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Originally Posted by ken0042
That's exactly what was being talked about.
I have friends who have small band; play about 10 gigs per year. One band got all of us to pre-buy their CD for $15, went to a studio and recorded the CD. Another band just went and recorded their own CD- cost to friends was $5 each. There is a world of difference.
The bottom line is no CD would sound anywhere near as good as it does without the technology used prior to us getting our grubby little hands on it. Having said that, I still think they are overpriced; compared to how much the artists see of the profits.
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1. I did not explain myself well before. You have done it much better. This is what I was getting at. If you want a certain sound on your CD, a high quality sound, you will have to do one of two things. You will have to buy all of your own recording equipment and build your own studio to get that sound, or you have to be willing to fork out the money for someone else to do it for you. The CD in itself is cheap, it is the process of putting the music on the CD that costs money.
2. Yes, the artists probably do not see much of the profits that the recording studios make. On the other hand, if they never had someone to promote them, to record them etc, how much profit do you realistically think they would see then? Making music for a living is not much different than farming. The money you receive for your product is very small compared to the final selling price.