$40k a song would be for a full orchestra from a smaller state college or conservatory recorded in a million dollar venue. I'm making this up obviously, my poi

$40k a song would be for a full orchestra from a smaller state college or conservatory recorded in a million dollar venue. I'm making this up obviously, my point is recording technology has increased vastly in quality and decreased vastly in cost, so for a single song to cost $40k just to record (assuming that mixing and mastering is done elsewhere) there has to be a LOT of moving parts and unique considerations ramping up the cost. $40k should be enough for your average band to record a full medium to high quality album and have it mixed and roughly mastered. Not necessarily by the best in the business at any level, but you should still have a high quality, release worthy result at that price if you are not being taken advantage of.