'Value for Money'

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Should the cost of a record be proportionate to how much it cost to make it, and what would happen in a parallel universe where this was the case?

― dave q, Saturday, 15 March 2003 10:40 (twenty-three years ago)

bedroom electronica would be dirt cheap, and the Korn album would be $500 a throw and sell sod all

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 15 March 2003 11:22 (twenty-three years ago)

don't you mean, 'should the value of the rec be propotionate to how much it cost?'

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 15 March 2003 13:36 (twenty-three years ago)

No, cuz once you buy a record it has no value whatever

― dave q, Saturday, 15 March 2003 17:42 (twenty-three years ago)

um, I don't quite understand that.

I mean if you spend 10 quid on a rec and get more out of it than a 40 quid boxset surely that's 'value for money'.

but I actually I just reread yr first post and I get the question.

the and= no bcz you gotta pay the marketing ppl and managers.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 15 March 2003 17:47 (twenty-three years ago)

If the formula is production cost sets consumer costs I would probably be able to afford a lot more records.

― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 15 March 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

In practice there's not much difference - the business case for the average CD release pretty much follows the rule of thumb that the cost of recording per unit should be around $1. Hence, the estimated sales figures determine the recording budget...not the other way round.

For artists with their own studios (ie, nearly all dance/electronic music producers) recording costs are pretty difficult to estimate as all the gear is extremely expensive but "hourly rates" of that studio are zero.

― Siegbran (eofor), Saturday, 15 March 2003 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The classical label CPO sort of adheres to this idea; a solo disc is cheaper than a chamber disc is cheaper than an orchestral disc.

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Sunday, 16 March 2003 10:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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