7-days notice for a session or job is preferred. However, I know remote clients in need of location recording are often on tight production schedules, so please contact me as early as possible. Sessions must be booked by appointment.
Availability is currently limited to select projects.
A deposit of $100 per day is required to book a block multi-track session. $50 per session or project is required for first time hourly remote work. Project rate work will have a set percentage of the project requested as a deposit upfront. Any outstanding balance is due in full at the end of each session or before delivery of any recordings. The deposit is credited to your account, but is otherwise NON-REFUNDABLE. If you need to reschedule, we will re-apply your existing deposit to a new date if you give at least 24 hours notice. No-shows, last minute changes and/or cancellations may result in LOSS OF DEPOSIT.
I accept Venmo, PayPal, credit card, and check. Clients are billed immediately after first episode or project. Ongoing clients are billed on or around the 1st of every month with payment expected within 7-days of invoice receipt. Unpaid invoices will result in stoppage of work delivery. If paying by credit card you will be charged a percentage based processing fee.
Clients looking to form an ongoing or recurring work relationship will be required to sign a standard contractor agreement within accordance of state of Ohio contractor laws before any master files are delivered. (This is typically only applicable to podcast clients)
With block bookings, hourly rate starts upon arrival to the venue. All hourly sessions begin at the scheduled start time, regardless of whether or not any performers or band members or guests are present. All time my attendance is required on a location is charged hourly. There is no free set up time for hourly bookings.
All time spent dedicated to you, your business, or your project in any way is billed at contracted hourly rate after initial free email consultation. This includes any ongoing email consultation, phone calls, Zoom meetings, etc.
For remote tracking, travel may be charged at .50/mile.
Edits and mixes requested in a turnaround of 48 or less hours will be charged a rate of $30 per file/project, unless a recurring schedule has been established. This includes works in progress in which client assets are delivered to me with less than 48-hours notice.
No media (mixes, files, etc.) will be released to anyone with an outstanding balance. One proof of mix, editing, or creative projects can be sent to clients with an outstanding balance for review, but files may have "digital watermarks" on them until full payment is received. Clients are responsible for paying any additional hours worked for requested changes on each draft of a project unless a flat project rate has been set in writing prior to the beginning of your project.
Computer files are uninsured. Elstro Production assumes no responsibility for master recordings, computer files and/or any other items lost or left on the premises. Any items or files left longer than 30 days may be disposed of at the discretion of Elstro Production.
Obviously, it’s in our best interest to protect your files. However, computers and servers are not 100% reliable. Accidents can and do happen. The best way to safeguard your project is to make sure you make your own separate backups of anything shared with Elstro Production remotely. A cloud account, hard drive, or flash drive is ideal for this purpose. Elstro Production accepts no liability for data stored on our computers, servers, or personal cloud accounts at any time.
For clients hoping to work remotely it is strongly recommended that you have regular access to a computer and email and are competent with a file sharing service. DropBox (preferred), Google Drive, or We Transfer. It is very difficult to correspond exclusively by phone or share only physical files for the duration of a project.
When recording to hard disk (computer files), your session files will remain on our system until your project is finished. Once you are satisfied with your final mixes, you have the option of receiving an archive copy of your session files; a digital “master tape”. These are all the individual tracks that you recorded during the session: drums, instruments, vocals, etc, plus all the effects and level settings. We will archive your files to your drive at no additional cost.