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Does size really matter?

Writer: Shams The Producer
Shams The Producer
Feb 10, 2018
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Updated: Oct 10, 2025

If there was an actual formula for making hit records then almost every artist, band, or producer would be making hits all day, every day, 365 days a year.

I remember when owning a recording studio gave you the illusion of having an "edge". Thousands, or even millions of dollars invested in huge state-of-the-art analog equipment and acoustic designs made the work environment look and feel like 'hit records' are guaranteed. Business was good for studio owners who would charge an hourly rate to artists and producers for using the studio.


Shams The Producer is sitting in his recording studio by a 36-channel mixing console.

Then, digital recording basically took over the industry. Now producers and artists can record and produce songs in a basement, closet, or bedroom studio for just a fraction of the cost. This obviously proves that size really doesn't matter.

Do you agree?


A typical bedroom studio setup, a workdesk, keyboard controller, speakers, and a computer.
A typical "bedroom' studio.

(B-Rich Music Lab in 2008, formerly Main Street Studio)









I have come to realize that it's not about what you have, but what you can do with what you have.

There's no secret formula; a hit song/record is usually determined by the audience at large, the consumer, who is streaming, downloading, and buying the music.

My advice is just make music, a whole lot of music, good music, of course, and one day you will make a hit record.


Let me know what your preferred studio setup is in the comments. And if you saw value in this post, please share.


 
 
 

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