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I have 4 simple rates: Starving Artist Special, Low Budget, Normal Studio Rate, and the new Neve ANALOG Bounce ** Rates A & B apply to work performed at my place. Rates C & D apply to outside studio work ** RATE A: STARVING ARTIST SPECIAL / $99 (one song per client) The Starving Artist Special is a $99 deal in which I spend up to 4 hours mixing your song. I can do quite a bit in only 10 minutes, so you can imagine how far I can get in 4 hours. Click here to see a video of the first 10 minutes of an album mix. PLACE: "Studio B" (my place) RATE B: LOW BUDGET RATE / Your budget mixed at $40 > as low as $25 per hour The Low Budget Rate is designed to be competitive with studios that are local to most musicians, which are often priced at around $35 - $50 per hour for a significantly less experienced person doing the work. I wanted a variable rate that would take into consideration artist budgets and my own option to be able to spend more time on a project if I enjoy it, which is both fun for me and beneficial to the client. Although I can make a great sounding mix in a short period of time, it is a fact that having 8 hours for a mix can produce a more perfect sound than having only 2 hours. Although some people cannot afford more than 2 hours of time their music (or my pursuit of perfection) often demands it of me. The Low Budget Rate is $40 per hour that is sometimes reduced if I mix beyond the project deadline. That means that although I will finish the mix in the booked amount of time, frequently I go back and continue to play and tweak my way towards the perfection that can be obtained with more time. Example: $200 = 5 hours of mixing, but if I go over my manager will stop me at 8 hrs. YOU suggest the budget and I will work around your figures. Multiple song work time will be lumped together to allow me to spend more time on the first song and establish better sounding settings that can save time on the rest of the music. PLACE: "Studio B" (my place) / Rented studio with analog NEVE mixing console (if applicable) RATE C: NORMAL STUDIO RATE / Negotiable hourly and flat rate work mixed entirely in the studio This is the standard studio recording / mix booking. Unlike project work that continues in my home studio all work must be completed during rented studio time. TIME and PLACE: Negotiable rates for work perfomred at OUTSIDE STUDIOS RATE D: NEVE ANALOG BOUNCING / Negotiable hourly and flat rate PRE-MIXED, NEVE-BOUNCED INDIVIDUAL TRACKS Depending on number of songs, number of tracks and length of songs I will PRE-MIX YOUR ENTIRE ALBUM and bounce EACH TRACK through the equipment in an analog mixing studio (featuring a Neve mixing board). I will then send you the separate tracks for you to continue overdubbing and working where and with whom you wish. This is as close as you can get to having my sound on your tracks while you are still in production. * Depending on various factors, Analog Bouncing may be included with album mixes. PLACE: Rented studio with analog NEVE mixing console. A FEW NOTES: 1. As my studio is in my home, I do not have the facilities for clients to physically attend mixes. We can however book an outside studio if you wish to attend the mix (see Rate E). 2. Although due to my speed clients have always been happy with work I can perform within a few hours, of course I can make things sound and feel much better when I have more time to work. 3. Higher rate work gets higher priority of my time. If on a given day I have a $99 project and a $500 project, I will do the $500 project first. Regardless of the rate I ALWAYS get to ALL of my projects. 4. Please send complete songs with properly prepared tracks. Sending other instruments after a mix has begun can negate the work already completed. All tracks should consist of single files that all start from the same zero point (regardless of how much empty space that requires). 5. Please complete all pre-production before sending songs so I can mix rather than fix. Please do NOT ask me to fix the pitch of a vocal, replace drum hits, (etc). 6. Only mixed files will be released. Unless other arrangements are made all session files, sound settings, mix information or intermediate sound files will remain stored in my studio. 7. All work must be requested using the Mix Request form the details of which cannot change once a job is accepted. The decision to accept jobs at the requested rate is based on factors that include:
8. The work sent for me to do must match the project descriptions used when I accept the work. I have received projects that were supposed to be "maximum 24 tracks" that arrived with 45-67 tracks per song. I was asked to mix a "small rock back with backing vocals" that also ended up as songs with over 60 tracks that required drum replacement work and "previously unheard track noise" repair. In such cases I will do what I can within the time booked or in extreme cases may have to return the project. 9. Absolutely no work can be booked, scheduled, or started until payment is received (absolutely no exceptions). I do trust you, but my trusting nature has been used against me, even during 2008 when I was taken advantage of BOTH times that I trustingly booked or performed work before payment was received. Deadlines, record label associations, and believing in your honesty can no longer have any affect on this policy. © BruceAMiller, 2008 |
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