Members skatalite Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 Wow. Why the frown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 Why the frown? 'Cause I've been selling mine at $8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 One thing about the $10 figure- when selling them at shows, it's MUCH easier to make change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sunburstbasser Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $12 is fair on CD Baby, since clips are available. I've bought 3 or 4 CDs from CD Baby for about that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boogiebassbill Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 depends on if its new in a case or used with sum pecker tracks on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted August 28, 2007 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2007 Generally $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $5 tops. Who you kidding? You really should give them away free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted August 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 depends on if its new in a case or used with sum pecker tracks on it Even the new ones have pecker tracks. We thought it would make us stand out. EDIT: Honestly, I don't actually know what pecker tracks are, and if my pecker was leaving "tracks" I'd go see a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $12 is about the going rate for the big name, highest production CD's. Of course it's apple's and oranges with locally produced low budget records, but those should be less. I'd only go up to about $8 for a local band CD personally. For the full retail rate of more professionally done albums and a CD that 'sounds' less well produced, I'd feel I got jipped. I'm all for supporting the local bands but there still need to be a realistic price on the product. $10 to $12 is too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted August 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $5 tops.Who you kidding?You really should give them away free. You've just got your knickers in a knot because I didn't put a BOALG option in the pole. Sorry, but that's soooo 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $5 tops.Who you kidding?You really should give them away free. Serious? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteveyDevey Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 A CD from a band I've never heard? $0A CD from a band that I've heard, but don't know well? Probably $8A CD from a band that I know and like, probably not more than $12 unless it was rare, or really stupid fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HumptyThumpty Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 I voted for $10. It's even and a fair price for a well done CD for an unsigned group. I'd pay that if I liked the music and so will your market. I've seen some charge $15 but they always have a good turn out at their gigs and their gigs are a good enough show to stir people to buy. I've seen signed groups charge $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 anybody can get free music anywhere. if you charge $12+ and you are unknown. I mean really unknown, you will be LUCKY to sell 100 and thats assuming you have 100 friends/family members. dont you want as many people as possible to hear your stuff? $5 guarantees sales. You should do $8 t-shirt with free CD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boogiebassbill Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 A CD from a band I've never heard? $0A CD from a band that I've heard, but don't know well? Probably $8A CD from a band that I know and like, probably not more than $12 unless it was rare, or really stupid fantastic. I AGREE...BOUT RIGHT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catphish Posted August 28, 2007 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 anybody can get free music anywhere. if you charge $12+ and you are unknown. I mean really unknown, you will be LUCKY to sell 100 and thats assuming you have 100 friends/family members.dont you want as many people as possible to hear your stuff?$5 guarantees sales. You should do $8 t-shirt with free CD That's certainly one point of view, and it's kind of what I thought until I started talking to people who've done it and been successful doing it, about it. Yes we want as many people as possible to hear our stuff, and they can hear our stuff for free. We give away recordings of shows at our shows. Our shows are on archive.org where they can be downloaded. This is different, it's a studio album. We want as many people to buy the album as we can get, but not at the cost of making it perceived as low value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anothertxn Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 $10 if you like the record you did, $5 if you aren't a huge fan of it (sound quality and such). Also, $5 if it is a CD-R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members justinbass Posted August 28, 2007 Members Share Posted August 28, 2007 I've never paid more than $8 for a CD at a show, even from bands who have distro through Best Buy and the like.From an unknown band, $5 at a show would be typical. I often have, and will continue to pay $10 or so for CDs at shows to help support broke-ass touring bands. Distro through Best Buy doesn't always mean wealthy rockstar. My vote is $10-12 online and $10 at the show. This is assuming it is a good CD. If it is garbage, you should give it away with 2 quarters and a letter of apology. Also, 72 minute CD is a lot better than a 30 minute CD. Don't shortchange yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted August 29, 2007 Members Share Posted August 29, 2007 anybody can get free music anywhere. if you charge $12+ and you are unknown. I mean really unknown, you will be LUCKY to sell 100 and thats assuming you have 100 friends/family members.dont you want as many people as possible to hear your stuff?$5 guarantees sales. You should do $8 t-shirt with free CD Selling CDs for $5 is a far cry(Rush pun) from giving them away for free. Who is going to cover manufacturing costs for my next batch of CDs??? Seriously. I worked hard, saved, and EARNED my basses, rig, and what little recording gear I had left to record, mix and master my solo project. That's not counting the time(re. years of development of my craft) I put into the project. Is one measley dollar per track that out of line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted August 29, 2007 Members Share Posted August 29, 2007 $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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