Man I wish I'd sold 150 discs... currently I'm sitting at no more than 30. It's really tough. Funny I'm coming to this thread today, when frustrations are high. It'll be nice to vent.
Currently, it's hard for me to differentiate what I spend on my band and what I spend on myself as a musician. Do my instruments count when they're not specifically for the band?
I don't intend on recording in a studio every year (or ever again until I learn how to sell the discs I already have), but let's take last year when I made the album as a typical year.
studio - $1200
duplication - $900
artwork/printing - $800
postage (mailing to radio, reviews) - $350
Other costs, like emergency cable purchases on gigs and stuff is usually pretty negligible. There are certain costs which I'd like to be paying, like maybe paid rehearsals for the band (one day...one day...) but most importantly, it seems like I should be paying more for promotion, possibly hiring a publicist for press releases and publicist type stuff, and maybe spending a little on postering services.
So yeah... it's tough to be going at this with no capital.
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