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How Do You Tally Output?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:18 am
by GaryShaffer
I was reviewing some Road Rally notes and noticed lots of discussion about the number of songs we create. I found it all quite motivating, but it left me curious.
Let's say you write an instrumental cue, and then create a 60- and 30-second version. For your own records, do you count that as one song or three? I know it doesn't really matter but I was just curious.
Re: How Do You Tally Output?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:41 am
by cosmicdolphin
GaryShaffer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:18 am
Let's say you write an instrumental cue, and then create a 60- and 30-second version. For your own records, do you count that as one song or three? I know it doesn't really matter but I was just curious.
No just one...I don't know anyone personally who would count it as more than one.
So I do 80-100 cues per year normally, but if I included all the different versions and stems I have to deliver to the library it would be more like 800 - 1,000 audio files
Re: How Do You Tally Output?
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:33 am
by mteezykeys
Yeah that would be just one cue. But also, I wouldn't recommend creating the alt versions until that track has been signed. Some publishers don't ask for edits, and some may only want a 30 sec or 60 sec edit. You could be working harder than you have to be.