How much should I charge for CD cover design?

Most mid-level bands should expect to pay at least $1,500 to receive high-quality album artwork from a reliable designer. It can be higher than $6,000 to hire someone with a positive reputation.

How much should I charge for music cover art?

This is anecdotal but you can definitely get a great album cover in the range of $50 – $100. The album art at this price point will come with restrictions however. You won’t have the license to print the album art on physical goods or use it on video mediums.

Is it illegal to use album covers?

Book covers, album covers, and movie covers are copyrightable. However, fair use, a provision of U.S. copyright law, gives users the right to use copyrighted material without permission under certain circumstances. If a use is fair, the user need not notify or seek permission from the copyright holder.

How much should a band charge?

How do we charge for it? As a rule of thumb, we like to get a minumum of $100 per band member. For 6 hours of labor, that puts you a little over $16/hour per person. That is better than minumum wage in California; however, the expenses of running a band don’t come cheap.

Who owns the rights to album cover art?

If you have hired and paid an artist or photographer to create a visual image for your album cover, that artist or photographer will still own the copyright in the work unless that creator has assigned the copyright ownership to you or your band.

What do album cover designers do?

An album cover designer not only designs and/or illustrates the art that’s on an album cover but more often than not, does the entire layout, including the back cover, insert or booklet, lyric sheet, CD face print, etc. Typically, the designer meets with the artist to discuss their ideas.

Can I sell a drawing of an album cover?

Album art is legally protected under copyright laws of the country in which the business who registered it does business. When you desire to use copies of album art in any way, whether for profit or non-profit, permission. Without securing written permission, you could open yourself up to a lawsuit.

How much does it cost to make an album cover art?

If a band is recording an album, they have to come up with money to rent studio time (about $300-$500/day), pay for mastering the album (about $500+) and then having the CD’s made ($300+). On the very cheap end, they are investing about $4,000+ to make an album. The album cover art fee is just added to that cost of having an album made.

Should I charge for my band Art?

Always charge a fee, even if it’s just a small fee. Never give it away for free. When someone doesn’t want to pay for art, it has little to no value to them, and this feeling of no value transcends the band. It spreads out into the Ether of the Universe. If there is no value placed on your art, chances are they won’t use the art properly.

How much does it cost to hire a professional logo designer?

Even if your hourly rate is $250 / hour (a pretty high rate), the total you’re earning for that logo is $2,500. If you think that is a good price for a professional designer to earn crafting what is essentially a logo for a huge company, you are mistaken.

How much does it cost to record a GarageBand album?

They are: 1 – Garage band (new, young, never made an album before): $350 – $2,500: If you LOVE the band and want to be a part of what they’re doing, come up with a price and make it work for them. Even if all you charge is $350, at least you got paid and you know they are going to value your work.