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chunter wrote:SadPanda wrote:I wonder if you could have a company make the master and then go buy a bunch of used/worn down records for a dollar from a Goodwill or something and melt them down to press yourself. Does anyone know if people already do this?
http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_fo … hp?t=35427
May be of interest...
that was great.
▒▒▒ wrote:well, my music is on my webpage for free -> electricloverecords.wordpress.com so people can download and burn a cd if they want.. along with other artists that give their music away for free in digital format.
i would like to select some of the albums and make physical copies of them for sale in vinyl format, but right now the price is too high.
maybe you should think long and hard before spending a lot of money on some shitty dubplates of music not many peoples herd of which is already available for free download.. who is your target audience? maybe experiment with CDr/tape/whatever first (if you want analog vibes go for tape and learn to mix to analog formats, which will be helpful if you do go onto vinyl)
not trying to sound pissy or anything, just don't wanna see you fuck yourself over. vinyl is really expensive nowadays because there is a bigger demand for it (coming from a lot of indie/diy labels etc) tbh, its not worth what they charge
i have, i agree. it's just a dream.
still, if the price was right and i could make some electronic music vinyl and sell them for like 5 or 6 bucks, people might be into it.
SadPanda wrote:I wonder if you could have a company make the master and then go buy a bunch of used/worn down records for a dollar from a Goodwill or something and melt them down to press yourself. Does anyone know if people already do this?
this company has a hand drawn picture of the record making process on their front page -> http://amei.se/
it looks pretty hardcore.
chunter wrote:electricloverecords wrote: to actually sell something i would want a physical object and for me that would be vinyl.
That's dandy if you know the audience will buy them but be careful to not limit yourself. If I saw a merch table full of records and cassettes I wouldn't buy a thing because I no longer have decks to play them, but a cdr can be made just as cheaply and I can play it before I even get home.
well, my music is on my webpage for free -> electricloverecords.wordpress.com so people can download and burn a cd if they want.. along with other artists that give their music away for free in digital format.
i would like to select some of the albums and make physical copies of them for sale in vinyl format, but right now the price is too high.
nordloef wrote:Where in the world are you located?
im in the us.
Saskrotch wrote:dub plate is basically another term for lathe cut. they're actually designed to be played out in a club just to see how the crowd reacts to a single before they do a major pressing of it.
okay thanks. the one i saw was a drum and bass song put on a dub plate for playing out.
PULSELOOPER wrote:I checked this place last year: http://amei.se/
I went to Germany and my plan was to make 300 7" copies there, but then I decided to use this money to stay longer there. Martin and the ameise crew are really great. At the time, the mastercut was 200 euro and each copy was 50 cents (that's right!).
EDIT: I found the email they sent me with the prices.
"and for all you punks out there:
the cheapest offer we have is our specialspecialmegaspecial
which is 100 x 7" incl. whitelabel (not printed) and paperbag for 300 EUR!
BUT: playing time is limited to 3mins per side...(yes no joke!)"
thanks. it looks very promising. i sent them an email.
the polycut website says that,
"Our cuts are full of bass and the perfect amount of treble so what you get back from us will sound almost as good as a real pressed record, not flat or lifeless and will hold up as well as conventional records do as long as they are properly cared for."
i wonder if they'll really hold up about as well as regular vinyl.
i might try this out just to see for myself. i wonder what they're minimum order is? anybody know?
i sent them an email asking.
that was a great article. thanks.
i think i have some of the old styrene records that they're talking about. they don't really play anymore.
godinpants wrote:an0va wrote:I've heard horrible reviews of Poly-cut, people saying it's a scam and still backed up on orders from years ago-something to consider before checking that one out. There's other options, though. You also have to make sure your stuff is mastered for vinyl too like stated above, but you could always do that yourself too!
Poly cut was great for me.
I ordered and received my records in a month.
Another one to check out is http://corporaterecords.biz/
how well did those "lathe cut" records hold up?
chunter wrote:The reason punk records could be done on the cheap is because... They could be done on the cheap. Waves of punk have been crushed when the price of oil drives the price of plastics up, so I'm in agreement with the cassette guys, with a lean toward suggesting something even cheaper, like a low capacity thumbdrive or micro SD.
i hadn't considered the correlation between the price of oil and the raw materials for vinyl but that could make sense.
where i'm at is that mp3's and digital distribution works great for free. to actually sell something i would want a physical object and for me that would be vinyl.
Saskrotch wrote:cheap low quality vinyl usually means lathe cut, which means it'll basically be un-listenable once you listen to it 5-10 times.
i'll keep that in mind. i was once told that's how "dub plates" are. the dub plate the guy had was a chunk of material.
i was hoping for maybe thin vinyl or even low quality sound. by low quality i mean you wouldn't want to listen to it loud at a club but would be fun for at home.
Shiru wrote:Back in 1950-60s in USSR, behind the iron curtain, there were DIY bootleg recordings of foreign artists (Presley etc) and forbidden local ones called 'music on bones'. The recordings were made on used X-Ray film (with pictures, hence the name) and hand made electro recorders like this one. Designs of such recorders were published in DIY electronics magazines at the time. It was illegal, sound quality was low, the recordings didn't last for long, but it was doable and affordable. I guess, with all the fancy modern electronics and tools (CNC of all kinds), a dedicated person with some skills could make something similar, but with better quality and cheap enough.
this sounds like a conspiracy theory from a sci-fi show. thank you for the info. i'm not that dedicated though.
does anybody know of record pressing companies that do low quality inexpensive vinyl pressing? i used to buy punk records for cheap and id like to do the same thing with electronic music but all the places ive found were way too expensive. any ideas?
i watched last night. it was really good.
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