In this episode of Prepping for the Studio, hosts Roy Silverstein and Brian Scheuble are joined by musical artist/guitarist/engineer/producer/studio owner, Arielle (of Analog Acres), to discuss the role of home recording versus professional studios and how both can coexist.

Arielle shares her background—growing up in Northern California, studying guitar at MI at 16, engineering to trade for studio time, touring, and building a farm-based studio outside Nashville—plus her Brian May collaboration that led to the “Arielle” guitar model.

The conversation covers using home recording for simple demos to avoid “demoitis,” the value of structure and accountability in studios, limitations of recording alone at home, the importance of purpose-built rooms, costs of inputs/mics/interfaces, and why studios remain busy.

Arielle also discusses Analog Academy, teaching recording and songwriting in real time, and offers advice on focus, learning, business mindset, getting feedback on songs, writing more than needed, and batching tracking by sound.

00:00 Show Intro

00:47 Meet Arielle

02:04 From Queen inspiration To Touring

05:10 Building Analog Acres

06:45 Brian May Guitar Collab

10:17 Home vs. Studio Debate

12:25 Home Recording Sweet Spot

17:23 Safe Space And Structure

20:53 Wearing All The Hats

22:49 Analog Academy

28:09 Limits Of Home Studios

30:20 Rooms Matter Most

32:56 Studios Aren't Dead

33:37 Thoughts on AI

34:23 Why Studios Still Matter

35:11 Home Recording Costs

36:33 Studio Vibes and Culture

37:11 Why Sounds Homogenize

38:11 Analog Gear Identity

40:40 What Holds Artists Back

48:05 Is Your Song Ready?

52:15 Write More Than Needed

55:26 Batching a Record

59:58 Budgets Then and Now

01:01:35 Wrap Up and Credits

Check out Arielle at:

https://www.analogacres.com/

Instagram: @officialarielle

Analog Academy

----

Please visit http://www.preppingforthestudio.com for more info and to download the free ebook, "A Musician's Guide To The Recording Studio".

Hosts:

Roy Silverstein of Rarefied Recording (www.rarefiedrecording.com)

and

Brian Scheuble (www.brianscheuble.com)

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions please email Roy: info@rarefiedrecording.com

If you love this podcast, please leave a review on whatever platform you listen to your podcasts on.