Rates
On-location
Recording
$40 / hour including 2 hour setup and 1 hour tear down (i.e.
$120 plus the actual concert time)
$25 / hour for extended travel (greater than
45 minutes from Raleigh).
$75 additional fee for 'archive only' recordings (less
than 5 CDs ordered)
Digital
Editing / CD Mastering
$50 / hour Mixdown, Editing & Mastering
(typical concert requires about 1.5 to 2 hours)
CD
Cover Design
$75 for a cover and traycard
CDs
$15 / CD for first 15 CDs
$12 / CD for next 35 CDs
$10 / CD for next 50 CDs
$8 / CD for next 100 CDs
Request rate quote for quantities over 200
Shoot
Concert Photos / Edit Photos
$159 Basic Package
- 25 edited images; webpage with image sampler & 1 sound clip
$209 Standard Package
- 50 edited images; webpage with all images & 2 sound clips
$259 Complete Package
- 75+ edited images; webpage with all images & 2 sound clips
$75 Additional fee if Photo Shoot is not part of concert (for
outside events also)
$29
Posed Group Photo
taken before or after concert
$125
per hour for Event Photography (2 hr minimum)
$1.99
per 4x6 photographic print
$3.99 per 5x7 photographic print
$5.99 per 8x10 photographic print
$3.00 shipping - mailed directly to you
Commercial use of an image - Cost depends on usage (permission
is required)
Special
Recording Needs - Email or
call me and I'll work up a quote for you.
Examples
Simple concert, with photos and 75 CDs:
$160 record 1 hour concert
$75 mixdown, remove talking, EQ, compression, reverb; burn master
$75 cover and traycard design
$159 shoot & edit digitial photos (25 images)
$225 first 15 @ $15/CD
$420 for next 35 @ $12/CD
$250 for next 50 @ $10/CD
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$1364 total ($18.19/CD)
Simple
concert, with photos and 100 CDs:
$1614 total ($16.14/CD)
Simple
concert (no photos) and 50 CDs:
$955 total ($19.01/CD)
Simple
concert (no photos) and 100 CDs:
$1455 total ($14.55/CD)
As
you can see, the greater the number of CDs ordered the lower the
unit cost of the CD.
Institutions
set their own CD sales price. This determines how quickly costs will
be recovered.
Some
common approaches include:
- CD
sales pay for all the costs. Using the example above (simple
concert with photos), if the CD was sold for $18, you would need to
sell 75 CDs to break even. With no photos, you'd need to sell 55 CDs.
If sold for $19/CD, you need to sell 66 (w/photos) and 48 (no photos).
- Institution pays only production costs.
Using the example above (w/photos), the institution pays $449 (the production
costs). This amount usually comes from the music budget, PTSA funding
or parent boosters, who are often quite willing to finance concerts
and photos. A CD sales price of $15 would require sales of 15 CDs to
pay for CD costs. A sales price of $18 would require only 6 CDs to cover
CD costs.
The
important point here is that the CD selling price directly determines
how many CDs need to be sold in order to finance the recording, CDs
and possibly photos. If more CDs are sold than the breakeven amount,
institutions can (and often do) make a profit from their concert
CDs. Email me if you have
questions or need a specific rate quote.
Educational discounts are available on request.
