What are young LA area engineers charging per day/project?

[andonwego]

Rates for running a full session and doing a mix.

Not including studio costs.

This has been asked before on this forum but how about a Summer 2011 update.

[therealbigd]

How long is a piece of string in LA?

[psycho_monkey]

Anything from nothing to thousands I'd guess. What a weird question. Surely depends on experience, competency, contacts and clients?

[oldeanalogueguy]

Originally Posted by andonwego

Rates for running a full session and doing a mix.

Not including studio costs.

This has been asked before on this forum but how about a Summer 2011 update.

how young is young?

my rate is ten billions dollars
but of course i have not done any at that rate yet

[drBill]

I'd guess for the "young" it goes from zero up to lunch, dinner and gas money paid.

For pro's doing it a couple decades with good clientele (NOT bands making their own record), it's around $500 to a couple thousand a day, with most falling in the $650-1k range I'd guess. That takes a decade or two to work up to though.....

For me, studio time at my place is free and I generally charge in the above ranges for my personal time, no matter if I'm working here, at Capitol or at a composer's personal studio.....

[thegatsby]

I am 32 moved to LA just 2 years ago and it has been very tough for me. I think I'm starting to finally get some work going but always have a very diy ethic when charging.
I charge 200 a song, 40 an hour or 250 a day depending on the band's budget.
Thats pretty low for the typical LA "standards"