The Universe is funny – as soon as we moved to Colorado I got a call from a NJ business (who lived close to my old studio) who wanted to hire me to produce their podcast, but they did NOT want to come into my studio, and I said GREAT that works out nicely! If I had a good salesperson it could have been more profitable. It took a lot of effort and technically the studio was profitable but not by much. * The painful aspects of that experience have completely dissolved into nothingness. * I paid my dues for what was to come next. To sum up my experience having the studio for 3 years: THE END: Deciding to NOT sign up for another 3 years, which happened to coincide with my move to Colorado (where I would start doing all client recordings virtually). Trying to partner with 2 different people – both were going to be in charge of marketing and sales (obviously because I wanted to focus on the audio production!) – and both ended up in tragedy. I met Barry the maintenance guy and got to know him. *Back then most people didn’t even know what podcasts were! I did this to generate as much buzz as possible around my studio.Īttending Chamber of Commerce networking events to promote my studio and invite local business people to be interviewed on my local business podcast. Started several shows to jumpstart the content coming out of my studio. * Bought a couch, chairs, and a round table * Digital hybrid to take actual phone calls I signed a 3 year lease, but it wasn’t overly expensive because it was in an older building and the space was unique (perhaps difficult to sell to most average businesses). * I had previously been a member of the largest Chamber of Commerce in that area, so I knew a bunch of people already. * I found a space very close to my apartment.
* I don’t know anyone who ran a physical podcast studio back when I did, but I’m sure at least a few people must have.
* Before Serial hit in the fall of 2014 the podcasting space was still relatively small and unknown. * I’ll talk more later about the monetary success or failure of the studio ) * I had no idea if this kind of business could be profitable, but I was so energized to do it that I took the leap. Why I decided to open a physical podcast studio in June 2012
Starting my own show in my apartment solely for the experience of starting a podcast – The Chris Curran Show! I discuss my experience opening and operating a brick and mortar podcast studio for 3 years, including:
This show, as well as Podcast Engineering School, helps podcasters and producers reach professional levels of podcast audio production. When he entered podcasting in 2012, he noticed that most podcasters (and producers) do not have a good understanding of fundamental audio engineering concepts, which sabotages the quality of their sound from the very beginning. Your host Chris Curran has a background in podcast production (Forbes, Dun & Bradstreet, J&J, etc) as well as music production (Sarah McLachlan, Jeff Buckley, Foreigner, etc). Subscribe/Follow today and start listening! You’ll also learn solutions to common audio issues as well as plenty of tips and tricks.īy listening to this show you will gain a TON of knowledge and skills that will make a HUGE difference in your sound quality as well as save you time!
Chris Curran chats with podcasters about their audio equipment, software and workflow to help you learn how to produce better sounding podcasts. The Podcast Engineering Show focuses on the technical aspects of producing podcasts. Do you want to learn how to make your podcast sound better?