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The Birth of Rock 'N' Roll Is Found at Sam Phillips's Sun Records (2016)

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> Sam Phillips opened Sun Records in a tiny rented storefront on Union Avenue in Memphis in 1952 with the slogan, “We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk in and make an acetate dub of their choice, usually a song or a special message for a loved one.

Do places like this still exist? I can imagine there would be a market for a small storefront in a mall or wherever where people can rent a studio and do a recording or live stream with rented "pro" gear like lights, cameras and microphones. The only risk to the person renting it out would be hygiene and damaged or stolen property, but nothing an entry gateway, ID requirement, a deposit and payment method registration wouldn't deter I'm sure. It could also have tiers, like a "free" / open photo area at the front for random instagram passers-by, a cheap tier for teenagers, and a pro tier for people that want to rent the facilities for a few hours.

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Post by blueblueue »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

> Sam Phillips opened Sun Records in a tiny rented storefront on Union Avenue in Memphis in 1952 with the slogan, “We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk in and make an acetate dub of their choice, usually a song or a special message for a loved one. Do places like this still exist? I can imagine there would be a market for a small storefront in a mall or wherever where people can…

The barrier of entry is much lower than back then, so there probably just isn’t that much demand. These days you can record a whole album at home on your phone or computer and that can already sound very professional.

Some places like you describe do exist though (e.g. here in Berlin [1]), but I wouldn’t consider them cheap and the one I linked to is geared more to rehearsal than recording. You can rent equipment and rooms per hour.

Another thing that comes to mind is the recording booth at Third man records [2], although it is more of a retro novelty.

[1] https://noisy-rooms.com/en

[2] https://youtu.be/vlFysAciLrU?si=tfEwE85oP1knRgwG

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Post by causality0 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

> Sam Phillips opened Sun Records in a tiny rented storefront on Union Avenue in Memphis in 1952 with the slogan, “We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk in and make an acetate dub of their choice, usually a song or a special message for a loved one. Do places like this still exist? I can imagine there would be a market for a small storefront in a mall or wherever where people can…

People building and renting out home studios is actually quite popular and I know more than one person who does it, though I have doubts they're actually making much money.

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Post by davidgerard »

thisisauserid wrote: post #2

Chuck Berry recorded Roll Over Beethoven in 1956 with Chess Records. We'd have been fine without Elvis and Sun Records.

One of my favourite podcasts is A History Of Rock Music In Five Hundred Songs https://500songs.com - it emphasises over and over, with played examples, that there isn't a clear first anything. Sun did get three or four episodes, though - it was extremely important.

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Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

> Sam Phillips opened Sun Records in a tiny rented storefront on Union Avenue in Memphis in 1952 with the slogan, “We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk in and make an acetate dub of their choice, usually a song or a special message for a loved one. Do places like this still exist? I can imagine there would be a market for a small storefront in a mall or wherever where people can…

> storefront in a mall

rent for "storefront in a mall" > any revenue you would make even if your door never closed 24/7

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Post by leejoramo »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

> Sam Phillips opened Sun Records in a tiny rented storefront on Union Avenue in Memphis in 1952 with the slogan, “We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime.” For a few dollars, anyone could walk in and make an acetate dub of their choice, usually a song or a special message for a loved one. Do places like this still exist? I can imagine there would be a market for a small storefront in a mall or wherever where people can…

The county pubic library were I live has a media studio that provides much of this, plus training.

https://mesacountylibraries.org/services/970weststudio/

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