NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS OR PROJECTS AT THIS TIME



The demands of my other career have risen to the point that I can no longer reliably provide my services as a music copyist. As such, I have made the decision to shutter Warren Music Copying for the foreseeable future. I will be maintaining my business e-mail and will be reachable by all of my previous clients should they need additional copies of previously completed projects.


On that note, I must proclaim a most sincere thanks to all of the fantastic musicians and composers I have gotten to work with over the years. You all sustained me through difficult financial times and got me to where I am today. I could not be more grateful for each and every one of you.


- Josh



Pricing





For typical projects, pricing is calculated from the lower of either $50 per hour or a set per-page rate (see table below for per-page rates). This means that if I receive a 10-page flute solo that takes me 3 hours to complete, the price is $150 because that is less than the total of the per-page rate, which would have been $190. However, if the project takes me 5 hours to complete, the price would be $190 as that is less than the $250 hourly-rate. Any necessary corrections are done free-of-charge.





Per-Page Pricing Rates



  • Full-Score Page - $42.50
  • Small Ensemble (Duos, Trios, Quartets, Quintets) Page - $22.50
  • Solo Instrument with Piano Accompaniment Page - $25.00
  • Solo Piano Page - $22.50
  • Solo Guitar Page (with or without tab) - $22.50
  • Single-Line Page - $19.00
  • Single-line Parts Extracted from a Completed Score Page - $10.50
  • Piano Parts Extracted from a Completed Score Page - $12.00
  • Guitar Part with Tab Added Extracted from a Completed Score Page - $12.00

Add $2.25 per page if the page includes lyrics

Add $1.50 per page for part extraction pages if the score was prepared by someone else (not Warren Music Copying)


Note: Per-page rates are based on the finished project, not the original music sent to me. The reason for this is due to the large discrepancy in the size of different people's handwriting. People who write very small can fit 2-3 pages worth of music onto a single page, while others write so large that I can fit 2-3 pages of their music onto a single page. Therefore, basing the price on the finished product is the most fair practice for both my customers and myself.



Additional Version Fees



The following fees apply to projects that include multiple versions of the same piece of music (such as having a piece transposed to three different keys). The percentage listed represents the increase to the maximum per-page pricing and does not affect the per-hour pricing at all.

  • Additional transpositions - 10% of total project
  • Additional instrumentations - 20% of total project
  • Additional versions with extensive differences - 50% of total project (ex. A solo violin part with two different sets of bowings)


Exceptions



Add 50% to the project's total per-page price for creation of an arrangement from a marked up score (ex. Taking a piano solo and arranging it for a brass quintet after the client has specified exactly which notes go to which instrument for the entire piece). This does not affect the hourly pricing rate in any way.


Add 25% to the project's total per-page price if the score has to be created in an older version of Finale. Currently, projects can be created in Finale 2011 or 2014.5 at the request of the customer. Otherwise, projects will be done in the latest version of Finale.

Under the following conditions, pricing is calculated only by the $50/hr. rate, which means that the per-page prices do not apply.

  • Pieces of extremely high notational complexity (ex. graphic notation)
  • Musical Examples for textbooks or research papers
  • Editing already completed projects (that were done by a different copyist) Arranging (without specific instructions)