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Originally Posted by swaff  I checked out the gear list for the guy getting supposedly $20 grand for a record and it's nothing major high end that I can see. If he does really get that much, I'm leaning on the doubting side with Fortman, then I wonder how he markets it all? I do not know the guy, nor have I worked with him. Just keep in mind that your competition might not always be shooting straight with you! 
As far as what you're charging, I can't recommend a specific number, but I did listen to your recordings. To me, personally, drums are always the thing that give away an amateur recording. The drum sounds you are getting are not bad, but could definitely be better. Doing metal records, if you want to have those drums everyone in the consumer market has come to expect as the "awesome sounding" ones, I would suggest looking into doing some sample replacement stuffs like Drumagog, Steven Slate Drums, Andy Sneap samples, etc. I think it could help you take your work to a new level, and therefore you could charge more than you are now.
Your guitar sounds seem to be in a good place for this type of music, just get those drums polished up, and up the price! This will weed out some customers you might have on the lower budgets, but with higher prices usually follow better musicians. My personal experience has been that the low-budget musicians can never see how bad they are, and the higher budget ones are the first to take criticism better and want your help on actually making better recordings and being helped. Better musicians = better songs = better recordings = more buzz about your place = possibly making a living and starting a Roth IRA to hopefully help you out in the future!
Just my 2 cents!
Swaff |
Thanks good info. Yeah Curran Murphy doesn't have high end gear himself but he's another guy that knows how to use what he has. Sure he may have been exaggerating the 20 grand deal but I know for a fact he has quoted my friends at around $5,000 for a 8 song EP.
I'm definitely thinking about investing into the Steven Slate drum pack. I've got Drumagog that I throw on a kick here and there but that hardly gets it done.