On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <bath...@maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > Maybe, like Albany, the composers pay? Most of the small labels are vanity > operations -- or "artist funded", where the composer or performers have to > apply for grants or raise money from family. > I understand that's how Naxos works pretty much-- the ensembles and or conductors pay the label to release the recordings. I think it's about 10,000 USD per title. Very few of the artists on Naxos are paid anything (I know Kevin Mallon and his ensembles are one of them because he mentioned it specifically to me-- although an oboe player from the New York Philharmonic paid Naxos and Mallon to do his vanity recording of oboe concertos that was released about a year and half ago) I know an early music orchestra that apparently had to help cover the recording costs for a CD they did with Chandos too. I wondered why didn't the ensemble just do their own recording and save all that expense themselves? I guess the answer is-- the labels have the distribution outlets. I think CPO and the German ensembles get a lot more state support in terms of grants and funding versus their counterparts in the U.K. or the United States. Thanks Kim _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
