>You're talking about getting free studio time from your
>friends and shit... Do you realize that there are overhead
>costs involved in your friend running that studio?
>
>And although he might let YOU do work there for free, if he
>doesn't charge SOMEBODY sooner or later, he ain't gonna have
>that studio for long?
>

exactly...

>Ditto your friend the pro photographer... It's really cool of
>him to do some free work for you, but if he did that for every
>one of his creative friends who needed free flicks, when would
>he have the time to do work that PAYS?


preach on, preacher...

>
>Look... if you have the luck or the hustle to get some shit
>for free, that's awesome for you. But to suggest that
>EVERYBODY should be expected to operate in this way... I'm
>sorry, it is just not a sustainable business model.

AND he's gonna run the risk of being on the business end of a hearty "Fuck You, Pay me" from his friends. Personally, ain't NO way I'd keep doing free remixes and producing for 'friends'. Especially if they're on some "i'm just doing this to have fun" shit. Of course, I've done free shit for fun. BUT I'm not about to let anybody keep coming back for the same shit over and over, AND not taking me serious as a professional.


>
>Which is why I say it hurts music and art as a whole.
>
>And I wish people would stop talking about how technology has
>freed us from all these expenses anyway. I mean, that works
>for some records but I'd hate to think that ALL music should
>be made that way.

right. and like I tried to explain to him, the shit that might work for a Hip-Hop/Dance/Electronica producer is NOT gonna work for a band.




>
>I am loathe to live in a world where we can't have another
>record like Pet Sounds or Thriller... Am I saying that I want
>to see a return of the disgustingly excessive recording
>sessions? Not necessarily.... but it makes me sad to think
>that all we have to look forward from now on is some shitty,
>bedroom-recorded Fruity Loops "productions."

Speak on it.


>
>People just need to grow up and realize that nothing in this
>world comes free... especially nothing of value. It's babies
>who expect to always get what they want, how and when they
>want it. http://splicd.com/cwssN6ShJjg/630/638

^^^^^^^