Inside the Collapse of the Music Industry

Recording studios didn’t disappear overnight.

For years, it looked like the music industry was thriving — more artists, more access, more music than ever. But beneath the surface, something was breaking. Studios were closing. Engineers were disappearing. Budgets stopped growing. And the system quietly rewired itself.

This film explores what actually happened.

Starting in Los Angeles — once the center of the recording world — this documentary follows the slow collapse of commercial studios, the rise of home production, and the economic forces that reshaped how music is made.

Along the way, a deeper question emerges:

Did the music industry lose something…
or did it trade it away — and was the exchange worth it?

Featuring Grammy-winning producer Adam Kagan, inside Chalice Studios, and firsthand experience navigating the modern recording economy.

Adam Kagan credits include:
• Kanye West
• Rihanna
• P. Diddy
• Nas
• 2Pac
• Major label projects across hip-hop and pop

Watch to the end.
This isn’t about nostalgia.
It’s about what comes next.

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