We proudly state that we’ll put our Studio Orchestra up against anyone in the world! You may even hear the term “Better Than Broadway” thrown around from time to time.

When a new musician is invited into one of our studio sessions, one of the "veterans" will inevitably pull them aside and tell them:

"Broadway Music is some of the hardest music you'll ever play, and Aztec doesn't let you get away with anything! …You have to play every note, in every style, exactly as it's intended.

If you can play for Aztec and be invited back over and over, you'll be the best musician in every studio session you get booked for by anyone else."

But as you can guess, being a professional musician isn’t the most secure career choice in the world. Some companies may pay their musicians for their studio time only, while others may not pay for their studio time at all, but promise them a % commission for the shows they play on.

Our goal has always been to DO BOTH! We pay our musicians for their valuable studio time, and then it’s always been our goal, once we recoup our production costs, to take a % of every rental and split it amongst the musicians who played on that show - even if it’s only a small amount. The residual income can make a huge difference in their lives, and we feel it’s an important way of taking care of them and making sure they’re willing to continue to pay for us.

And we want our Theater Companies to know and to be able to say that professional musicians are being paid for their production, even if our musicians aren’t necessarily on-site.

…and take care of our families who continue to let us do this crazy niche work that we love so much!

Our pricing process starts out with the same type of formula the licensing fees are determined by - using the specifics of your production, # of Performances, # of Seats, Ticket $…

…but then as we said, we want to give the best pricing we possibly can that still works for us.

So we have a few "relationship" based pricing incentives that we look to apply as often as we can.

Our base "Retail Rate" for our Lower Level Educational Pricing typically starts at $1,750 and for Community, Semi-Pro and Professional Theatre Companies starts at $2,750 and adjusts based on the specifics of your production.

...BUT we want you to be clear what "Retail Rate" means.

We always provide a 1st Time/ New Client with a significant 1x pricing adjustment and we then explain that the 1st Time Adjustment can be converted to a permanent Aztec Loyalty Member [ALM] price and remain their future price point IF AND ONLY IF they come back and rent the Very Next Show that they perform that we have Tracks available for rent.

We need them to understand that if we're going to give you a pricing adjustment the first time, it's so that you can get to know us, understand ALL of the value that we work hard to provide, not just comparing our tracks to anyone else's tracks, but also our uniquely simplified and effortless process, our INCREDIBLY "Producer-Friendly" usage policies AND all of the extra trainings, services, network and marketing assistance we have developed through the years.

We want our new Theatre Friends to be excited about the freedom and flexibility we provide with our tracks compared to anyone else's and how we actively strive to make your life easier, your production process easier, and ultimately make the end result of your Production even better.

We hope that when you come back next time, you understand everything that goes into why you're paying what you're paying with us and that you're happy to do so because you get WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO and are just as willing to support us as we are to support you!

THAT'S THE PART THAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US!

We need you to understand why we do what we do and not just think, "hey there's a company that just builds tracks, and why do you have to charge this price when you've already got it in the catalog?'!"

Well obviously that would be fine if we didn't have a desire to build more tracks for YOU to use!

We may be able to take someone from $2750 down to $1,500 and give them a significant adjustment if they're gonna do 2, 3, 4, 5,...10 shows with us every year.

In that instance, at the end of that year it's worth that much more to us, they're worth $5k or $10 or $15,000 and the loyalty, and the repeat business, and the referrals and all of the value that comes from them - we're building a relationship.

Details Coming Soon… Suffice it to say that if you receive our Quote, Contract & Invoice and find that it’s shokingly higher than you budgeted for or anticipated, reach out and tell us and we’ll see if there’s anything we can do.

We can’t promise that there will be, but from time to time there may be some “creative ways” that we can agree on to bring things close to within your budget.

For 20 years we’ve seen the tangible, real-world impact that getting and using Aztec Showtrax Musical Tracks can have on the Show, Cast, Theater, Season, Bank Account and Overall Reach of a Theater’s Sphere Of Influence if a Theater gets our Music as early as they can, and takes maximum advantage of our policies and procedures.

If we can do ANYTHING AT ALL to make that happen for a Theater Company, we very much want a shot at doing so.