August 18, 2026 · Primary Artist · 72 words
What a four-hour session actually covers
How much ground a four-hour session covers, why it is the standard booking unit, and how the session rate compares to hourly.
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From the chair.
The session is the unit of work here, not the hour. Four hours is long enough to finish a stage of a larger piece and short enough that the last line is as clean as the first.
This post walks through what a stage actually is on a sleeve, on a back panel, and on a cover-up, and why the session count is estimated before a date is picked rather than after.
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