[Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers

Tue Apr 11 16:14:40 PDT 2006

I have mine made at Discmakers in sleeves rather than jewel cases which 
always get broken in the mail and which also are a lot heavier and cost 
more in postage to mail them, not to mention paying extra for the 
protective shipping containers which are also heavier and increase the 
postage but still usually find them delivered with broken jewel cases 
inside. :((

I order mine 2000 at a time for $.99 each retail ready  and sell them 
for $10.00 each and make plenty of profit that even allows me to use 
them as Business cards if I want to, and send them free to radio 
stations all over the world and festival talent buyers.

End of Cd economics lecture.

Tom Wiggins

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Guarino <russg at redshift.com>
To: Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com; verbose at daktel.com
Sent: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:59:58 -0700
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers

   Larry,

[ I always seem to be one step behind you ].    That's what I use now.

There is a guy in town who prints on the CD and is reasonably price.  
He has an
automatic machine that picks up the CD, places it in a slot, prints on 
it, then
picks it up and puts it in a separate stack.

So, if I order 20 copies, he reproduces the CD, Prints it on all 20, 
puts it
into a crystal case and charges me $3.00 each.  I put in the case cover 
at
home.  I sell them for $15.00, so, life is good and no paper wrinkles.

Russ Guarino, Clarinet you know what.

"Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" wrote:

> I was talking about a direct to CD printer -- no paper label -  They 
are
> actually cheap if you watch sales for an Epson R320.  They have a 
cheaper
> one too I think it's a R220 but don't quote me on that..  The CD goes 
in a
> special drawer and the printer prints it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
> To: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" 
<larrys.bands at charter.net>
> Cc: <verbose at daktel.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers
>
> > Musicos,
> >
> > One problem I found with printing labels for CDs was that when I 
put them
> > on the
> > CD I would often get a wrinkle that I could not fix.
> >
> > Russ Guarino, Clarinet Maven
> >
> > "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" wrote:
> >
> >> There is a printer / CD copier that sells for about $1800.  I don't
> >> remember
> >> the company right off hand but it prints on printable CD's which 
sell for
> >> less than 50 cents and will print and copy 50 at a wack un 
attended.
> >> With
> >> one of those a company could take your CD and reproduce it with a 
fifty
> >> cents profit on each CD.  Not bad considering it's almost a hands 
off
> >> operation with nothing more to do than change ink cartridges and 
reload
> >> the
> >> copier every so often.  I would bet that you might not even have 
to pay
> >> those pesky ASCAP fees with this guy who probably operates out of 
his
> >> basement or better still invest the money in your own machine, 
plug it
> >> into
> >> a computer and watch it do it's thing.
> >>
> >> I haven't used one of these machines and don't know how long it 
takes or
> >> their quality but perhaps someone on the list has and can give us a
> >> review.
> >>
> >> If you want to go cheap you can buy an Epson printer that will 
print CD's
> >> (Epson Stylus R320 @$110) and with a little effort and artwork and 
a
> >> computer you can turn out your own for less than a dollar each and 
with
> >> what
> >> you save you might even want to pay the ASCAP fees as well as pay 
you
> >> pretty
> >> good too.  The CD photo for the jewel case can be done as a fold 
over for
> >> about a quarter each on photo paper with the same printer.  So it 
costs
> >> you
> >> $0.50 for a CD, $0.10 for ink, $0.20 for photo paper and about 
$0.15 for
> >> a
> >> jewel case plus your time.
> >> Larry
> >> St. Louis
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Lowell Busching" <verbose at daktel.com>
> >> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:51 AM
> >> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers
> >>
> >> > Can someone on the list confirm for me the validity of a news 
article
> >> > in
> >> > the business section of a local area paper over the weekend 
concerning
> >> > the
> >> > company called "Disk Makers" head quartered in Pennsauren, N.J. 
with
> >> > their
> >> > plant outside Philly?  Apparently they have been around for a 
long time
> >> > both as record makers and now CD's and making and labeling 
products for
> >> > Independents and others.  Is this the company used by bands to 
produce
> >> > the CD's sold to "unsuspecting" customers at the festivals and 
jazz
> >> > parties for $10-20 ?  If not, they should be based on the last
> >> > paragraph
> >> > of the article.
> >> >
> >> > Quote:
> >> > In its factory outside Philadelphia, the company manufactures 
CD's and
> >> > prints the labels for them in batches as small as 300. the price 
for
> >> > 300
> >> > discs starts at $300."
> >> >
> >> > Unquote.
> >> >
> >> > Sounds like a pretty good profit margin to me even allowing for 
other
> >> > overhead. Maybe the cases?  Of course if your band can't sell 300
> >> > copies,
> >> > it is still not a bargain,  but seriously I am curious if it can 
be
> >> > done
> >> > that cheap? Of course they do NO recording themselves. As the 
article
> >> > says
> >> > the source may be from as pricy a studio as one in Sweden to a 
home
> >> > computer in the basement and sent to them.
> >> >
> >> > I am only posting this because in the past other list members 
have
> >> > complained that certain things that are common knowledge  to 
most list
> >> > members, has never trickled down to them!  In the unlikely event 
you
> >> > did
> >> > not know of this company, you do now.  Get your orders in for 
those
> >> > Christmas CD's now.  If nothing else, some of you must have at 
least
> >> > 300
> >> > relatives or friends you can give them to as cheap gifts. They 
will
> >> > never
> >> > know.
> >> >
> >> > Lowell
> >> >
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