Mike Rivers
June 30th 03, 11:05 PM
In article > writes:
> > if they can get what they want done elsewhere for
> > much less, find out where and outsource for your next customer.
>
> Not sure if you are serious with that last part... but seems to me that
> is a good strategy in a lot of ways...
Yes, serious, that is assuming this is a service you want to offer.
While I can clean up tops and tails and do some level adjustments, if
someone wants a project mastered I'll send it out. Or I'll give him
the name and number of a few people I would recommend. There are other
things that I'd rather invest my money in, and there are other things
I'd rather do with my time. The client doesn't care who does the work
as long as it's a good job and fits his budget.
> some of these folks may not be able to tell the difference (excluding
> really gross errors like recorded skips), or, if they can tell the
> difference, they may not care.
This is true. And if they don't care, I don't care, as long as it
doesn't ruin my name. If it's a matter of transferring thousands of
hours of tape to CD, he may not listen to some of it for 10 years (and
may never listen to some of it) so it'll be too late to re-do the job.
On the other hand, they may get a perfectly satisfactory job for the
price they paid. While it's nice to educate the clients, not all of
them need top shelf work all the time.
--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )
> > if they can get what they want done elsewhere for
> > much less, find out where and outsource for your next customer.
>
> Not sure if you are serious with that last part... but seems to me that
> is a good strategy in a lot of ways...
Yes, serious, that is assuming this is a service you want to offer.
While I can clean up tops and tails and do some level adjustments, if
someone wants a project mastered I'll send it out. Or I'll give him
the name and number of a few people I would recommend. There are other
things that I'd rather invest my money in, and there are other things
I'd rather do with my time. The client doesn't care who does the work
as long as it's a good job and fits his budget.
> some of these folks may not be able to tell the difference (excluding
> really gross errors like recorded skips), or, if they can tell the
> difference, they may not care.
This is true. And if they don't care, I don't care, as long as it
doesn't ruin my name. If it's a matter of transferring thousands of
hours of tape to CD, he may not listen to some of it for 10 years (and
may never listen to some of it) so it'll be too late to re-do the job.
On the other hand, they may get a perfectly satisfactory job for the
price they paid. While it's nice to educate the clients, not all of
them need top shelf work all the time.
--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )