[Max66]

Can I ask does anyone here actually own a recording studio or is that a thing of the past as well also if do, who records in recording studios these days is it just musicians, singers, lyric writers, or all in one, the reason I ask is I'm curious thanks.

[Boydie]

The landscape has definitely changed with the advances in home recording, the power of computers, and the advances in the realism of softsynths

A member here does own and run a commercial studio - but I haven’t checked in with him for a while but I am sure it has been a tough year or 2 with Covid

There also now seems to be a bigger divide between “studio engineer” and “mixer/producer”

In the “old days” the studio would record, produce and mix

With the advent of digital an artist can now record vocals in London, with session musicians in Nashville, a producer in New York - with the files instantly pinged to LA for mixing and forwarded to Sweden for mastering

I think the big name studios will continue (although we have even lost some of these these) but the mid/small ones will struggle or need to diversify - eg offer rehearsal space, space for video production for TikTok/YouTube etc.