Is It Time To Get Back To Fundamentals?

I have a friend who built a recording studio in his garden. The building – an adapted garden office – cost £15,000. Inside, he installed a pre-owned Neve 24-track mixing console with motorised faders in a custom-built desk – total cost: £17,000. Add to that easily another £15K-20K of high-end gear and studio fittings, he probably spent about £50,000 on that home studio in all. It took him 3 years in his spare time to build it out. What does it sound like? I don’t know. I’ve never heard any music come out of it. I, on the other hand, bought a 2-channel audio interface for £150 + some software and recorded 5 albums and 8 EPs – some getting radio-play on rock/metal stations. I was even Indie Band Of The Week on Metal Express Radio. And it struck me that, while my hobby is making music, Jeff’s real hobby is building studios. And that, folks, is the current state of AI-assisted software development. I see folks building some pretty elaborate studios, but I’m not hearing much in the way of…