"Right... I've got 4 months to make some killer tracks, get them released and earn enough royalties to pay my credit card bill! Hmm.. I've never won a bet but I LIKE those Odds!!! "
don't be too optimistic about how long it will take to get paid! let's say it takes you a month to put together two wicked tracks that you are 100% happy with (thus allowing a bit of time to get used to your new equipment). you send out a demo tape to lots of record companies. someone gets back to you within, say, 2 weeks, saying they are up for the tracks, but with just a couple of changes... you bring back the mix, make a couple of changes and send it off again. you get approval. we're coming up for two months. time is running up, but luckily the label decides that they can fit you into their release schedule there and then (mwuuhahaaahaha!). they get the mastering done and the test presses arrive a couple of weeks later. [sometime around here you may get an advance if you're lucky, but it most probably wont be enough to cover the equipment!] assume the test presses are fine, the promos get ordered. another week later and 300 promos arrive at the label. during the course of the next week the promos get sent out / picked up. a month later the label will make a decision on how many copies to cut for the initial run of the full release based on how the promos went down. it's now 4 months since you started making the tunes and the full release has just been ordered. you should get your first pay-check a month after the first batch of the full release hit the shops, say 5-6 months after you start making the tunes. getting paid in this business is a LONG TING! the alternative is to put the tunes out yourself - just press up 300-1000 white labels and see how they do - this is a lot quicker, as you can have them in the shops 2-3 weeks after you finish your mixdown (if you're quick!). if they do well you can either put more out yourself or license them to another label. but bear in mind labels have got a lot of ready made contacts and ready-made clout - they know the distributors, they know the pressing plants, they know the promotions companies, they know the DJs, and the record-buying public know what to expect from them. personally i would go with a label for my first few tracks just to get known a bit, but i guess it's up to the individual. remember that if you press up 500 records yourself it's not making you a fortune after you've paid 250 quid for mastering, 250 for production etc. after the distribution have taken a fee you are probably left with about 500-600 quid clear profit. but then pressing up more than 500 at a time is a risk for a first-timer! anyway, i dont mean to be negative, just think things through before you commit yourself to paying out a whole lot of money in advance! safe, mutiny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Lankester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 12:34 PM Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Suggestions for MIDI controller and DJ mixer ?? > Thanks Sol... > > The Vestax was one of the ones I was looking at... I was put off a little bit by the price (was hoping not to spend that much) but after zooming in on that linked picture I can see that it's obviously well made... Hmm.. The one to beat! > > >> Get a Virus - u know u want to and now you have a flexible friend who doesnt care how much u spend ! > > lol! If I hadn't just spent a grand on it then I'd agree with you!! I might have to bite the bullet and just do it though!! > > Right... I've got 4 months to make some killer tracks, get them released and earn enough royalties to pay my credit card bill! Hmm.. I've never won a bet but I LIKE those Odds!!! > > > cheers, > > Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 February 2002 12:22 > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Suggestions for MIDI controller and DJ mixer ?? > > > > >> Thanks to the wonders of interest free credit cards I'm now in the > market for > a few badly needed bits and pieces for the studio... > > Great aint they :) My card just delivered me a Lexicon MPx200. > > >>I've just bought a pair of 1210s from a friend but have no mixer... I > don't want a crappy thing that's gonna fall >>apart in a couple of months > but I don't want to spend hundreds and hundreds of pounds... Anyone got any > suggestions >>? All I really want it for is to mix 2 decks to one output, > although multiple outs would be an advantage, as would >>CD/line inputs... > I figure somewhere between 200 and 300 quid should be enough? > > I suggested this . . . . > > http://www.vestax.com/products/pcv175.htm > > >>Or would I be better off just getting a synth that has a nice keyboard > and using that? (I'm gonna get one.. Maybe a >>Virus... Within the next > 6 > months or so anyway).... > > Get a Virus - u know u want to and now you have a flexible friend who doesnt care how much u spend ! > > Ez > > Sol > (www.nwdnb.co.uk) > (www.djsol.fsnet.co.uk) > (www.sophonic.com) > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: > This email is confidential, may be legally privileged, and is for the > intended recipient only. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution, or > reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited and may be a criminal > offence. 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