Business Tips For Audio Engineers

Making money as an audio engineer in your home studio or project studio can be difficult. We as audio engineers need to be creative in the services we offer and the way we use our studios and other gear. In this video, I share some of my favorite tips to making more money in your studio as an audio engineer.
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[@TheStudioFreq]

Make sure you are charging at least $35/hr MINIMUM. Anything less will not align with the credibility you are needing to draw the level of clientele you will need to continue growing professionally. If you don’t feel you can charge that yet you need to very quickly figure out what skills you are lacking and get them where you need them to be ASAP!
I charge $100/hr for anything post production/video related. $85/hr for anything recording/mixing related and $75/hr teaching music and audio technology lessons. Most of my “students” are career professionals working in video and film and are wanting to understand audio better. Wedding videographers are a big market of people needing to improve their audio skills. They are also very grateful to know a sound engineer, who can work magic on horrible, sounding audio, which happens more frequently than not during wedding ceremonies and receptions. Teaching them how to take care of their own audio puts money in your pocket and build your clientele base for those times when they need your help again and again.

[@garyrandall3059]

Man, budgeting has saved my life!!!

[@trak4316]

Comparing setting goals to setting a gps was deep. Never herd that one before surprisingly

[@noboyz4554]

Yeah I built a recording studio at my house I make so much money sometimes I be ducking artist lying saying my equipment broke when I need family time the money just keep on coming but its not because my studio is real nice with a vocal booth its cuz I'm good at what I do with mixes my girlfriend dont trip she fully understands

[@AyyooDizzy410]

Lol😂😂😂

[@wesskingstonmusic]

Same here lol 😂

[@renegademusikrmg8534]

I needed this bro I appreciate the support!!!

[@allankuria9923]

And pay your TAXES!

[@fantaztikbeatz]

4 sure!!!!!!

[@rydersmith3576]

Great video! Thank you

[@BigLoxxOfficial]

You don't waist my time , thanks bro I appreciate !

[@moddonthemix]

Dope content ! Definitely an influence and look forward to more

[@MrChitownhustla]

Dropping jewels my guy 💪🏾💯

[@bigglee8588]

really needed this bro u the goat
appreciate u

[@DatManMajor]

I needed to hear this fr

[@waynewav]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@pottingplants_]

Great vid! Excellent ideas, thanks for sharing this

[@dulla8469]

man i produce, engineer, record and mix for local artist, release some peoples music cause some people are just too lazy to do art and shceduale and stuff, and also i make my own songs, and yet i make 0$ for now, i just made my first 20$ in 2 years since covid for mixing a song on fiver and now im here to plan more, thank you for being there this channel helped shape me

[@YoungASUCarey]

Wasting your own time…

[@beatdealerz960]

Negro....stop it. $20 is shit. 😂😂😂

[@marwinedwards2748]

i fw you bro💯 you keeps it real and spit facts!

[@HUMZMIC1]

Thank You for that very helpful information!!!

[@djflexifresh]

If you don’t put the gps in before you start you’re going to get somewhere you don’t want to be

[@one7-11]

I like this.

[@chriswalshtv]

Hey what’s up bro how are you thanks for the advice I really appreciate you bro

[@waynewav]

💯💯

[@Kaprim]

thank you man

[@bhargavdobhal5327]

Thank You bro🙌🙌 Very Helpful Video🔥🔥.

[@Klipsat]

Thanks for this video 🙏🏻🤍
Please make a full mixing session video 🫶🏻

[@one7-11]

This true.

[@Airic]

that Mailbox Money is a major key ! #TMC

[@lltheoledays2126]

I charge $80hr with a minimum of 22hrs a week on the books. Just a quick key from me to you. 1- location with unsaturated market. 2- good work space/equipment. 3- templates for EVERY genre with a commercial familiar sound texture.

[@brandon_henry_222]

Thanks

[@brandon_henry_222]

When you say template, do you mean a template within the DAW?

[@DeeMaxum]

​@@brandon_henry_222....yes

[@LilLeafYT]

watched like 3 times on 1.25 speed lmaoo much love keep it up

[@projessi_]

Thanks for this wavy🙏. I was wondering, do you have a manager or maybe a studio manager?

[@fantaztikbeatz]

Gotta love this guy!!!!

[@matthewpelletier3607]

Great advice dude!

[@athenkosimagwa187]

Thank You🙏🏻👊🏻

[@Arsonloke]

Great video bro 💯

[@waynewav]

Thanks fam

[@babysunn2]

Great Info, And Thanks... Also Which Beat Leasing Site Would You Recommend?

[@danielthomas8507]

I wish I was in USA,, here new zealand the industry is tiny and is monopolize by a small group of engineers and is nearly impossible to make a few quid as a audio engineer....great video cheers mate 👍

[@taylorstep8135]

get on fivver or be willing with to break a office from scratch. you have to make yourself the boss with you live somewhere there little to no industry or move to the big city.

[@arielellunatiko2761]

dope alot of tips

[@cirusraskil]

Dope ! Thanks I’ve been thinking about this for so long. But don’t really know how to promote myself despite 15 years of skills… any advices bro ?

[@PLUG.MP3]

fire

[@firstlast4658]

Hi wavy, I have fl studio, apollo x6 and ramsa da7 mixer how can I connect it all?

[@cudexc]

I'm a beatmaker mixing&mastering engineer but I'm struggling😓😰

[@sbechris]

I’m going to school for audio engineering

[@itsrelativ3967]

Stop limiting yourself to mixing rappers and singers. Find other industries that need audio editing/mixing.

[@kelebogilenithbogelang8998]

Like which industries?

[@tsiky1907]

@@kelebogilenithbogelang8998 film and publicity

[@GlenCasual]

@@kelebogilenithbogelang8998film and video games

[@21_RecordsLabel.]

Like what?

[@uiscestudio]

⁠@@kelebogilenithbogelang8998
Voice acting.
Podcast recording.
Audiobook production.
Sound Editing (parallel career track)
Record demo reels.
Learn to record all kinds of music.
Learn to record Foley.
Learn to do on set recording.
This is me riffing here as someone with a similar question.

[@XLRmusik]

The value of an engineer was what he/she knew , what he had figured out by experience and or experimentation. The sound that can be produce that is not produce by someone else. Now. Everyone that knows anything is posting it for views. So the career is done. If everyone knows everything there is no value. The pay has gone down to 10% what it use to be.

[@cudexc]

I'm so broke

[@Dame28]

Costs me more money than i make most years!!!

[@rjssanchez9553]

Do you think you can make a game that consists of us sending you beats made by fl studio mobile and the best ones get a prize hahahaha😐🤣🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️

[@firstlast4658]

sorry wayne

[@Djogbee]

Who need some songs mixed?😅no serious

[@Haitifam]

Bro wtf are u talking about

[@neezybeatz508]

dont waste another 10 min of your life 🤣🤣🤣🤣