Yesterday I was talking to my mom reminiscing about the past. I recall every experience from setting up nolit’s studio to my current project studio (still called nolit’s studio). In the 90s, everyone were venturing into setting up a rehersal studio and making money while having fun. I was setting my sights on a recording studio. I successfully did run my own studio sacrificing my own living room. Later I got into partnership to make the business grow and built the Purple Music Studio. But all these have ceased toward the late 90s. I have concentrated in my band gigging nightly thus giving me no more time for the recording business.
Now looking back from my long absense in the scene, I realized that somehow I did influenced a few one way or the other in setting up their own studios. I know hazel, a drummer of Sky Chubibo after recording a demo in my studio got inspired with my premier drums that she called me up the following day asking where I bought the drums. I learned later on she actually did acquired a Premier Fusion kit (mine was an ATK kit). She now runs a successful digital recording studio in fairview called the soundkitchen where she has a long list of clienteles.
Raymund Kutch, a folk singer at mayrics and recording artist for alpha with his band blusero, used to brin in clients to my studio for a demo. He now runs Jamtraxx in recto with 3 rehersal studios and one digital recording.
My old buddy Rey Cantong who was our drummer in the first batch of Gladys and the Boxers with K, now fronts the popular group Six Part Invention or SPI. He also has his own project studio at home running high end equiptment supplying audio for shows on ABS CBN, mostly on ASAP.
Recently I also learned recently that a client of nolit’s studio had also set up his own recording studio called bedside recording. His name is choy gargantiel who used to play for a high school band noxious.
It is amazing that all these studios became successful. Still I wont forget the note my friend alfie left in my blog, all these technology boils to nothing if no creativity come out from the people who are recording. All these are just tools used in order to bring out the talents which God has given to us. Probably part of my purpose in life was to inspire others to build these tools. Now on to the next part, by creating more successful projects, I may encourage more to bring out their talents to better use. Make Good music and never stop!
