Typical RATES for recording, mixing, production, mastering 

Sounds like mixers and engineers have to work super hard to make a living until they manage to get a percentage on a hit record... if they get lucky

thank god, ive been making electronic music for 20 years, and i have no idea about this stuff, very interesting

I charge $1700/hr for my studio in my untreated spare bedroom. I’ve got some of the best plugins! Business is great!!! 😁

Great topic, and well done! Thank you!

Great video! I had to figure these out myself when I started. It’s nice to have videos like this!

great video. thanks for all the insights!

this is a fantastic channel. thanks for this

Thanks man, currently getting my diploma in audio engineering, and this is super helpful for knowing what i can expect, what is realistic and what not.

Good info! Thanks.

Nice, thank you

I appreciate the way you chose to do this excellent video. You made a very persuasive case for those who work long term. From experience, I know that time is flexible but satisfaction is not. Our system of billing has been a far too well-kept secret. Covering the lower end of the spectrum was an excellent call as well, pointing out the enormous span of value involved in making a record. This is never a fun question for me to answer. I imagine no one enjoys telling an aspiring artist they will be paying 15x the previous time. You’ve done a great job explaining it.

You givin us the SAUCE! Thanks Josh!!!

Great Info! I'm a studio owner and would like to know if you can do a video on how to get new clients on a daily basis and what do you do for advertising besides word of mouth?

Easy to calculate. If you want 20€/h as a worker, that's around 40€/h for the employer, then studio space rent is around 2000€/month so that's around 70€/day, plus all the gear that needs to be bought and kept up is at least a hundred/day depending on how much equipment studio has, then on top of that electricity is around 10€/day and on top of that all the misc stuff at least another 10€/day That comes up, for 8h day as around 520€/8 hour day AT THE MINIMUM! And that's not taking into account any PROFIT MARGINS so we can easily talk about 1000€/day for time of one tech + the studio space. And that's heavily dependent on how big the studio is and where it's located etc... And don't forget the PREP WORK! That takes time as well... so I'll say if someone's renting a studio for less than 1000€/8h day, they're very VERY small one man company without dedicated space that has rent and doesn't have much equipment. and don't even alk about taxes! So there. Now I'll see how close I got by watching the video....

record book in noho has 200 for 12 hours shhhh 🤫

Incredible video. But what defines whether the studio is low, medium or high? Analog Gear? A location easy to park? Free coffee? Thank you!!!

Very excellent video! Can you discuss the next phase, after getting paid? If I'm either an engineer, mastering engineer, or producer, what can I do to make myself official after getting paid? Would the revenue I receive remain "under the table"? Lol if you can make or guide me to a video of this process so i don't have to deal with the IRS and such that would be great! This is the one thing I can never land on to learn lol.

Well, you don't need so much credits, awards etc. to have a higher rate as a mixer, producer; you just show clients your "out of this world" mixes and masters, and they'll pay you in a second if the sound of the mix, mastering work etc. is top notch. Or you show them your video on youtube that has 100M views and the problem with credits, awards is solved forever. That's the beauty of internet and modern technology - if you're good you'll shine through and nobody can stop you; not the location, nationality, who do you know in the buisiness, what awards did you get etc. 😄 p.s. Since 90% of the music business today is video and porn content that artist can deliver , all the above is not that important as it used to be when music was the most important thing of the whole package. If you listen to the top 40 songs in the last 10 years you ask yourself WTF happened with the top notch sound and arrangements (producing skills) of the 60', 70', 80' (especially 80's), 90', and early 2000's.

Great great vid 👏🏼 any chance that’s applicable to Germany/EU ?! 🤔

Thanks for your perspective .Can you tell me what you would believe the average time in hours would be to properly mix an 18 track song with guitars bass drums keys and vocals?? Thanks

Hey, This is really helpful video for me. I'm a songwriter from South Korea who now I live in UK. I worked only for company and now I am freelancer. I have clients that who want mastering recording 100% but also song credits 50%. they pay good money for me. but I'm wonder what is mastering recording? because as a songwriter I only got paid songwriting credit and work fee(not much).

How many songs make money in digital streaming age?

Does this dude have a grammy? I missed the part about the grammy.

No mention of per song rates or per project rates for recording. Interesting.

Would a mixing engineer necessarily care about the music nearly as much as the artist, or would they need to understand the point the artist is trying to get across in their music ? And how do you know a mastering engineer isn't just running your stuff through some preset ? Would definitely need to have a working relationship for this sort of thing.

Interesting but why the meaningless backgrund drumachine loop? Making the informatiom more entertaining/true?

I have not found this to be the case. Residuals do not make a producer more valuable. The art they can claim, on the other hand, is a very persuasive justification for making a solid living.

Those rates aren't bad at all. We were getting those numbers in the mid 1990's. So adjusted for inflation, it's even cheaper.

$200 ua volt. $300 mac, $200 logic pro. Boom. There is your cost. Teach yourself.

basically anything from £5 on Fiverr to millions 😂

I don't believe all those knobs and switches in a recording studio can possible be necessary or regularly used. I think they're just trying to make it look complicated so they can charge a lot.

Background music annoyance.

Skipped this video because of that annoying and unnecessary background music. Do you play background music during your studio sessions or when teaching at Berkeley?

And this is why i'm so happy to see major studios close their doors keep it up we need all them to close down.

Hi how many hours make's up a Day Rate , is a working day 8 hrs or a full 24 hrs?