| Perhaps you can count two different rates: 1 for editing and 1 for mixing a song. The good thing about it is that you are being paid for cleaning up other people's mess, which is reasonable. On the other hand it can save you painstaking hours, when your clients prepare their material in appropriate form.
For example: ask for mixing €200/song and for editing €35/hour.
When you're asked to clean up the material and it takes you 5 hours, you get €185. Including mixing you earn €375/song. Divide that through 15 hours and you earn €25/hour.
And now the other way around:
You want to earn €20/hour. That's €300 euro for 15 hours. Editing takes 5 hours? That's again €200/song for mixing.
Of course you can ask a special rate for an EP or album.
You might be able to earn some extra money when people want to mix in larger facility but want to save money on editing. If you do your work right it opens doors as well. |