Jonathan Curtis
Silver Member
Hi all,
I'm really after a quick answer, if possible.
I have been contacted by a musician who requires some drum tracks recording for his music. He wants to send me the tracks for me to record in my own location, and then send back to him as Wave. files. That's fine. The problem is though, he wants to know my rates.
I am literally at the very start of my "session" career, so really have no idea how much to quote him. How do I know what is a decent rate for this kind of work? The music is pretty simple and the drumming won't cause me much trouble, but it's still a fair bit of work on my end, setting up the equipment and recording it all myself. Do I factor in royalties, or just get the credit and an upfront lump sum?
I would really appreciate some advice on this, because I don't know whether to tell him £20 ($35ish) a song, or £200 a song.
Bear in mind I am not famous or well known at this point, so I don't want to rip him off, but I also don't want to short change myself.
Cheers
I'm really after a quick answer, if possible.
I have been contacted by a musician who requires some drum tracks recording for his music. He wants to send me the tracks for me to record in my own location, and then send back to him as Wave. files. That's fine. The problem is though, he wants to know my rates.
I am literally at the very start of my "session" career, so really have no idea how much to quote him. How do I know what is a decent rate for this kind of work? The music is pretty simple and the drumming won't cause me much trouble, but it's still a fair bit of work on my end, setting up the equipment and recording it all myself. Do I factor in royalties, or just get the credit and an upfront lump sum?
I would really appreciate some advice on this, because I don't know whether to tell him £20 ($35ish) a song, or £200 a song.
Bear in mind I am not famous or well known at this point, so I don't want to rip him off, but I also don't want to short change myself.
Cheers