LO5 - Final budgeting and equipment

PRS Licence: £50,This is so that if my track get air time on radio or gets played in a club i get a cut from this. This is vital due to my target being specialist radio and clubs.

Macbook pro : £1200, This is to provide a secure base in which everything will connect and record on. However i already own this equipment so it shall not be brought out of the budget.

Ableton live DAW - £600 this is the main production software i will use to record and produce my track.

M-audio MIDI keyboard - £90, this provides a key hardware interface for writing melodies and playing keys into the DAW on the computer.

M-audio Audio interface - £90, this is to gain the ability to connect a microphone to the computer to allow a recoding to take place without loosing audio quality.

Condenser microphone - £200, this is to allow vocals to be recorded into the production.

M-audio Studio Monitors - £180, this is to allow a clear and real audio image to be heard by the producer when mixing and mastering the final track.

To save money on distribution as CDs and vinyl are expensive, I will distribute my track as a digital file to DJ and radio stations to play. I will also distribute on sites such as Spotify, ITunes and Beatport.

Final budget - £1210

LO5 - Copyright, PRS, legal and ethical issues

A major issue with this genre of music is the explicit lyrics which can in some ways promote the use of drugs and alcohol so to avoid this I will keep my vocal clean from this kind of promotion. Another legal issue found with house tracks is copyright towards sampling vocals. It is quite common in this new era of house to take a classical vocal and put it to a new style beat, which is perfectly fine if you get permission from either the original recording artist or record label. However for this project I do not have this luxury so I shall record my own vocals which cannot be pulled up for copy right. Copyright will be the main issue within this project as I will be using sounds from sample packs such as effects and drum sounds, but I will not have any problems in my case as I have paid for these in which they come with a royalty free licence. Another consideration for my track is not not cause offence to any specific person or group and to not promote crime or abuse in any way. With this product being all my own work I do not need to worry about a PRS licence however I will have to consider becoming a member with PRS so that when my track is played in clubs and on the radio I don't miss out on royalties. In terms of the ofcom regulations, I am fully aware of their broadcasting rules and I will not breach them in any way.

LO5 - Production plan

LO5 - reflection on my pitch

reflection