| Your average budget? [message #1387] |
Tue, 27 April 2004 16:34  |
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 Fibes
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| Your average Budget?[ 25 vote(s) ] |
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| 1. | 0-1,000 |  7 / 28% | | 2. | 1,001-6,000 | 10 / 40% | | 3. | 6,001-12,000 | 2 / 8% | | 4. | 12,001-35,000 | 2 / 8% | | 5. | 35,001-60,000 | 0 / 0% | | 6. | 60,001+ | 4 / 16% |
I hate polls, I hate 'em more than life itself. So kill me.
BTW I have my reasons for starting at 0 and ending up at 60,001+, more on that later.
Oh yeah, we're talking American dollars.
Fibes
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| Re: Your average budget? [message #1630 is a reply to message #1532 ] |
Wed, 28 April 2004 14:35  |
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| archtop wrote on Wed, 28 April 2004 08:31 |
where's
the 0 - $200 range ?
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Heh heh.... No Kidding Archtop, I saw a local studio go from 65/hr to 35/hr as soon as market reality hit. Ouch!
The first studio I worked in went out of business because ADAT studios were so cheap. I had to get a non audio eng. job for food. Its happening again with the Home gear getting better. The last band was basically $100 a song and I hate more hours than I'd like. I can't get anywhere at 1 step forward and 3 steps back everytime some affordable technology floods the market. I keep moving from Semi-pro to hobbiest in the same week!
Peace,
Dennis
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| Re: Your average budget? [message #1644 is a reply to message #1387 ] |
Wed, 28 April 2004 15:19 |
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j.hall
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i'm not sure how i feel about the budgets i work with vs. the budgets i might "want" to work with
sure, making ten 6k records is fine.....and that's right in my game.
but i wouldn't mind doing a 60k record for the mere fact that i could actually get paid (probably MONTHS after the fact) a lot more for my efforts.
being as it is, i've been mixing more and more and tracking less and less......budget isn't really in my realm much anymore as i've started producing less as well. i just charge per song, or negotiate a day rate and go to work
more often then not, i get a deposit up front, and paid upon completion of my work.
it's interesting to see such a HUGE difference in what fibes and i typically deal with, to what michael typically deals with.....speaking mainly of the things michael outlined, i know nothing of his business dealings and don't mean to imply i do.
perdiems, travel, accomodations.....these are things that go like this for me.....
i make a turkey sandwich in my kitchen, put it in a plastic bag and take some grapes to the studio, throw it in the fridge. that's my perdiem.
travel, the band gets a cardboard box, places reels of tape in it, fills out UPS info, and ships it to me
accomodations, i store the reels in a cool dry place until i'm done and i ship em back.
pretty soon i'll simply walk upstairs and make the sandwich and head back down to continue mixing.
ain't life grand!
j.hall
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"You have a great ear for vibe and feel and space. I'm not looking for any of that right now."
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| Re: Your average budget? [message #2058 is a reply to message #1387 ] |
Fri, 30 April 2004 10:42 |
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j.hall
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not a single vote for the 35k - 60k range
after i thought about that a bit, i came up with this.
all the guys working in that budget range are so swamped they can hardly breahte let alone find time to post here.
that's the mid level indie label budget, and the guys i know that make those records for a living are so busy it ain't funny.
one guy in particular made 60 records in 1.5 years. that's a pretty stagering pace IMO.
another guy i know in this budget range i speak with every other month. he takes my call, which i'm shocked at every time, and says, "i had to take your call, it's the first break i've had in two weeks"
UUUUGGGGGGGG
j.hall
Theta Rhythm
"You have a great ear for vibe and feel and space. I'm not looking for any of that right now."
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