Yep, ten bucks. Three for $20.
A lot for $15 here in Nashville, but quite a few for $10.
Mine will be $10, or less. Also going to do the flash drive thing.
I don’t know how else he would account for costs. There is a payout per unit required for the rights. It also sounds like there is a limited run, it will cost less if it sells out and a new run is made but the rights payments are the same per unit.
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Boyo Jim, Peremensoe - I don’t know how anyone else might do their budgets for a project like a self-produced CD; I’ve merely used what works for me. The purpose of this thread was to determine a price point for the yet-to-be released product.
Yes, if all we are talking about is the cost of manufacturing the CD, booklet and sleeve, my cost is somewhere in the $2.61 per unit range. However, that doesn’t take into account other expenses which I alone have incurred - commissioning, recording rights, recording, editing, photography, design. When all that is totaled in, the cost is more in the $10.56 range.
If I get a distribution deal, the distributor will set the cost and my percentage for every CD sold through them. When I sell on my own after a concert, the price is up to me. While I’m happy to add as much value as I can by signing it and thanking the person for coming to the concert, ultimately, I don’t want to be losing money.
I’m not sure I understand what you mean. ‘Cost per CD’ to me is the expense part of the equation; ‘Sales projection’ would be the income part. The initial run is 1,000 CDs, and I’m determining a price point for them. If I sell out that run at $10 a pop, that will result in a net loss of $560. If I sell out that run at $15 a pop, that will result in a net return of $4,440.
Selling out a run of 1,000 CDs without a distribution deal would be remarkably lucky for a recording of contemporary classical music for voice and guitar.