[Dan Davis]

how do i calibrate my room to 85dB?

[Dan Davis]

Thanks everyone for the advice…

I have agreed to a $1200 rate…of course, now that I’m asking for $200 more per week to do ALL of this work (final music edit, 50 hrs/wk, at least two weekends during the project duration, and so on), they will schedule me (I’m freelance less) and put more on the shoulders of the staff guys.

[Dan Davis]

Thanks, Shane.

Those were my gut instincts anyway…which is why I wrote the post…
I was assisting in L.A….but moved back here because it was a chance to edit long-form TV and prove myself beyond all the music videos and short films I was editing. I’ve cut 20 long-form cable shows now and I’m thinking about moving back or just going to a big market anywhere…it’s sad that this kind of low-balling forces capable and hard-working post workers to move around all the time. If they have the budget, they shouldn’t be SO stingy…it just creates animosity with all of this negotiation…because it makes it appear that they consider us fools.

Especially when they get rid of their composer and ask us to score our own shows…not with temp music (which we were already doing quite well)…but for the final output. I don’t know what they’re saving on getting rid of a composer…but he’s got to be making more than a $900 to score a single show (which is what I asked to be a music editor also.)

I was making $1,000 a week. I asked for $1300 a week plus $900 to score as the music editor. They came back with $1100 a week for everything. To me, that’s just crazy.

Thanks for your help. Will start getting my reel together ASAP.