Re[2]: AW: average loop music CD price

[Mike.Biffle@wj.com (Mike Biffle)]

David Eichenberger wrote...
>Why stop there? When you perform, just charge the venue 2/3ds less than 
>the
>rest of the musicians in the town...

Don't forget to lower your working wage at your day job as well so you'll 
be 
cheaper than the rest of the employed work force. Therefore more desirable.

>I am happy the working musicians in this area (Tampa Bay, FL) have all 
>kept the
>cost of their CDs between $10-$15. This helps all of the musicians, and 
>when 
>people buy the CDs, they know what to expect to pay. (snip.....)

>snip.... If you don't think you are worth as much as whats out there, 
>chances 
>are your audience won't think so either.

>>Bill (Crossedout@aol.com)...
>>True, true - but the reason Warner Brothers prices a cd at $14 is not
>>because they spent x amount of dollars on the production of that cd, or 
>>recording that cd - it's because they have so many salaries and so many 
>huge 
>>contracts with big artists that all the other artists have to subsidise.

For me it's not about how much excess baggage the record company has to 
carry 
around... I'm not about to bust my butt to evolve a concept and put 
together the
technology (low or hi) cart it to the gig (which is probably a very low 
paying 
one), play for a group of people of whom maybe 25% show any respect for 
the 
performance, then charge the price of a Big Mac, Fries and Coke for my CD!

And what about art and soul? Only one other post has mentioned anything 
about 
the esoteric nature of the commitment to an artistic process and it's 
possible 
value.

>>We could go round and round - personally, when I get my cd together, I am
>>going to price it more along the lines of $5 or less, so that more people
>>are likely to pick it up. This is very similar to a discussion I once 
>heard
>>about bands touring and selling t-shirts - you will sell a lot more 
>shirts for
>>$5 then for $15 - and every shirt is free advertising. Well, assuming 
>you make
>>good music, more people will pay $5 than $15 for a cd, and if they like 
>it,
>>they will tell people about it.

Unfortunately this will only devalue CD sales for the rest of us. I'd be 
suspicious of any tradesperson pricing their work too far off of existing 
market
value.Either it is a sign of insecurity from a begginer or it is a price 
gougeing tactic. (Which has been disastrous in some trades like 
photography and 
i.c. chip manufacturing.)

>>And how much did studio time cost you? How many discs are you going to
>>press?