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Permalink Reply by Kirk Thompson Producer/engineer on May 25, 2009 at 6:03pm

Ted,

I used to run a home studio out of my home. I got an offer to move to a location in town and am currently leasing a 1700 sq. ft studio in town. I currently have 2 suites. My A room is a 5 room tracking facility, the B room is just a OD/mix suite. We track, mix and master here. We have a back room where we also duplicate small runs of Cds to help off set overhead cost.

The majority of my clients consist of songwriters as well as gospel, country, R & B artist.

To know what I think, There's defentantly pros and cons.

The pros: It will entice a more professional clientele. There is a sense of leaving work at work. In my case you're where you can order carry out to the dealership. Again in my case I dress nicer and take on a more professional impression.

The cons: A much more expensive overhead, ie: two light bills, two phone bills, added lease payment. Now the additional cost of eating out as oposed to having something at home....

I hope this helps. You'll have to decide whether its of your benefit to more your studio outside the home. It was a good decision for me for the most part. When business is off its a double whammy of expense durring those times.

Kirk Thompson