Comments on: Are Economic Concerns Likely to Impact Your Music Tech Purchases?

By: calyx

calyx — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:06:42 +0000

In Australia here, the dollar’s just plummeted against overseas currencies, especially the USD, because of all the economic kerfuffle. So seeing as almost any decent gear comes from overseas… yes it impacts on me. But I don’t spend what I don’t have, and my income is unlikely to be affected by any downturn.

By: thesimplicity

thesimplicity — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:22:56 +0000

My company just laid off most of it’s associates (several hundred in one morning)… I made the cut, but this is just ‘Round One.’ I have a feeling I won’t have a job by the end of the year. Before this summer, I was pretty much on track to buying new studio monitors and an Aspire One (for perfomances). Now I’m so worried about keeping up with my student loans that I’m actually reevaluate my studio and throwing anything I don’t use on eBay.

I guess it just depends on where you live and what field you’re in.

By: General Earmuffs

General Earmuffs — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:01:32 +0000

Perhaps people will find new ways of getting the best out of the equiptment they’ve already got and we might see a boom in new ideas. Alternatively people might find new ideas elsewhere i.e from old toys and homemade instruments.

Recession always seems to have a postive effect on creativity.

By: I AM ZOG.

I AM ZOG. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:11:09 +0000

Please use your brains. The sky is not falling.

By: bliss

bliss — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:10:26 +0000

Haha!

foosnark for President!

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:34:14 +0000

I won't buy mp3 because I have all of them already ;) but maybe in other format like the one from TronMe I like to play music and video in an interactive way.

By: Paul Norheim

Paul Norheim — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:57:28 +0000

I`m very pessimistic regarding the global economy, but optimistic on behalf of those who play instruments and make music. For many of us, the coming years may represent an opportunity to become more familiar with the gear we actually own, exploring the possibilities as well as challenging the limits.

And that`s a good thing.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:21 +0000

foosnark wins Best Comment Award.

By: foosnark

foosnark — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:48:51 +0000

The fundamentals of my studio are strong.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:38:12 +0000

Actually I read something a while back (I have no idea what or where so it is quite possibly a complete load of bollocks) saying that historically musicians do well in hard times like depression/war etc – people need cheering up. I think we are at a point where you can make decent music cheaply, and many of us have already made a lot of our purchases. Whether gear gets cheaper etc I have no idea! Nice idea though, the first impulse is to freak out over all the hype, thinking ‘if it’s hard now being a musician/audio guy then how will it be if things get really tough?’ so there is something comforting to think it could be a boom time for musos!
The other side to that is I am already well used to living cheaply and I have no debt at all so I think learning through my muso’s lifestyle that it is possible to live on very littlemay well have been the best possible preparation for this kind of situation – I may not even notice! ;-)