How much is it to make a demo music CD?

Answer 1

it depends on the quality you want, you could make you own demo on the computer, get a bunch of stuff from a music instrument store lock yourself in your room for about 2 weeks, record your stuff burn some discs then return all the stuff you buy from the store get your money back and there you go, you got your demo that only cost you time. Well, time can be expensive itself sometimes. Good luck bro.

Answer 2

It all depends on what type of CD you wish to make.
If you wish, you can check with a local studio and find their rates. It will depend on whether you want a simple recording session, where the whole band plays at once, or you might wish to do individual tracts and have them handle the mix.

It will also depend on the number of songs you wish to record. Obviously one or two will cost much less than ten or so.

You can always try to record yourself. There are programs such as Audacity, which are free, and have plugins to create MP3's. You could get some recording equipment at your local music store. For a few hundred dollars, to a thousand or so, you can probably get a fairly decent little studio together. You'd need a mixing board, an audio input to your computer, and the mics and stands. For a little more, you can get an audio input module that plugs into either a firewire or USB port. These include a software based mixer that you operate via the computer.

This would be a little more work, but good experience. In the end, you would control what your music sounded like.

Give some studios a call and see what they have to say. They might let you come by and galk to them , maybe even give you a chance to see the studio.

Good luck,

--Dee

Answer 3

I have seen adds in Singing News magazine for $1000. maybe even less. They have a web site, check it out. Check out Nashville newspapers.