On Jan 1, 2005, at 11:40 PM, jonathan gibson wrote: > It seems to me that there has to be some way to > get everybody on the same page. In my opinion, this is where the group buys come in. I think they have become a wonderful marketing/pricing development. It bridges the gap between the "big boys" who can afford all the expensive libraries; and "the rest of us". By "the rest of us" I am referring to hard working craftsmen who don't make a fortune, but work hard day in day out to scrape by and make a living; charging by the hour - competing with local studio rates for clients, or other composers for local low budget writing gigs, etc. For "us" buying a couple of large libraries can eat into our income to an unrealistic point. These group buys make it affordable to be legal. That's great incentive! And they seem to be good for the sample developers because although the profit per license is reduced, they are selling in volume to compensate. It seems like a more realistic model all around. Let's face it; the line these days between musician, engineer, arranger, composer, orchestrator, studio owner, etc are all blurred. Most of us here probably wear all of these hats at some point during the course of our regular work that we do. The old models where these were separate endeavors (especially that of musician and studio owner/engineer) has to change. And I think the group buys, in a small way, are acknowledging this. How many of us have set up our home studios to do our own work, and then along the way end up taking on some outside clients to generate a little extra revenue? I think this is common. Are we musicians, or studio owners? I think both...... -------- Eli Krantzberg http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com Almat Productions
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Re: [EXS] That's a a
2005-01-02 by Eli Krantzberg