Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Let me toss this in here (didn't read every post word for word, so I might miss something already said) but this situation sounds a lot like the music industry once was, music artist had to go to a big studio to get there songs recorded and mastered costing a nice hourly fee, been there done that, now with all the new tech the artist now records there own music and master it right in there home studio cutting out those once big recording houses. So Dan what I'm getting at with this is with all your talent you might can start your own sep house using remote guys/gals and supply that service to tons of shops, I might have a job drop on me that needs your talent even thought we are mom and pop but we can give our customers big time prints like the bigger shops using some of the same talent, leaving me with my inhouse tools for the smaller jobs without costing me a major weekly salary for one person. Know more freelance title if your Dan's Sep House and like already mention your talent pulls you all the work from across the country that you and your team could handle.
I would agree. Most shops would be thinking the same things. And you have given your perspective as I had asked. And that’s all good feedback and appreciated. I was only replying to the reply. Good discussion. No harm, no foul. I gather that there was some confusion as to my reasons for leaving. It’s not about money.Thanks!
We have found it can be done just fine. 3 of our artists are remote now 98% of the time. Our separator though is on site most of the time and we do need that as he also manages the dark room (1-2 employees depending on the day). I think it's easy to have the artists offsite and do a great job. Part of the job description is they are still immediately available online and I haven't had issues there, maybe a slightly delayed response but even I get to work from home for part of the day (I come in every day but have different responsibilities of course).Our pay and benefits are beyond most though, which I hope we can sustain for a long time. I can definitely understand that this could be difficult to implement for many places.
We are nearing the stage were we will either hire another artist to help with seps or hire someone to only do seps.
It all depends on the business though as each business model differs even though we are all making a similar end product.