Another Preview Clip from The Big Interview

[JARG]

Twenty years ago, you could be a studio-only band -- which might have suited Neil. Today, it's probably a non-starter.

That seems completely backward. It used to be that in order to record music you had to rent studio time which could be damn expensive and the only reason you'd do it was because you hoped to recoup those costs via record sales and touring, but nowadays with the explosion of home studios, you can, for a relatively modest personal investment, produce a perfectly acceptable-sounding product. The pressure to tour and sell units to make up studio costs just isn't there in that model.

[Ron2112]

Twenty years ago, you could be a studio-only band -- which might have suited Neil. Today, it's probably a non-starter.

That seems completely backward. It used to be that in order to record music you had to rent studio time which could be damn expensive and the only reason you'd do it was because you hoped to recoup those costs via record sales and touring, but nowadays with the explosion of home studios, you can, for a relatively modest personal investment, produce a perfectly acceptable-sounding product. The pressure to tour and sell units to make up studio costs just isn't there in that model.

 

Nope. The 70's business model was record an album, and then the record company would cover touring costs, because touring ultimately helped sell records. Which is: a) why concert tickets used to be so cheap and b) why Rush didn't register a profit on the road until the PeW days. Money for bands was primarily in the merchandise and publishing streams.

 

Now that records don't sell nearly as well, concert prices are up. People will pay the prices and it's how bands make money.

 

Home recording doesn't really factor because pro bands are still going use pro studios, producers, etc. Records still cost a lot to make.