cool, just checking! ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Lankester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Suggestions for MIDI controller and DJ mixer ??
> Hehe... I hear that!! > > I was only being sarcastic though dude! > Thanks for the concern but even I'm not crazy enough to make a gamble like that!! > > I reckon that unless I come up with a blatant bootleg or an entire album's worth of killer cuts then all my studio equipment's gonna have to be funded from my day job! > > I'm quite good mates with Wax Magic (on Peshay's new album)... They've bought a few bits and bobs on the promise of getting a fat advance cheque but delays and then more delays have put pay to a lot of their plans...! If I do get anything out through them then it'll likely take months (as you say) before I see any money.. Just as well I'm not in it for the money then I suppose!!! > > cheers, > > Nick > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 February 2002 13:26 > To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List > Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Suggestions for MIDI controller and DJ mixer ?? > > > "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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