What to charge for drum-editing?

[Finsmi]

Just got an offer to edit an album for a band, and was wondering how much you guys charge for it? Guess it´s like 8-10 songs or so, moderately fast stuff mostly.

 

[JeffTD]

My rates are $50/song for what it's worth. I generally work on stuff that has label funding but I've only had a few bands decline based on price.

 

[egan.]

I consider Jeff's rates to be a bargain vs. the time I'd spend myself fwiw. I can't imagine anyone serious rejecting those rates.

 

[DanLights]

Yeah, I honestly thought Jeff's rates would be higher, seeing how he works with established and signed bands often. I do around 35$ a song, but it can vary depending on the material, stuff with lots of blastbeats and 16th or 32nd notes cost more because the workload grows exponentially.

 

[Sloan]

$50 is a very good deal. I would probably want to hear the song and come up with a rate based on what's going on.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

I charge $75/song but I'm the best so I can.

 

[Melb_shredder]

Usually $40 just for drums. But I just point people to Jeff when I can! Lol... He's a one stop drum editing shop!

 

[Skinny Viking]

Depends on the material but for average length songs (4-5 minutes) and average complexity with tempo map included I also hit at around $50 a song

That's also if the drums were at least competently performed and the files werent recorded like complete ass

I also usually include cleaning out the toms (if asked) and kicks and also one extra track clean snare track if clean hits were provided for replacement

Anything more and I adjust accordingly so as an example I've done a full album of Pantera style music for about $500 (11 songs) and a more complex Dimmu style band for $800 (10 songs)

 

[crillemannen]

I would charge the amount of time it takes. It is so hard to predict how long a song can take. All from 30min to 3hours so it is pretty hard to say a final price without hearing the material.