A friend of mine recently came back from a visit with his family that lives in Seattle and everything he described sounded amazing to me. I currently live in the devil's gooch, otherwise known as San Antonio, Texas. It's hot, humid, boring and trying to get anywhere recording bands means you have to sell yourself short for a while to make a rep and then get your prices to where you want them. Not to mention that even though there are probably plenty bands around to keep anyone busy full-time, most of those bands are cheap bastards that think $150 for a 4-song demo that sounds...IMO...pretty f'in good is "kinda steep."
So, I was wondering what some of you guys thought about Seattle. Any experience living there? Visited? I've never been, in fact my only "experience" is catching a few seconds of the show Frasier every once in a while - which if that is any sign of what it's like then maybe it's not for me, haha. It's always been one of those things that Seattle has a pretty bumpin' music scene. The weather is a plus, the summer up there is like the winter here, about ~70-75ish, not too much humidity, and the rest of the year it's about the same but winters are nice. I'm sure the guys in South America know what I'm talking when I say how it is kind of depressing to wear shorts outside during "winter" here sometimes. Anyway, the point is that a friend and I want to start up a small studio and we've been talking about where we would do it...we both are on the fence about doing it here, and we talk a LOT more about other places being the home of the studio. The target market would be bands looking to do demos and debut full-lengths, etc. Nothing "major" for a while, eventually we would hope to get into that game, but not putting all of our eggs in one basket, as they say. Anybody know what real estate is like up there? As far as a place that could be a studio, of course. I have a majority of the equipment already, but there are a few pieces we would like to get to feel like it's complete, so the main cost would be the building up there and turning it into a studio (treatment-wise and structure-wise). For my friend, this is no problem...but we would like to hear some opinions on the idea and the possible market up there.
Seattle?
~006
So, I was wondering what some of you guys thought about Seattle. Any experience living there? Visited? I've never been, in fact my only "experience" is catching a few seconds of the show Frasier every once in a while - which if that is any sign of what it's like then maybe it's not for me, haha. It's always been one of those things that Seattle has a pretty bumpin' music scene. The weather is a plus, the summer up there is like the winter here, about ~70-75ish, not too much humidity, and the rest of the year it's about the same but winters are nice. I'm sure the guys in South America know what I'm talking when I say how it is kind of depressing to wear shorts outside during "winter" here sometimes. Anyway, the point is that a friend and I want to start up a small studio and we've been talking about where we would do it...we both are on the fence about doing it here, and we talk a LOT more about other places being the home of the studio. The target market would be bands looking to do demos and debut full-lengths, etc. Nothing "major" for a while, eventually we would hope to get into that game, but not putting all of our eggs in one basket, as they say. Anybody know what real estate is like up there? As far as a place that could be a studio, of course. I have a majority of the equipment already, but there are a few pieces we would like to get to feel like it's complete, so the main cost would be the building up there and turning it into a studio (treatment-wise and structure-wise). For my friend, this is no problem...but we would like to hear some opinions on the idea and the possible market up there.
Seattle?
~006
Plus all I gotta do is smoke some weed and all is good if nothing else. Also I hear the kill up there is pretty damn good, so far it's a win-win for me, haha. However, I can say that now but I'm sure it will have a different effect than I imagine in reality. Either way I think I'll be ok with the dreary skies. I actually don't like sunlight. 
