Commercial/Broadcast Concert Recording
Commercial live recording differs from archival recording in several ways. Both performers and
concert venues will normally charge a recording fee by way of releasing the rights to the
commercial use of the recording. We may well record to multitrack in surround as well as stereo,
and would normally record as much of the rehearsal as possible to give us extra material at the
editing stage. It is also not uncommon to record more than one concert where the same
repertoire is performed in the same venue, and to arrange patching sessions after the concert to
tidy up certain sections. Post-production will be billed separately.