Branding, Culture, Politics, and Everything in Between

I haven’t written about the music biz in a while, because I felt it was sort of slipping away from the focus of this blog. But this I had to share.

London-based DJ and producer Mistabishi just put out an excellent album (albeit in a rather niche genre), and in his blog he details the whole costs of making it:

Apple Macintosh G5 with CUBASE 4 (second hand from an enginerr at PWL)

£950

Motu Ultralite interface (second hand from ebay)

£246

Aria Pro 2 guitar (second hand cash convertors shepherds bush)

£150

Korg emx1 (second hand ebay)

£280

Roland mc303 (ebay)

£70

Juno 106

£-DONATED

Mackie Onyx 12 channel mixer

£-DONATED

TC Powercore fx card new from turnkey

£399

duel tube mic kit (self assembly) from ebay

£110

Beyer Dynamic dt990 headphones

£90

total:

£2295

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or i could’ve bought:

Sony Bravia 42-Inch HD Capable Plasma TV Screen in Silver

£2299.99

Not bad. The means of production have truly been democratized. But we’ll see if producers like him will ever be recognized on par with “true” musicians.