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[HANASHIR:13682] Re: The CD is coming! and questions abound

Typical rates to turn manuscripts into sheet music are about $25 per finished 
page.  Danny Maseng, for instance, sells his sheet music for $4 per song 
including postage.  Or, you could put together a songbook for the CD which 
has everything for $15-$20.  So, depending on how many pages these things run 
(and, a lead sheet with chords will probably only be a page or two per song) 
it may be worthwhile...

Michael


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> Date: Tuesday, 25-Feb-03 08:06 AM
> 
> From: Batiya5723 (at) cs(dot)com        \ Internet:    (batiya5723 (at) 
> cs(dot)com)
> To:   Hanashir Mail Server     \ Internet:    (hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org)
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:13628] The CD is coming! and questions abound
> 
> Sender: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Reply-to:       hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> To:     hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Hi all -- 
> 
> I am releasing my CD, City Of Love, in early March. By March 7 (praying 
> really hard here so if it's a couple of days late please don't freak out), 
> copies should be available through www.CDBaby.com and you can buy them 
> securely online.
> 
> Meanwhile, questions abound. I am new at this and here's what's up.
> Folks are asking about music sheets. They want to play my music at shul. 
> I think that's really great! 
> Two issues: 
> (a) I don't have the software or know-how to turn my longhand manuscripts 
> into publisher-ready hard-copies; and 
> (b) I have NO idea what to charge for them in any case. I have concerns 
that 
> my music is easy enough to pick up by ear that if I ask for any payment at 
> all, even a few bucks to cover copying and postage, folks will be turned 
off 
> and just "lift" their own charts instead off the CD (hey, it's how many of 
us 
> learned our first Debbie Friedman tunes, admit it).
> So if you've been here already in your music experience, how did you handle 
> it and what would you do differently now?
> Disclaimer: I did this on the scrawniest shoestring budget imaginable. I am 
> amazed that I have a finished CD at all. So please try to offer ideas that 
> don't require taking out a bank loan. Thanks in advance.
> 
> The web site will be updated as soon as the CDs are ready, but meanwhile 
you 
> can go check it out at www.beth-hamon.com
> 
> Beth Hamon
> Portland, OR
> 
> 
> <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" 
FACE="Arial"
> LANG="0">Hi all -- <BR>
> <BR>
> I am releasing my CD, City Of Love, in early March. By March 7 (praying 
really
> hard here so if it's a couple of days late please don't freak out), copies
> should be available through <U>www.CDBaby.com</U> and you can buy them 
securely
> online.<BR>
> <BR>
> Meanwhile, questions abound. I am new at this and here's what's up.<BR>
> Folks are asking about music sheets. They want to play my music at shul. 
<BR>
> I think that's really great! <BR>
> Two issues: <BR>
> (a) I don't have the software or know-how to turn my longhand manuscripts 
into
> publisher-ready hard-copies; and <BR>
> (b) I have NO idea what to charge for them in any case. I have concerns 
that my
> music is easy enough to pick up by ear that if I ask for any payment at all,
> even a few bucks to cover copying and postage, folks will be turned off and
> just "lift" their own charts instead off the CD (hey, it's how many of us
> learned our first Debbie Friedman tunes, admit it).<BR>
> So if you've been here already in your music experience, how did you handle 
it
> and what would you do differently now?<BR>
> Disclaimer: I did this on the scrawniest shoestring budget imaginable. I am
> amazed that I have a finished CD at all. So please try to offer ideas that
> don't require taking out a bank loan. Thanks in advance.<BR>
> <BR>
> The web site will be updated as soon as the CDs are ready, but meanwhile you
> can go check it out at www.beth-hamon.com<BR>
> <BR>
> Beth Hamon<BR>
> Portland, OR<BR>
> </FONT></HTML>
> 

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