The advent of the internet has seen the emergence of so many audio recording apps like Bandlab, Voloco etc, which seems to be a shortcut for upcoming musicians in the country to record their songs.
However, it is clear and certain that this online audio recording apps cannot help the upcoming artists to achieve a high quality recording for their songs.
With all amount of honesty, music recording needs to be done by a producer who has been trained in the art of music making as well as have had experienced in the field by working for various musicians whose music career has seen the light of the day.
Thus, if you have not found such a producer behind your music recording, you are just wasting your time because you will never be able to come up with the kind of music that will be noticed in the vast world of the music business.
But then, before you start looking out for a producer who is going to give you that quality music production you so much need, it is very important for you to know how much it is going to cost you to record your music here in Nigeria.
In this article therefore, I am going to break down the cost of studio recording in Nigeria, and my concentration is going to be on the cost that will help you get quality music production here in Nigeria.
So without much ado, let us get started with this article.
Cost of studio recording in Nigeria.
The cost of studio recording in Nigeria will range from 100,000 (one hundred thousand Naira) to 5,000,000 (five million Naira) depending on whether you are going to record a single, EP or an album as well as other factors like how expensive is the recording studio and how popular is the producer who is going to work on your music.
In this article therefore, we are going to see how much you will require to record a song i.e. a single as well as how much it will cost you to record an album in Nigeria.
How much to mix and master a song in Nigeria?
To mix and master a song in Nigeria will cost you around 100,000 (one hundred thousand Naira) and 500,000 (five hundred thousand Naira) depending on the producer you are going to work with.
Yes, there are lots of producers who have worked for or are working for A-List artists who are paying them heavily, and if you want to have this kind of producers on your song, it is going to cost you a reasonable amount of money.
It is also worth mentioning that so many artists in Nigeria believes that if you have a popular producer working on you track, you are eventually going to blow into the music industry. But having experienced so many artists paying heavily to work with big producers and end up not blowing I can really assure you that working with a popular producer is not a 100% guarantee that you are going to blow into the music industry.
Thus, while working with a popular music producer, you must also ensure you have a promotional and networking strategy in place if you really want to blow in the music industry.
How much does it cost to record an album in Nigeria.
The cost of recording an album in Nigeria will range between 1,000 (one million Naira) and 5,000,000 (five million Naira) depending on how expensive is the recording studio as well as how popular is the producer who is going to work on the album.
It is also worth mentioning at this point that it is not a must to record your album in a particular studio or have just one producer working on all the tracks in your album. This means that you can do your recording in different studios and have different producers producing your song and after everything you get all the songs mixed and mastered in a particular studio by an experienced music producer.
Conclusion.
It is worth noting that music production is very expensive in Nigeria these days because of the hike in fuel price and economy as a whole, and for that reason you must have a reasonable budget on ground before you delve into the music industry.
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