The Key To Running A Profitable Online Mixing Studio In 2020 - The Blue Ocean Strategy

Brian Hood (0:00)

This is the Six Figure Home Studio Podcast, episode 113 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, purple-shirted co-host, Christopher J. Graham. How are you doing today, buddy?

Christopher J. Graham (0:31)

I mean, I'm always better with that intro every single time, so.

Brian Hood (0:35)

You've learned to handle it better. Again, we've had issues with you in the past where you cannot handle the intro.

Christopher J. Graham (0:40)

I mean, it's a lot of compliments, man. I really appreciate it, and I'm in compliment debt to you.

Brian Hood (0:46)

Compliment debt.

Christopher J. Graham (0:47)

I'm also here with my friend, Brian, who's an actual genius.

What are we talking about today, Brian? Hey!

Brian Hood (0:53)

So it's the new year, by the way.

Christopher J. Graham (0:55)

It is the new year.

Brian Hood (0:56)

New decade.

By the time you've heard this, we will have had our third annual anti-New Year's party. I think I talked about this last year, Christy. Are you aware of our anti-annual New Year's party?

Christopher J. Graham (1:07)

Remind me.

Brian Hood (1:08)

Okay, so every single year, this was my wife's least favorite holiday when we started dating. And she hates it because there's like, everyone dresses up, and it's like so much expectation, and it's almost always kind of like a dud, depending on what party you go to or who you're with, or you feel like you're a complete, like, lame person if you were like, just don't feel like doing anything. And so we decided we're just going to open up our home for an anti-New Year's. And all it is is show up or don't, dress up or don't, it's like pajamas or whatever you want, bring food or don't, and party's over at 1201 You know, it's like, this is how we roll.

Yeah, exactly. And it's been a huge success because, like, for example, this year, I can say this because this comes out after we've aired, we have a charcuterie spread for our friends.

Christopher J. Graham (2:02)

I love charcuterie spreads.

Brian Hood (2:04)

Right. It's Lunchables.

It's Lunchables. We have flavorless La Croix. It has to be underwhelming. We have unsalted chips.

Christopher J. Graham (2:14)

That's amazing.

Brian Hood (2:15)

We have all of these, like, awful things. And so it's a blast because it's so underwhelming. And so that's what we do every year.

Christopher J. Graham (2:21)

In the Graham household, we are big fans of cheese and crackers. We love brie, Gruyere, really high-end cheddars.

Brian Hood (2:30)

We love legit, like, charcuterie. Like, my wife does, like, this $80 charcuterie spread at any special event of, like, all these cheeses and meats and all this stuff, and she makes it look all fancy. I think I had an Instagram story recently. But no, they get Lunchables for our anti-New Year's party.

Christopher J. Graham (2:45)

That's amazing.

Brian Hood (2:46)

It's cheap charcuterie for children. That's what Lunchables are.

Christopher J. Graham (2:49)

It's true. This is, like, the dumbest banner we've ever had right now. We're talking about cheese plates and charcuterie, and we're completely off-brand. But my wife went to Costco the other day, and we had, like, a little get-together with Andy J. Pizza and his wife. And my wife got a three-pack of brie, and it was different types of brie.

And I'm embarrassed to say, it was, like, my favorite thing of all time.

Brian Hood (3:12)

I am proud of you, my friend. I'm not a huge fan of brie.

The only one I've had that I liked was literally we took a cooking class in Paris on our honeymoon, and part of the cooking class involved, like, we walked to the market around the corner and shopped for the stuff we were going to cook, and he bought us a bunch of cheeses and stuff to try, and the brie there was good. Let's talk about things that people give a shit about, Chris.

Christopher J. Graham (3:34)

That sounds like a really good idea for our podcast.

Brian Hood (3:37)

I didn't mean to get into cheeses, but it went there.

That's more than enough banter for today. Let's actually talk about stuff that's actually going to be interesting for our audience. So, Chris, what are we going to talk about today?

Christopher J. Graham (3:49)

Well, as I've talked to you guys, and I've talked to so many people that listen to the podcast over the course of the past year or two, probably the most popular dream business that people talk about wanting to get into is to be an online mix engineer.