Cows.

Brian Hood (0:00)

This is the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast, Episode 99 You're listening to the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast. The number one resource for running a profitable home recording studio.

Welcome back to another episode of the 6 Figure Home Studio Podcast. I am your host, Brian Hood, and I'm here with my bald, beautiful, amazing co-host, Christopher J. Graham.

How are you doing today, buddy? How are you doing? How are you doing? How are you doing?

Christopher J. Graham (0:32)

I'm really good, man.

I am in a wonderful chapter of life. How are you?

Brian Hood (0:38)

It's a sad day in the Hood household, actually.

Christopher J. Graham (0:40)

Uh-oh.

Brian Hood (0:41)

My $17 pair of Amazon headphones that I've used on this podcast for the last 99 episodes was accidentally washed in the washing machine this past week.

I'm still using them, just so you know. They are still working. These things are troopers. They just don't sound the same. They're a little tinny.

Christopher J. Graham (0:56)

So today, if I sound like a little bit bigger and warmer, it's because I have to lean closer to the microphone so Brian can hear me.

Brian Hood (1:03)

That's true.

Christopher J. Graham (1:04)

That's right. We're a podcast for professional audio engineers.

Brian Hood (1:09)

I am like the anti-headphone slut. Meanwhile, Chris Graham, you got like six grand worth of free headphones.

Christopher J. Graham (1:15)

Yeah. Stay tuned for more on that.

Brian Hood (1:18)

So like people send Chris free stuff. I don't ever get free stuff. And it's because our listeners know that I don't give a shit about gear.

Christopher J. Graham (1:25)

It's true. I do care. Well, we need to get you some new headphones soon.

Brian Hood (1:29)

Yeah. Somebody send me some decent headphones. That's what I want.

Christopher J. Graham (1:31)

Here's the thing. You don't like over the year headphones.

Brian Hood (1:34)

No, I don't at all.

Christopher J. Graham (1:35)

Interesting.

Brian Hood (1:36)

Yep.

Christopher J. Graham (1:36)

See, my opinion on headphones is I got to have a certain type of pair of headphones, depending on what I'm doing. You need a certain type of headphones to like podcast.

Brian Hood (1:45)

Don't mention that certain type of headphone or you'll get the gear slut alert on you.

Christopher J. Graham (1:48)

Yeah, not yet. Not yet. I'm saving up my gear slut alerts for later to talk about my gosh. All the headphones. It's going to be really great. Nice dude, Brian.

What are we talking about today?

Brian Hood (1:58)

Mate, cows. If we use the if we use the topic that we decided potentially for this episode title, it's the stupidest title on Earth.

So let's explain what we're going to be talking about today, because this is actually a really good topic. It is despite what the title may or may not say. This is the title we were going to go with. If we didn't use this, then we'll cut this part out. We'll use the topic cows, period, period, cows.

Christopher J. Graham (2:25)

Brian, I'm excited to break down what cows can teach us about having a successful home studio recording business.

Brian Hood (2:33)

Yeah, so let's just jump on into it, stop dancing around it, Chris Graham. We're talking about sacred cows today, the business of actually slaughtering the sacred cow. This is not a vegan-friendly episode, unfortunately, because we're going to slaughter some cows.

Actually, first, before we even talk about slaughtering sacred cows, let's A, talk about what is a sacred cow, and then B, what is a purple cow, because these are two things that are kind of interrelated with this episode. We need to define these two cow terms.

Christopher J. Graham (2:57)

Well, and we have to warn you guys, some of this is gonna be a little offensive. Some of it's gonna be difficult to hear.

When you're talking about cows, the issues are often black and white.

Brian Hood (3:09)

You always have such a dumb smug look on your face when you're teeing up a dad joke, and I just wish our listeners could see how dumb you look when you're about to do one of these.

Christopher J. Graham (3:18)

I got a lot of cow dad jokes that I'm gonna work in that are utterly hilarious. I'm gonna milk them for all they're worth.

Brian Hood (3:29)

Oh, let me know when you're done.

Christopher J. Graham (3:30)

Well, hopefully, James can edit out the bad ones, and that will let the cream rise to the top. Shit.

Brian Hood (3:37)

All right, okay, so we're done, guys. I refuse to do this episode. I'm quitting the podcast. We didn't quite make it to 100 episodes.