...oh to sell digital recordings...

[Nikolas]

Well,

It's kinda for critics, but the link cannot go public, so I thought it better to post here...

A couple of things:

1. Just finished (eg. mastered) a recording of 16 minutes for piano duet (2 pianists, single piano). The performance is fine as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not overly happy with the current state of the sound.

So, if one feels 'proficient' enough in sounds (considering it's classical music) then let me know so I can send you privately the link.

2. The 16 minute recording is actually a set of 7 works. And I want to start selling them off itunes, amazon and the such. In digital format, at first and then if there's enough interest, perhaps in CD format as well, along with other works, of course.

But pricing is an issue. If general tracks of 3-5 minutes are priced at 1$ (0.90$?!?!) then how can I price tracks that are less than 2 minutes long (some) and roughly 3 minutes at most? How should I price an album which lasts 16 minutes, and consists of 7 tracks?

It's not pop music, it's classical, but I'm having some difficulties on that, exactly because of the peculiarity in the length of the works...

Thoughts?

(PS. Rant on itunes: It only works on Mac... Otherwise you have to get a middleman. grrr...)

[MUFFINinc]

Depending on what you mean by sound proficiency, I may be able to help you.  I've been making my own recordings for about five years now and I have a pretty good producer's ear, so if your question is simply regarding recording quality I could probably help.  However, my music tends to be more in the pop realm, so if it's a question about any technical aspects of the music itself in terms of theory and such, then I wouldn't be the best person to ask, as I have only a rudimentary knowledge of theory.

[Blaze]

I think he's just referring to the sound quality of the recordings.

Also, as for the pricing, you can still price them for like 1$, similar to others. As I've seen songs around 2 minutes still on iTunes for .99$. But packing them as an album with 7 tracks should be something you do as well, that way you can either buy a track or all of them.

[Nikolas]

Thanks guys...

Yes I'm talking about the end quality of the sound (the sound quality as Blaze says).

And I think that I should bundle them as an album, since they are part of the same (large-ish) work...

Thanks for reading, offering suggestions, etc...

[NickyNyce]

I buy tons of music at Beatport, ranging from $1.50 to $2.50 a track. I have seen some music, which I wouldn't even call music, more like intros and DJ tool sounds, sell for the same prices. I don't think it's so much the length of a song, but the music and the quality itself.

You can sell tracks individually if you want, or as a bundle. I've seen some artists make it so that some songs are only available if you buy the whole bundle, while others you can purchase individually.

[Blaze]

Nicky is right, bonus tracks only available on album/bundle would be another way.. make like 5 or 6 tracks available solo and then the other(s) on album/bundle only

[Nikolas]

Nicky is right, bonus tracks only available on album/bundle would be another way.. make like 5 or 6 tracks available solo and then the other(s) on album/bundle only

Am I too romantic and silly and insane to think that this is almost indecent, when we're talking about pretty much the same track in 7 different movements? :-/

In either way it makes sense marketing wise, so I'm really considering this option.

And I've made a video of the 2nd movement, and I plan on making a couple more and a promo video with everything and keep everything off youtube and the rest!