It would need to be a really low-wage country for a couple of bucks to be enough to make it worth enough singers’ time. My impression is that super-low-wage countries tend not to have flourishing communities of musicians experienced in the Western art music tradition, and I’d guess they’re also not the easiest places to get hold of the equipment required to make decent recordings.
In so far as the figures there are representative, that suggests that $200 would be the right ballpark for getting a choral work performed. That sounds more plausible to me than a couple of bucks, though I wouldn’t be surprised if you could get the price down somewhat from there.
Why would you expect it to cost only “a couple of bucks”?
Because musicians from low-wage countries can compete in such a market.
It would need to be a really low-wage country for a couple of bucks to be enough to make it worth enough singers’ time. My impression is that super-low-wage countries tend not to have flourishing communities of musicians experienced in the Western art music tradition, and I’d guess they’re also not the easiest places to get hold of the equipment required to make decent recordings.
It seems like something like airgigs.com seems to be the answer. It has musicians available down into the 50 dollars range.
In so far as the figures there are representative, that suggests that $200 would be the right ballpark for getting a choral work performed. That sounds more plausible to me than a couple of bucks, though I wouldn’t be surprised if you could get the price down somewhat from there.