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On Thu, 21 May 2009 14:06:57 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 May 2009 17:03:12 -0400, Warp wrote:
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>>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>>>>> How much does it cost to create one CD of music?
>>>> Instruments and training are expensive, depending on what the
>>>> musician plays.
>>> Worth 100 million dollars? I don't think so.
>>
>> Think symphony orchestra.
>
> That's still half a million dollars per instrument. :-)
Certainly high-end professional instruments can run that much, of course
we're talking something like Yo-Yo Ma's Stradavarius (or Pearlman's).
> Now, the music *hall*, perhaps, yes.
Well, that and/or the recording studio, equipment, etc.
My point to Warp was that it's not just a question of getting a bunch of
guys together in their garage studio with a tape recorder or a computer
to record their jam session. Professional recording is big business.
Jim
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