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A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree.
Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use?
If I were a game developer and I thought I was making the next Angry Birds, having a recognizable theme that I knew no one else would have would be an easy to understand added value.
Nicely done! A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree. Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use? If I were a game developer and I thought I was making the next Angry Birds, having a recognizable theme that I knew no one else would have would be an easy to understand added value.
And I also second the "nicely done!"
Nicely done! A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree. Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use? If I were a game developer and I thought I was making the next Angry Birds, having a recognizable theme that I knew no one else would have would be an easy to understand added value.
I think you've vastly underestimated a reasonable price for exclusive use, given the inability to sell it to anyone else, the amount of time needed to produce an original piece of music, and any sensible salary for individual composers.
I have purchased a few tracks from Lucky Lion studios in the past for some personal projects ( http://codeincomplete.com/ ) and been very happy. I highly recommend them. Good luck(y lion)!
Hey! Thanks for the support, I've actually played Snakes!
http://codeincomplete.com/posts/2012/6/22/javascript_racer/
I would agree with the comments that you could charge more (certainly for the longer tracks)
Nicely done! A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree. Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use? If I were a game developer and I thought I was making the next Angry Birds, having a recognizable theme that I knew no one else would have would be an easy to understand added value.
> Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use? I think you've vastly underestimated a reasonable price for exclusive use, given the inability to sell it to anyone else, the amount of time needed to produce an original piece of music, and any sensible salary for individual composers.
However, I respect that different people are at different stages in their careers. This may be a rung on the ladder on the way to commissions or a side project while in school.
I was simply taking the current price of $5 per track and thinking that it may be unlikely for any given track to be licensed by twenty different game developers for non-exclusive use. It might yield more revenue to have one buyer at $100 per track.
As a musician and former gamer, I think this is a great idea and interesting discussion about pricing and business models. Have you thought about a commission/share model? I don't know the real market, but I think most musicians won't think about the games industry as a business, so you have probably less competition there. On the other hand, lately I've seen more and more indie games, so demand seems to be growing.…
I've also considered the buyout approach for the library, and it's something I may eventually include.
I am a hobbyist game developer, and this seems like a good resource (I have bookmarked it). Do you compose all the music or take in tracks from others as well?
I compose all of the music at the moment, but as the business grows I would like to potentially bring in other composers and sound effect artists to offer a wider selection of styles.