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MelissaVoicer · Guest

Hi everyone! I'm going home to Michigan (Detroit area) to visit family at the end of this week...and have a client who needs an ISDN session with me on the 13th. I'm trying to find a fellow talent with ISDN...the reason is the studios I've contacted are RIDICULOUSLY expensive! Since I have ISDN this studio I work with isn't going to pay for the ISDN session...and I'll have to eat the cost. Does anyone out there live in Michigan and have ISDN I could rent for cheap?? Or know anyone?? thanks in advance..although, I'm not holding out much hope...

Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject:

Did you try any of these?

http://www.broadcastisdn.net/directory.php?search=state&text=Michigan&type=studio&PHPSESSID=bbfbfb192766db6fc58bc0da174efc32

Bruce · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:44 am Post subject:

Also try Digifon's list:

http://digifon.com/aboutddl.html

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MelissaVoicer · Guest

thanks guys, I only found one non-studio who would call me back. She was really nice and didn't even want payment! But she's 2.5 hours from my parents' house... Frown

The studios are ridiculous! like up to $725 and HOUR for studio + ISDN!!! My goodness, I think I'm underpriced! Smile

Lizden · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:31 am Post subject:

There's your next profit center! Rolls Eyes

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Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:08 am Post subject:

May sound obvious but had you thought about a search on the 2 pay to play sites?

Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:33 am Post subject:

public radio stations? tried those?
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Glenn Moore · Been Here Awhile Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 241

try other radio stations too.....especially the News/Talk/Sports stations. They use ISDN alot for interviews, ballgames and talk shows.

Frank F · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject:

Melissa,

I know this is probably a thought you have had already, but, have you thought about Source Connect - then bridging to the ISDN studio?

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audio'connell · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject:

I'm unclear why you just don't charge the client?

I get that maybe you have ISDN in your home studio and maybe you normally just include/absolve the fee (would seem like your cheating yourself a bit but not my bidness as to how you price it) however you are currently not in your home studio...so for your extra efforts, the client has to pay a bit more, one time.
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davidmonteath · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:33 am Post subject:

A good point.

I have a client for whom I usually do two TV spots each month, most of the time we do ISDN sessions from my studio. I have been doing them for a long time so normally we are done well inside the alloted hour, giving them much more editing time. They fully accept that I have a life too and on the rare occasions when I am away from base or from London, they just book the nearest local studio. Nobody has ever suggested that I pay or that its inconvenient for them.
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