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

[John A Swartz]

I may have misled some people about the "3 days" - I thought at one point
that Deb or Al indicated that most of the recording of the tracks for
*Trepanation* were done over the course of 3 days, but that Al then
spent like 3 months mixing them.  But it appears from Deb's comment
that 3 days to lay down the tracks may have been incorrect as well.

I certainly didn't mean to imply that *Trepanation* was produced in a
short amount of time, much less 3 days.  On the contrary, I was trying
to cite *Trepanation* as a perfect example of how a quality CD should
be produced -- it takes time, and I also believe requires the artist
to call as much of the shots on the production as possible.  And as I
also tried to point out, the $$ costs go beyond what it costs to take
a recording and make CD copies of it -- the real costs are in getting
the songs down right and mixed properly to begin with --> but, if the
artist is concerned with a quality product, then the artist will take
the necessary steps to see that this gets done (whether its done in
one's own living room, a studio in a major city, or Joe's Bar and Grill)
properly.

Anyways, I've rambled enough . . .


John