How Much Does It Cost To Make A Hit Song?

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One can not put a price on talent...

[PorscheGAL]

Yes, but the price for non talent is obviously $1,078,000

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Originally Posted by azasadny

How much does the AutoTune cost???

A variant on that is bundled with most recording software these days. I also have it built into a harmony effects footpedal

[romad]

What it takes to be a star...from the one of the greatest movies of all time

YouTube - ‪Crossroads Scene - O Brother, Where Art Thou? Movie (2000) - HD‬‏

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How Much Does It Cost To Make A Hit Song?

Really not very much, according to Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty (the KLF, The Timelords, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - the guys who nailed a million pounds to wood, exhibited it as art and then burnt it all for a documentary - not to mention performed a thrash metal version of their ambient hit single at the Brit Music Awards, finishing by machine-gunning the audience with blanks at the end and announcing "The KLF have left the music industry" - after which they deleted their entire back catalog except for one album):

The Manual - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's right here The Manual

Bill and Jimmy have an "interesting" perspective on many things, including the pop industry.

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Originally Posted by Kraftwerk

Black Sabbath's first album cost $700.00 to record. The rest is history.

$700.00 in 1969 money.......

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Originally Posted by scottmandue

And wasn't Bostons first album recorded in someones basement?

Tom Scholz started off in a makeshift band that included drummer Jim Masdea, lead guitarist Barry Goudreau, and vocalist Brad Delp. Unsatisfied with the live sound, the perfectionist Scholz disbanded the act and instead made demos in his home studio with Delp on vocals and Masdea on drums. The demos eventually attracted the attention of Epic Records.

Scholz was satisfied with the demos to the point that he wanted to finalize them to a real album. Unfortunately, Epic declined. "The material had to be recorded in a 'professional' studio in exactly the same way!" Scholz later wrote. Scholz insisted on doing the re-cuts in his basement. Epic producer John Boylan, who had worked with the Little River Band among many others, made a deal with Scholz. Boylan would have the rest of the makeshift band record some studio arrangements in Los Angeles, to "create a diversion" while Scholz made his multitrack recordings at home.

Most of the instrumentation was performed by Scholz and recorded at his basement studio in Massachusetts, After Scholz recorded the instrumentation the tracks were then transferred from his 12 track tapes to a 24 track machine in a remote recording truck outside his basement studio to make them compatible with standard professional studio equipment. Delp's vocals were then recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood with producer Boylan. The album was then mixed by Scholz, Boylan and Warren Dewey at Westlake Audio in Los Angeles. Drummer Sib Hashian plays on all but "Rock & Roll Band", and only two tracks feature the contributions of Goudreau and Fran Sheehan, "Foreplay/Long Time" and "Let Me Take You Home Tonight". This quintet would perform and tour under the name Boston.

I talked to Tom Scholz on the phone when they were in the studio recording a later album. Actually a guy I worked with was friends with tom and was talking to him and handed me the phone so I could say hey.
Tom told there were some crazy guys recording down the hall that kept busting things up and making too much noise, some band called the Cars. I think that was sometime around '78.

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That song proves lyrics are not the key to a big hit.

Actually, the song tells a story that makes more sense than a lot of rock hits. In the earlier versions of the song you could actually hear the lyrics. I think the unique sound of a bunch on drunks in a basement trying to wreck a trap set is what made the Kingsmen's version a hit.