Business Plan

Building A Small Home Studio:

The first thing i noticed while searching for equipment is that the prices varie, My first step was to plan.
Price searching is the hardest thing before actually getting into action because having a good plan leads to targets being met, so for my studio plan i planned everything from prices to locations and to rights.

Prices:

i intend to build myself a small home studio specifically for doing mix down and producing beats, the following list is the equipment i already have for the studio.

Equipment Already Owned:

*BOSE headphones - £159 - the reason i need these headphones i because past 22:00pm it is illegal to play music out loud, so these bose headphones are very comfortable for long hour use, the sound is very clear and useful for mix downs and creating beats because the quality comes out clearly on bose headphones.

*Macbook Pro - £999 - Macbook pro is a specific computer for a specific software that i use, the reason why this computer is useful for music making is because it has a lot of power to support the work load of the software that i use.

*RAM (specifically for the mac) - £108 - my macbook pro first came with a 4GB hardrive, so i updated my ram to 16GB to support the amount of music that i make and not make my computer slow.

*Software For The Mac:
 Logic Pro - £155 - Logic pro is the software that i learned to use, it is very useful because it is very simple and it is very to pick up, the useful thing about logic pro is a lot of big companies like native instruments makes plugins for the software so there are unlimited things that you can do to make your sound unique.

 Massive Plug-in (within Logic pro) - €400 - massive plugin is a plugin that has loads of different instruments within in making my options less limited then having the normal logic instruments samples

*Acoustic Guitar - £120 - the acoustic guitar is useful to record a real acoustic guitar sound.

*Electric Guitar - £70 - the electric guitar is useful to create melodies and solos. 

Equipment That I Need:

*Scarlett Studio Interface - £120 - the scarlett studio interface is needed for me to connect the mac to the studio monitors.

*KRK Studio Monitors - £259 - the krk's are specific type of studio monitors that i will be using to make my beat more clean, the sound is clean and detailed because of the quality for the monitors.

*AKG C414 B-XLS Condensor Microphone - £660 - having a good microphone is useful to have a good recording which makes it easy to mix down, so i chose to buy the c414 condensor microphone.

*Microphone Stand - £20 (for 2 mic stands) - the microphone stand is to hold the microphone to record the vocals. 

*Midi Keyboard - £79 - the midi keyboard lets you play the midi data samples within logic.

*Jack Lead - £2.70 (x3) = £8.10 - jack lead is to connect the guitars to the amp or the interface.

*Samson SAPS01 Studio Quality Pop Filter - £13.19 - the pop filter plosives from having an effect on the recording.

*XLR Cable - £5 (x2 = £10) - the xlr connects the microphone to the interface.

*Midi Cable - £3 - the midi cable connects the midi keyboard to the computer.

*ACOUSTIC FOAM TREATMENT SOUND PROOFING 24 TILES - £31.19 - it stops natrual reverb from effecting the recording.

*Guitar Stand - £10 (x2 - £20) - the guitar stand holds the guitar safely instead of just laying the guitar on the floor.

Booking A Studio:

Because i want my home studio only for mix downs and producing, due to the amount of noise you can make whilst recording, the location that my studio is being set up is not appropriate so i am going to record instruments in a proper studio. (This will only happen when Vocals and guitars etc needs to be recorded together).

The Price: 

Because i am under 25 if i pay £15 for my membership i get to use the Roundhouse studios for £1 an hour. 

The Main Purpose:

The main purpose for me creating my own studio is mainly for mix downs, the space that i have within my house is good enough for me to use for mix downs, mastering and creating beats, so at first i would charge £20 for mix downs, £20 for mastering for people who know my work and for my mates.
The beats that i make will be mainly for me to advertise my work via Social networks, Soundcloud, band camp, Itunes and friends.