daddydave76
Roy, UT
age: 40
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I am thinking to open my own commercial studio. I am looking for advice/guidance on what equipment to buy and how to handle copyright issues legally.
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luvwild
Brooklyn, NY
age: 41
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Contact Guitar Center. They will help you out with the gear you would need. They have everything you would need.
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frqntflyr
Georgetown, TX
age: 48
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check out "full Sail.com" online classes, advice, tutoring.
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mcruzzer
Fairfax, VA
age: 53
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Don't walk into a Guitar Center (or any other store) without doing some research first! It's easy enough to blow through more money than you've ever made buying this stuff, even when you know what you're doing! 
You say you want to open a "commercial" studio. Do you have a market there for that? What's your engineering/production/arranging (pick one or all) skills? What kind of marketing skills? After all, home studios spring up all over the place...what separates you from them? (BTW, you don't have to answer here...just making sure you think about all of this).
Do research on equipment online....check out the ProSoundWeb forums, Harmony Central forums, etc. Do you subscribe/read any of the publications that cover this stuff (such as EQ, Mix, Pro Audio Review, etc)? If not, you should...they do a lot of reivews of equipment. Go on the forums and read what others have found.
Talk to KNOWLEDGEABLE sales people...and lots of them. Ask them what their background is in studios...especially in doing actual recording/publishing work. You'll soon be able to start separating those who know what they're talking about from the wannabe's.
Visit other studios...see what they're using. Don't be afraid to buy used...often you can get a better grade of equipment for about what that shiny new piece is going to cost you. Call Sweetwater and Full Compass...call Guitar Center PRO...different grade of people from those you find in the stores. Ask questions...define what you want to do and accomplish.
As for copyrights, find a copyright attorney. If you're writing originals, or doing demos of your songs, be sure to get that nailed down. If you're asking about copyrights of stuff you're recording for others, that's the original artist's issue.
What are you going to record on...Pro Tools? Garage Band? (Not a bad system btw) Ableton?
What's your budget?
Maybe you've thought of all of this...but if not, wanted to be sure you do before you buy.
However, the generic nature of the question leads me to think that you might not have. If you know what you're going to record, the size of the group(s) that you are going to work with, etc, that will help determine what level of equipment you're going to need...and define how many mic pres you need, the types of mics you need, the roon size, acoustic treatments, etc.
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musikman1
Erlanger, KY
age: 50
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Nice info, Mcruzzer..
I was going to suggest he work in a local studio for awhile first to get some recording chops..
Rick
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jimirayclapton
Denver, CO
age: 49
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As for your copyright question. Whatever songs your write, send them via U.S. Mail back to YOURSELF, and DON'T open it. The postmark on the letter proves the date, and the contents speaks for itself. This I know for a fact to be true and holds up in any court.
As for wanting to get into the recording business, I would maybe consider again. There is so much home based recording equipment nowadays that the need for professional recording studios is becoming a thing of the past. I have a Zoom H4 stereo digital recorder and Cubase on my computer. I don't know what I would really need a recording studio for at this point.
But if you have a computer and the full version of Cubase software, you will need some sort of computer interface. I use the Zoom H4.
Midi mixer, P.A. system, mics, booms, a good room large enough for a band so set up and play with good acoustics, and you are about there.
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