Even as a home-recordist, I couldn't afford to do this
Even as a home-recordist, I couldn't afford to do this
Local C/L ad:
My band is looking for a recording studio for our EP
We would like to record 6 songs. We have $200 give or take. Get at me!
Feel like getting at him with a big stick.
My band is looking for a recording studio for our EP
We would like to record 6 songs. We have $200 give or take. Get at me!
Feel like getting at him with a big stick.
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I had some dude get flat out mad when I declined to work on a project of similar budget. I quoted him what would be fair to me, with a reasonable amount of time to make sure we both made something we could be proud of as opposed to a 3 hour job that we both thought sucked... and He told me about all these well known producers in the area (fwiw, there are no "well known" producers I know about in 300 miles so I call bullshit on that anyway) that would do it for $200 or whatever... I quoted I think about $600 for everything, was 6 or 7 songs I believe, and it was out of a studio, not his basement. I'm no well known producer myself, but I have enough work with a couple well known clients to where I'm not gonna take a cheap rush job that will hurt my rep because there was no time to do it right.
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Because if the "well known guy" will do it for $200, then that must mean I will jump at the opportunity to do it for a 12 pack of cheap beer and a couple mismatched peavey speaker cabinets.Snarl 12/8 wrote:I always wonder, when I'm being bullshitted like that, if the "well-known" guy will do it for $200, then why are they talking to me?
I even thought my rate quoted was a hair cheap, but...first time client discount?
Another philosophical question would be if the well known guy is well known for working for nothing or if he is well known for being awesome, because those are not usually the same thing.
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Re: Even as a home-recordist, I couldn't afford to do this
$200 is a small deposit on that project.vvv wrote:Local C/L ad:
My band is looking for a recording studio for our EP
We would like to record 6 songs. We have $200 give or take. Get at me!
Feel like getting at him with a big stick.
Also "Give or take!?!?" So they thing UNDER 2 bills is a possibility? I suppose, if they're high school kids that would explain the lack of knowledge.
Re: Even as a home-recordist, I couldn't afford to do this
Obviously a transcription error.vvv wrote:Local C/L ad:
My band is looking for a recording studio for our EP
We would like to record 6 songs. We have $200 give or take. Get at me!
Feel like getting at him with a big stick.
That should read "$200 to give per take".
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My hourly book rate is $55.
I'd suggest a live to 2-track project. Two hours to set up, two hours to bang through the tunes. I record the multi-track as well. They bring a hard drive and give me $220, and they've got a competently-recorded EP of them playing it down for less than $250. I'll even give them the multi-track files in case they want to save up to do a different mix at some point.
Easy.
Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC
I'd suggest a live to 2-track project. Two hours to set up, two hours to bang through the tunes. I record the multi-track as well. They bring a hard drive and give me $220, and they've got a competently-recorded EP of them playing it down for less than $250. I'll even give them the multi-track files in case they want to save up to do a different mix at some point.
Easy.
Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC
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