David Coscina 3 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 So I have an orchestra interested in playing one of my concert pieces but they have asked me how much I charge for rental fees? I normally work in the film score area where I do not own my music. In this case, it's mine so is there a going rate? Should I check with ASCAP? Anyone here familiar with this type of thing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 44 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 As I was paid to write the piece in the first place I charge a miniscule $50 for orchestras to rent the piece. For that they get a CD-R containing pdf files of the score and they have to print all the parts themselves. This is a big hassle-saver for me, and saves the orchestra the huge expense of renting a printed score and parts (which I would charge several hundred bucks for, plus a deposit in case any of the parts get damaged). I've found that orchestras have been more than happy to go with the pdf option and do the printing themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 As I was paid to write the piece in the first place I charge a miniscule $50 for orchestras to rent the piece. For that they get a CD-R containing pdf files of the score and they have to print all the parts themselves. This is a big hassle-saver for me, and saves the orchestra the huge expense of renting a printed score and parts (which I would charge several hundred bucks for, plus a deposit in case any of the parts get damaged). I've found that orchestras have been more than happy to go with the pdf option and do the printing themselves.Fantastic. Thinks Pixie. I will do just that. I am using NOTION and it seems really easy to extract parts. I tried converting the conductor's score into an XML file to import into Sibelius 5 but the work that looked like I had to do to make it legible was just too much. I'm beta testing NOTION 3 so hopefully there is greater control over printing and engraving abilities. I think $50 with those parameters is fine. Truth be told, I'm just totally psyched to have a piece I composed played by a huge orchestra. And a good one too! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 85 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I think it depends whether or not you have published yourscore through a publisher. In that case you should even pay if you would perform your own piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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