Radio editing - costs per session

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Mon May 26, 2003 8:46 am

Hi there,

since music biz is a little slow on my side, I'm starting to go for editing radio commercials and stuff like that, I have a couple of customers that are interested in that stuff but I have never done any radio related work. Now I'm wondering as to how much I should charge them.

If any of you have experience in this field or have an idea as to what standardprices are going on at the moment I would really like your input.

Greetz and thx alot!

samplaire · Post by **samplaire** » Mon May 26, 2003 9:09 am

Hi Valium,

The ad biz is my everyday life. Since I live in another country i can't tell you exactly what prices you should have for commercials. however you can find them on the net, I bet. So find a studio you know for preparing radio ads and watch their prices.
Remember the price consists mainly on 2 factors: the cost of VO (voices) and the cost of music (original, composed especially for the purpose or a so called 'stock' music). The additional parameters are the range (local or nationwide), fx used, time spent on preparing, the amount of versions. Remember that radio commercials mastering is completly different then the music one (and also the one found in TV commercials) but this is covered in: the Bob Katz tutorial found here: http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 73&forum=5 , AFAIK.

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I forgot ONE VERY IMPORTANT factor which is a copy: copyrighters are pricey these days

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ChrisWerner · Post by **ChrisWerner** » Tue May 27, 2003 8:59 am

Thanks for the hint, I work on a radio play at the moment. Everyday new things to learn.
Cheers...

Valium · Post by **Valium** » Tue May 27, 2003 10:16 am

Thx for the reply, that link is very interesting literature hehe...

Greetz