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zeitgeist
Location: Slovenia
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 Posted - Tue Nov 13, 2001 5:37 pm
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I've seen mention by a few people that they've picked up jobs transposing LP's or singles to CD for people. My question is, how fast can one get their technique down to to make it feasible to reach a balance of making it worthwhile to himself while still managing to offer a rate to the customer that they will be willing to pay? Also, should I be able to edit files while recording in a LP side? That might be the difference between making it feasible or not. I have a pretty good computer with an athlon 1.1, so I believe I should be able to. Just haven't really tried it yet. Would appreciate any remarks from anyone who has done this. Is there a real market for it? How much have you been able to charge per CD?
I can basically whip thru an LP side pretty quickly to normalize, NR, and seperate tracks. It seems, however, that the total time involved, including burning, would require me to charge more than the average person would want to pay, even though i would charge as little as i could, say $10/hr or so. Would appreciate any comments from anyone who has made a buck at this!
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beetle
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Posted - Tue Nov 13, 2001 7:28 pm
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This topic was just discussed about a week or two ago. Do a search. All of the points you mentioned were covered.
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zeitgeist
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Posted - Tue Nov 13, 2001 8:00 pm
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TY beetle. Don't know how I missed that one. There aren't even enough people in my immediate area that even HAVE anything unusual enough to pay someone to transpose it for them to make it even worth trying. I think I'll look more at doing budget demo CD's for local acts instead........
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urumuqi74
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Posted - Wed Nov 14, 2001 10:43 am
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| TY beetle. Don't know how I missed that one. There aren't even enough people in my immediate area that even HAVE anything unusual enough to pay someone to transpose it for them to make it even worth trying. I think I'll look more at doing budget demo CD's for local acts instead........ |
Hi Zeit,
The best thing to do is probably make a detailed business case. It worth it. It will tell you whether you should offer a certain service or not and what type of investment is required. Define your boundaries.
One thing for sure, your customers won't be the usual Joe who is buying his CDs in Wall Mart.
As an example, the MP3 format is becoming more and more popular and is now hitting the car players. A lot of "dudes" out there don't have the time, the knowledge and/or the equipment to crunch 10 CDs into one. This is where you come in.
I have a daytime job and I take occasional contracts in this business hence my rare appearance on this forum since then. I am not really doing it for the money but by interest. At the moment, I can't foresee to make a living out of it but this could turn out as a good pre-retiremnt or retirement activity. :)
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zeitgeist
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Posted - Thu Nov 15, 2001 5:16 pm
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excellent food fr thought Uru  ty.
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Posted - Thu Nov 15, 2001 5:33 pm
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| excellent food fr thought Uru ty. |
Yes and the plate is very large. Wait until you see the dessert!!!
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