BRAIN / BOC INdy CD's and Royalties/The Costs

[Jean Lansford]

On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, "BREVARD Adrian R." wrote:

>Would agree whole heartedly but as you point out with the Surgeons if you
>have the skills to complete some of the production processes yourself you
>can certainly minimize your outside expenses.  Time is money and for a do it
>yourself production you will burn a lot of time, this however may be
>preferrable than having Alan Parsons come in and do the production and
>finishing touches.  Also by doing the re-mix, mastering and assorted tasks
>probably gives a group like the Surgeons a great advantage over a group
>outsourcing these taks to someone else; quality control over final
>production.  Its not final until they are happy with it, the sound is what
>they want it to be as opposed to another persons interpretation of what it
>should be.  I assume that once you bring in third parties to any part of the
>creation, finishing and selling process your costs increase accordingly.

Quick check of credits on CC shows engineering and some production as
outside the "inner circle" of the band and Schenck, where on Trep
everything was in the family until mastering.

I recall a comment from Buck a couple of years ago about the new songs
being aimed at getting signed to a major label.  Lack of
experience/confidence at doing things themselves?


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