Ricardus
WILL SOLDER FOR FOOD
OK, so here's the story. I did sound reinforcement for an old-fashioned big band. It's a fairly small room so the band didn't need any help, but I was where so the band leader could talk to the crowd, for the lead singer (they did 2 tunes with vox) and for one or two soloists who are older, and don't have the oomph they used to have, and can't blow quite as loud. So maybe 4 inputs.
Anyway, they played last year and they killed, and I was sorry I didn't bring some gear to record them, so this year I did.
I hung a stereo pair of my D87's about 10 ft up and 8 ft in front of the band, through my PMillet tube pre I just built, right into my DA3000. The raw tracks sounded killer.
I did some editing and mastering when I got home. I hit with a little vintage Fairchild 670 and pultec emulations to give it some more mojo, and I added a nice helping of vintage plate, and it sounds freakin killer.
Anyway, after the show some spouses of the band noticed I was recording and asked about how to get a copy. I told them I might part with it if some money changed hands... and they took my card and I figured I'd never hear from them.
Well yesterday someone in the band I don't know (there's like 13 of them, I only regularly interact with 4 or 5 of them) emailed and asked about getting a copy.
Well this thing sounds killer, and while I did it mostly for me and for fun to see how good I could get it, I am not willing to part with it without them paying something for my services. There was never an expectation I would share it at all, or for free, so I'm looking for the right way to work the email reply without sounding like a jerk. I'm even going to send them an MP3 of a song to show how good it is.
So what's the most diplomatic way of saying they can't have it without paying up?![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Anyway, they played last year and they killed, and I was sorry I didn't bring some gear to record them, so this year I did.
I hung a stereo pair of my D87's about 10 ft up and 8 ft in front of the band, through my PMillet tube pre I just built, right into my DA3000. The raw tracks sounded killer.
I did some editing and mastering when I got home. I hit with a little vintage Fairchild 670 and pultec emulations to give it some more mojo, and I added a nice helping of vintage plate, and it sounds freakin killer.
Anyway, after the show some spouses of the band noticed I was recording and asked about how to get a copy. I told them I might part with it if some money changed hands... and they took my card and I figured I'd never hear from them.
Well yesterday someone in the band I don't know (there's like 13 of them, I only regularly interact with 4 or 5 of them) emailed and asked about getting a copy.
Well this thing sounds killer, and while I did it mostly for me and for fun to see how good I could get it, I am not willing to part with it without them paying something for my services. There was never an expectation I would share it at all, or for free, so I'm looking for the right way to work the email reply without sounding like a jerk. I'm even going to send them an MP3 of a song to show how good it is.
So what's the most diplomatic way of saying they can't have it without paying up?