Music Business

The rise of the studio as a tourist attraction might seem a little crass — but if it helps to pay the bills...

After almost two years of construction, overseen by architect Marcelo Tavares, the studio opened in early 2012 in a purpose-built facility, conceived as a multicultural space where people from all over the world can feel inspired.

Despite great progress elsewhere in the TV business, music for the media is still overwhelmingly dominated by men. Why?

Studios often fall prey to the real-estate business — but for some people, they present a niche opportunity.

Grand Cru was founded as a private studio by Who guitarist Pete Townshend in the late ’70s, and has been in constant operation since then. Recently, it has been made available to the public...

Learning music production the Abbey Road way isn’t cheap — but if it equips you to work in today’s music business, could it be money well spent?

A reputation for competence is vital — and to get it, you need to take every opportunity going.

The boom in live music has created a new class of rehearsal space that’s sophisticated, hi-tech, and surprisingly sanitary...

Just as music and technology have been converging, so have studios and the tech industry.

To get a job in the media you need to do a job. Specifically, you need to write a pitch that will blow the doors off.

Located in an area of North Hollywood, Los Angeles, that now thrives as the ‘NoHo Arts District’, the premises were purpose-built as a recording studio...

As recording live shows gets cheaper and easier, the line between live-sound engineer and producer blurs.

Persistence is a virtue every composer needs, but you can take it too far.

Perhaps the only classic Hollywood recording studio of this type that is still open today, Boulevard began as Continental Recorders around 1966. It changed name to Producer’s Workshop, before going on to create musical history in the 1970s.

Step inside Motor Museum studios, which has played a vital role in the careers of several of the most influential UK bands of the past decades.

How can we expect people to value music when we don’t keep track of who owns it?

Sometimes a make-or-break opportunity can make you and break you...

Every TV producer knows the value of a good ‘ssssccHHH PRRRgghhh’. How are you going to give them what they want?

Recording studios are increasingly finding their way onto our TV and cinema screens. And it’s about time...

Most audio professionals would agree that our industry is in a transitional period at the moment. New digital distribution...