MI Costs
What made this otherwise costly project affordable was the volunteer MI CDROM
Support people, their contacts and the contributing artists (sure, some of them had to be bribed with coffee).
A large part of MI was to show that major projects are within the reach of independent artists. The independent artist can easily remain independent
working collaboratively...
SE Recording Costs $350
Materials & Services
- Actual CDROM pressing w/ artwork $7000
- Shipping $900
- Omni-Platform (tm) CD-R test pressing $1000
- Matchprints/films for the artwork $1000
Equipment
(purchase just because of MI)
- Color Scanner $450
- Digital Camera $600
- 2 PowerMacs and a 486 PC $3800
- CD-R drive $3500
- 2 2GB disks $2400
- Quad speed CDROM drive $350
Promo Stuff
- Shirts ($400)
- Stickers & Business Cards ($300)
- Posters & Flyers ($300)
Approximate total = $10,250 in real costs ($22,350 with all of the cool stuff).