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Hi,

I've recently been offered some karaoke production work, the company are outsourcing to other producers and supply a large karaoke outlet not to mention jam tracks etc

I'm really keen to get some idea of just how much a large karaoke oulet would be paying for a music production company to basically provide them with top quality backing tracks.

If anyone could give me a rough average amount that a company would pay... I know this would vary considerably from one company to another and be dependent on regularity of work etc, but I just need to clear up this in my head before I decide to embark on producing music that's uneconomically viable.


Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Kristian.

Depends on the supply & demand of your area and what other companies are charging in your area. - which you didn't state.

In some areas, the market only pays $50-75 - totally not worth the cost, but some kj's find this totally acceptable.
Around here $100-150 is pretty much the norm anymore with the $150 being on the extreme high scale. If you get multiple nights, this can work out to an ok wage.
Others claim to be able to get $150-250 per show. I'm sure alot less frequently these prices happen. Clubs in this area haven't paid that much in over 10 years.

These are for club prices mind you. Private parties you can usually get 2-5x the club rate. I'll usually start at $400. My best show I had to do full production (lights, special effects, etc.) I charged $1500.

Best thing for you is to make some anonymous calls to the local kj's for some price quotes and what that includes. You can state you are looking to start karaoke in your club but are just shopping around and are not revealing anything name wise yet. Most companies will at least give you a quote - even if it's slightly inflated.

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Lonman, wrong end. The request is for prices for producing tracks, not KJ prices. And to the OP, don't have a clue. You could maybe ask Gretchen on here. She works for a company that produces.

Oh, goodness...one's ability to even read gets drawn into question quite frequently in this forum, much less without a blatant example for these folks to feed on...

Yep, I made a mistake! At least I can admit it!

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$200 to $400 a track. Pricing depends on the complexity of the track and how many vocal parts are needed. Producers want quantity discounts too. It all depends if the company that is asked you to work or them is still profitable or not. Most are not doing very well right now, especially US producers. Sync rights for karaoke on-screen lyrics are killing the US producers. It's a whole different set of laws in Europe.

Jeff Michaels