Emma Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Hi, I posted a poll that is aimed to gather research for my dissertation last week. However I am a little concerned over the validity of the answers as I posted it on more than one room and I think people may have voted more than once. My dissertation looks at if computer based DAWs have effected commercial music production and how. I would really like to get some statistics for my work and so would like to continue with my idea of a poll. Therefore to ensure I get accurate results I would like to email the questions to people - to ensure that people only vote once. If you would be kind enough to help me could you email me at eljackson78@yahoo.co.uk and I will send you the questions. I would really appreciate your help as I feel I need at least 50 responses in order to use the information I gather for statistics. I should also add that my dissertation is geared towards the commercial music industry and therefore I really need to get my results from professionals rather than hobbyists. Thanks, Emma P.S. I have posted this request in several of the forums in order to get as many responses as possible so you need only answer one of these requests.
Alndln Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Emma: [b] My dissertation is geared towards the commercial music industry and therefore I really need to get my results from professionals rather than hobbyists. [/b][/quote]I guess that puts me in an uncategorized section,Iv'e played pro for over 30 years but want nothing to do with the "Commercial Mucic Industry" anymore.Whats this for anyway? "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows"
fantasticsound Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 [quote]Originally posted by Emma: [b]...My dissertation looks at if computer based DAWs have effected commercial music production and how... ...I should also add that my dissertation is geared towards the commercial music industry and therefore I really need to get my results from professionals rather than hobbyists...[/b][/quote]These two statements, together, indicate your statistics will be incomplete and possibly misleading. It's the ability of "hobbyists" (a term that covers many who might not term themselves professional, yet meet that criteria because they are paid to be sound engineers) to record at such high quality with DAW's that causes one effect on the industry you are researching. Without hobbyists, smaller pro studios would surely have more work, and there would almost undoubtedly be less pro studios. Among the reasons for this would be the cost of equipment and media, and the needs of local bands for recording services. Due to only these two advantages of DAW technology many bands, both pro, semi-pro, and hobbyists produce their own, quality product. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
Emma Posted January 23, 2003 Author Posted January 23, 2003 "I guess that puts me in an uncategorized section,Iv'e played pro for over 30 years but want nothing to do with the "Commercial Mucic Industry" anymore.Whats this for anyway?" This research is for my dissertation for uni. Why did you decide that you have had enough of commercial music if I may ask? I can sympathise with your decision. I originally wanted to work in music production but after having studied and undertaken several years of work experience I decided that I would not be happy working professionally in this field. Instead I decided that I would much prefer to work in TV and Film sound.
Emma Posted January 23, 2003 Author Posted January 23, 2003 "These two statements, together, indicate your statistics will be incomplete and possibly misleading. It's the ability of "hobbyists" (a term that covers many who might not term themselves professional, yet meet that criteria because they are paid to be sound engineers) to record at such high quality with DAW's that causes one effect on the industry you are researching. Without hobbyists, smaller pro studios would surely have more work, and there would almost undoubtedly be less pro studios. Among the reasons for this would be the cost of equipment and media, and the needs of local bands for recording services. Due to only these two advantages of DAW technology many bands, both pro, semi-pro, and hobbyists produce their own, quality product." I am very aware that hobbyists have a large impact on the industry over all, especially on the smaller demo studio. This subject that you raise is a very interesting one. However the subject of how the DAW has impacted upon the finanical side of things which you are talking about could justify a dissertaion in its own rights. As I only have 12,000 words to write my work in I feel that I cannot cover this area properly and that is why I have had to limit my question to looking at the commercial music industry and how the DAW has effected the process and product there. I am also not really going into the finacial implications of the DAW. Thanks, Emma.
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