of your mic position.

Of course, you can use professional acoustic materials to control sound reflections. You'll find an excellent primer on acoustical treatment-in plain English-at Auralex. Check out these acoustical treatment production companies, too: HSF Acoustics; Silent Source; Vocalbooth; Whisper Room.

Selecting Your Equipment

I have been looking at what seems to be, hundreds of sites that offer a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity. No doubt you have too….Right?

So here we are trying to learn how to discern as to what is legit and what is hype and what is totally false.

Let’s start with totally false; probably easiest to uncover. I could include some links for you to see ones I mean…but I don’t want to get sued neither….yes I am chicken. But let’s see if we can identify some commonalities of totally false.

The term ‘once in a life time opportunity to get rich quick’ is a dead give-away! Any variations of this statement are likely to be nothing more then a ‘hook’ to lure desperate and ignorant.

The promise of making money within days by paying a ‘small’ fee is also right up there with worst. The attempt to lure you in with great promise for only such a small amount of money is very common. I really like statement: How can you afford not take this opportunity. It will ALWAYS include requirement to part with some of your hard earned money!

Another indication of a false statement is one where you are told you don’t have to do anything; program is an auto-pilot program and it just sits there making money while you sleep.

Do statements sound familiar? I think so. I bet a good 50% fall in this category without question.