AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording
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AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#2
Posted: 6/8/16 at 7:28pm
This looks like a fan-made thing with no formal connection to the show or producers
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#3
Posted: 6/8/16 at 7:39pm
Mr. Musical said: "This looks like a fan-made thing with no formal connection to the show or producers"
I'm inclined to agree. Also, wasn't there already plans for a OBCR before previews even started?
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#4
Posted: 6/8/16 at 7:49pm
This is fake and has zero verification with no actual connection to the creative or producing team. DO NOT DONATE TO THIS PAGE!!!!
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#5
Posted: 6/8/16 at 7:49pm
This a well intentioned but misguided attempt by a fan that is not sanctioned by producers. Folks at the stage door said it might be a few weeks before answers about a recording emerge.
I would not donate to this. Any legit fundraising would come through AP Twitter or Facebook
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#6
Posted: 6/8/16 at 9:02pm
Ken Davenport is at it again!
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#7
Posted: 6/8/16 at 10:16pm
haterobics said: "Ken Davenport is at it again!
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I'm dying haha
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#8
Posted: 6/8/16 at 10:20pm
quizking101 said: "Mr. Musical said: "This looks like a fan-made thing with no formal connection to the show or producers"
I'm inclined to agree. Also, wasn't there already plans for a OBCR before previews even started?
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My guess is there was a setback. Sheik has basically tweeted he's trying to make it happen.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#9
Posted: 6/9/16 at 4:55am
$30k? I think that it would cost much more than $30k to get the cast back in one place. Plus the actual fees of recording and distribution and such.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#10
Posted: 6/9/16 at 5:44am
The average cost of recording and releasing a CR is 500,000.00.
30k is 6% of that amount.
ETA - corrected
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#11
Posted: 6/9/16 at 6:12am
^^ I think you forgot to multiply by 100% ???
I really hope one happens, the Broadway version of the score is so much better than the London. But alas I knew when they released the London album it wasn't too likely.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#12
Posted: 6/9/16 at 8:37am
Nothing in commercial theatre ever really makes sense, but if Alan Mencken (with probably 1,000X the money and clout of Duncan Sheik) couldn't get a US recording of Sister Act (which ran 500+ performances more than AP, and toured), it seems unlikely that AP would get one.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#13
Posted: 6/9/16 at 1:08pm
Wow! I had no idea a cast recording was so expensive.
This actually explains why an American cast recording was never released for 'Mary Poppins' a few years back. The only official album released was with the London cast.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#14
Posted: 6/9/16 at 2:51pm
The numbers you're reading are more of a spitball average based on typically larger productions. The smaller the production/score, the cheaper it will usually be. But yes, anywhere from $100k - $250k is a reasonable range.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#15
Posted: 6/9/16 at 3:00pm
I sense this recording could be significantly cheaper if they are singing to pre-recorded tracks.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#16
Posted: 6/9/16 at 3:08pm
But would licensing increase the cost?
I'm hoping beyond hope this comes through and would happily donate to a legitimate crowdfunding campaign. I just can't let Benjamin Walker's performance go.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#17
Posted: 6/9/16 at 3:57pm
pickles2 said: "But would licensing increase the cost?
I'm hoping beyond hope this comes through and would happily donate to a legitimate crowdfunding campaign. I just can't let Benjamin Walker's performance go.
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What do you mean?
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#18
Posted: 6/9/16 at 4:12pm
Wait isn't this score entirely electronic? Might that make it cheaper than a score that requires actual instruments and musicians??
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#19
Posted: 6/9/16 at 4:59pm
Liza's Headband said: "pickles2 said: "But would licensing increase the cost?
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What do you mean?
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Sorry. I meant aren't there additional fees to include the non original songs like True Faith and In The Air Tonight
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AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#20
Posted: 6/10/16 at 10:21am
I'd love to donate to an official American Psycho recording campaign, but this isn't that.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#21
Posted: 6/10/16 at 10:51am
Sorry. I meant aren't there additional fees to include the non original songs like True Faith and In The Air Tonight
I don't know what their arrangement is with the copyright holders of those two songs but yes, you can assume there would be an additional cost for using those songs. That being said, the cost would be nominal and not "make or break" the creation of an original cast recording even if the deal is higher than the federally-mandated statutory royalty rate of 9.1 cents.
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#22
Posted: 6/10/16 at 1:52pm
There's a huge fee to acquire the rights to pre-recorded songs. I remember having a conversation with production of Rock of Ages about recording the show. I was told that because of cost to acquire these rights, it would be $700,000. So glad they did it!
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#23
Posted: 6/10/16 at 2:04pm
Mr. Nowack said: "Wait isn't this score entirely electronic? Might that make it cheaper than a score that requires actual instruments and musicians??"
It was mostly electronic, but there was a drummer, keyboard player, and two guitarists playing live each night. (I could be missing one, but that's all I remember.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/30/08
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#24
Posted: 6/11/16 at 8:55am
Duncan Sheik has tweeted "The producers and I are talking to the label that has the rights to OBCR and we'll possibly crowd fund as well ...More soon", so maybe this will officially happen after all.
https://twitter.com/beaverspharmd/status/741017020368605184
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
AMERICAN PSYCHO using GoFundMe to fund cast recording#25
Posted: 6/11/16 at 9:39am
Jane2 said: "There's a huge fee to acquire the rights to pre-recorded songs. I remember having a conversation with production of Rock of Ages about recording the show. I was told that because of cost to acquire these rights, it would be $700,000. So glad they did it!
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I don't doubt your memory but that's not even possible, nor does it make any sense. I am highly skeptical of whoever you spoke to.
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