― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 4 December 2003 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)
Um, maybe he meant to say that one tape making company closes every July, not necessarily the same one. Otherwise, that would be strange, because that one tape company would theoretically have to restart every year.
Anyway, I still see AMPEX tape for sale at stores, so *crossing fingers* they seem to have staying power for the analog gear folks on the forum here.
(Anyone want to buy an 8-track 1/2 inch Reel to Reel perchance? *whistles*)
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:02 (twenty-two years ago)
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 5 December 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)
I think you interpreted "closes" as something permanent. I'm sure he meant that they just take a monthlong vacation every year.
Here's the actual quote, which comes in the context of a paragraph talking about all the things a real "producer" (read: engineer should know:
Which tape manufacturer closes every year in July, causing shortages of tape globally?
the full text can be found here:http://www.mercenary.com/probwitmusby.html
― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)
Albini should just create not only Electrical Audio, the studio.. he should create, Electric Audio, the Institute. We'd have to give him the power to stop time and unlimited bank, of course, so he could, you know, actually build the school and get it going.
The real question is.. which actually pays more? being a music studio engineer? or being a music professor?
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)
― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)
It's from 1993, I believe.
I was shocked by the fact that Albini only charges $350/day for his services. Hell, I can afford that! Minus weekends, a rough calculation shows that his income from that gig is roughly $100,000/year, give or take $10,000. Amazingly modest, given his stature and unshakable credentials. You gotta hand it to him, the man's got integrity.
― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 5 December 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)
um, that would be $600 or $800 per day for use of the studio, depending on which room you want, *plus* $350 per day for him to be the engineer on the project. so to afford that, you're gonna have to come up with either $950 or $1150 per day.
he used to claim that he used a sliding scale -- a lot of money for big record company projects and a little money, or even free, for bands he actually liked. maybe he still does that, and maybe the posted rate is his big record company rate.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 5 December 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 5 December 2003 20:04 (twenty-two years ago)