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THE BATTALION
Put a record on...
Challenges and shortcuts to producing original CDs for sale in local market
slim student
lost study
create a better uno
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A&M and the studs
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Islam's holy book,
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said Dr. Jamal Badav
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The Battalion
Becoming a musician may be a daunting
ask, but numerous technological advances
n musicmaking have made the process of
iroducing and marketing one’s own music
nuch easier. Long gone are the times when
nusicians and bands were forced to earn the
atronage of major record labels before see-
ng their music in stores. CD recorders, Dig-
tal Audio Tape (DAT) and CD replication
qyipment have made producing profes-
ional quality recordings more a matter of
ivill and budget than popular acceptance.
Today, the independent musician can pur-
hase stand-alone CD recorders (those that
ire hot attached to a computer) for about
i night abouii poo q) s can purchased in bulk
,ki~ ™'- 1 or approximately $ 1 a piece, and al 1 of these
kings can be procured in a five-minute dri-
e in College Station, or with a few clicks of
he mouse on the Internet. Local businesses
ike Best Buy and Lippman Music sell CD
recorders, Minidisc recorders and DAT
ecorders.
John Beal, a manager at Lippman Music,
speak because of A aid, while it is now possible for individuals
jge of the Bible and Qi??
to produce their own music, the fastest and
has done similar hlj cheapest way prospective musicians can pro-
imes before and belt ^ llce ^eir own music is to know what they
3d numerous booksr
ets, Hague said,
program will begins
Rudder 601.
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Beth Miller
want before they try to record a CD.
The biggest shortcut is always prepro
duction,” Beal said. “Get everything down
before (the recording stage), especially if you
are going into a studio, because even the
cheapest studio is at least $30 per hour.”
Beal said bands and musicians should be
sure they have their performances set up the
way they want it on the CD, rather than sim
ply playing songs the way they would at a
live show.
“There are a lot of things that you would
I 1 —**^ do in a live show that will not work on CD,”
gh ihuisday during the summer sesstotwl Beal said. “Things like dynamic changes,
Jays and exam penods) al Texas ASM dw I bri ngi ng the volume up and down, it is some-
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thing that would be done to get a crowd go
ing. It is things like that that do not work on
an album often. On an album, everything is
really compressed. On the radio, they want
to get everything really loud — if it is not
(loud), then the sound will have that hiss in
the background and you would have to turn
it up.”
While recording the music onto the CD
may be an exhausting task, there are busi
nesses that can make the next step in pro
ducing a CD — the duplicating and packag
ing — relatively easy.
Paul Amorosi, owner of CD Marksman,
a business that duplicates and masters audio
CDs, said his business can duplicate CDs,
design inserts, silk-screen designs on the
CDs, package them and ship them in a frac
tion of the time it takes to create and record
the music.
“We can do printing and duplication from
one CD to as many as are needed,” Amorosi
said. “But there are certain things we need
from the band. Usually, a band sends me a
CD and artwork files, but these have to be in
a press-ready format — that can cause some
problems. Worst-case scenario, a band
comes in with a digital tape and a few pho
tos. Then we have to make a glass CD mas
ter of their tape and create the artwork. We
can also master CDs. If a band brings in two
press-ready CDs (music and artwork), they
can have 1000 CDs in three to four weeks.”
Amorosi said the CD sound quality must
be excellent, but for a band or musician
looking to sell their album, the packag
ing and artwork must be eye-catching.
Amorosi said that, if someone is
going to buy a CD, the graph
ics have got to be good.
“It is like toothpaste,”
Amorosi said. “Why do
you buy one toothpaste
over another? Appearance
and image is everything.”
CD replication and mastering businesses
like Amorosi’s can offer the musician a full
package of mastering, duplication and pack
aging for as little as $ 1 to $2 per CD for or
ders of 1000 or more. However, the cost per
CD goes up with smaller orders.
Once the budding musician has his or her
freshly pressed CDs in hand, the next task is
to find businesses that will sell them.
Jimi Pineda, an employee of Disc Go
Round, said that local businesses are usual
ly willing to support local artists. Pineda said
it is a symbiotic relationship — the artist gets
free play time for his or her CD in the store,
and as it sells, the store will get positive feed
back and recommendations from the artist it
sponsored.
“We (Disc Go Round) like helping fellow
local artists,” Pineda said. “
We help them get start
ed. Major stores do
not want to deal
with licensing
problems and
such things, but
if someone
brings in a
CD, we will play it in the
store so we can help them
get some recognition.
What I suggest local
artists do, is drop off a
demo and three or four
of their CDs and we
will sell them on
consignment. We
do not discrimi
nate; we accept
all kinds of mu
sic from coun
try to death-
metal.”
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JESUS CHRIST
in
The Bible * The Quran
A
A Comparative Study
Presented by the
Muslim Students’ Association
Friday, Sep. 29th
Rudder 601 @ 6pm
Speaker:
Free Admission!
Dr. Jamal Badawi (st. Mary’s
Univerisity Halifax Canada; Professor of
Religious Studies & Management)
Refreshments served!
For more info, email islamlOWtamu.edu or call 693-5463
Visit our table in MSC hallway between 11am and 3pm