rough guide to pricing music and SFX?

buzzlegs · 23rd March 2006

Hi,

not sure if this is the right place to ask this but i've been asked to supply an ambient piece of music for a interactive flash animation as well as supplying some sound design (button sounds and transition style sounds) for a design company and i was wondering how do you guys price this? can anybody give me a rough idea on how much i should charge for this.

thanks in advance

(DC) · 23rd March 2006

Just don't undercharge yourself. Search online for companies that do this, and decide how much your work is worth compared to theirs.

aevan · 23rd March 2006

Talk to the client and explain there are a couple of ways to do it - live players, samples, you play everything, you record foley fx etc - and that the cost varies depening on which way you go. Ask them what sort of appraoch they had in mind and see if you can feel out how much they want to spend. To some people music/sfx is wall paper, to others it is the most important thing in their piece.

If it's a copetetive submission just make sure you quote high enough to make it worth doing the job.

buzzlegs · 24th March 2006

Thanks for your replies and advice! much appreciated.

23rd March 2006	#1
buzzlegs Gear nut Joined: May 2004 Posts: 78 Thread Starter	rough guide to pricing music and SFX? Hi, not sure if this is the right place to ask this but i've been asked to supply an ambient piece of music for a interactive flash animation as well as supplying some sound design (button sounds and transition style sounds) for a design company and i was wondering how do you guys price this? can anybody give me a rough idea on how much i should charge for this. thanks in advance

23rd March 2006	#2
(DC) Gear addict Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 374	Just don't undercharge yourself. Search online for companies that do this, and decide how much your work is worth compared to theirs. __________________ Dante Castro Audio Engineer / Producer

23rd March 2006	#3
aevan Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 217	Talk to the client and explain there are a couple of ways to do it - live players, samples, you play everything, you record foley fx etc - and that the cost varies depening on which way you go. Ask them what sort of appraoch they had in mind and see if you can feel out how much they want to spend. To some people music/sfx is wall paper, to others it is the most important thing in their piece. If it's a copetetive submission just make sure you quote high enough to make it worth doing the job. __________________ "It's got tubes?.......Tubes of what?" - My dad

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24th March 2006	#4
buzzlegs Gear nut Joined: May 2004 Posts: 78 Thread Starter	Thanks for your replies and advice! much appreciated.