| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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Has anybody ever done any recording studio session work?
For example, you get a tape in the mail with the tunes you need
to learn and you spend XX hours putting your parts together.
When it's time, or when you're ready, you go into the studio and
record your parts. Probably the rest of the music is already down,
except maybe for the vocals, and you have no idea who the rest of
the musicians are/were. Anyway, this is the situation. How/how much
does one get paid for this? By the hour,,,tune,...flat rate agreed
upon at the begining?? Does it differ between participating with
other musicians on a demo tape than it does for say, audio tracks
for TV commercials?
Any insight appreciated ! THANKS !!
Frank
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| 1628.1 | PAULJ::HARRIMAN | Winds 20-30 knots, seas 5 to 7 | Thu Aug 18 1988 17:20 | 26 | |
re: .-1
Yup. But not quite the way you said. I've always had to rehearse
with the band before going in. Payment depends on whether or not
you are a union player, or who's paying, or what you can get. I
ranged from 0 bucks to pretty good bucks for what amounts to a lot
of work spread out to make it boring hurry-up-and-wait stuff.
It certainly depends on who you work with and where you are working.
If you are making a demo, it might be a little more laid-back than
if you're working on a 60-second spot in someone's 150-dollar-per-hour
studio.
Different people have different work habits. If you work with lots
of people, you find you have your own work habits as well and you
tend to apply them also. I always negotiate beforehand so I know
what I'm going to get out of the experience.
Kind of like any other endeavor...
/pjh
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| 1628.2 | Always surprizes.... | TYFYS::MOLLER | TAICS / You Are Number 6 | Thu Aug 18 1988 17:57 | 15 |
When I lived in Chicago (back in the early 70's) I used to hang around
with Bobby Whitesides son (Bobby wrote 'Music To Watch Girls By') and
One day when I went down to 'Universal Sound Studios' with them, the
bass player of the band, doing the session, didn't show up. Since I
played Bass guitar (and they had an old Fender Precision laying about),
I went thru their 2 songs (cutting a single) twice & we recorded
everything. I got nothing for my first studio work, and the record
never went anywhere (I have a copy floating around). The song was,
however, sold to the 4 tops & they put it on an album. The Bass line
is almost identical to my original (I threw some funky patterns in
where I could). All other Studio Efforts have been in trade for
Studio time, or as favors to friends. I never made any money at it,
but is was interesting.
Jens
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| 1628.3 | thanks | HPSTEK::RENE | EDIT TRACK QUANTIZE 1/8T | Thu Aug 18 1988 19:21 | 11 |
Thanks guys.....
He is a freind of one of the guitar players in the band
I play with. I'll probably just ask for gas money (50+ mile drive to
his studio) and maybe a beer.
Apreciate the input !!
Frank
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| 1628.4 | Dirty Talk | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | Fri Aug 19 1988 18:22 | 4 | |
re .0 - me and my SO often put our parts together...
len.
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