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As a lifelong band guy it’s a different feeling putting out a solo cd. This is self-released without a label. No tour support here. Just local gigs and a box of product. And it feels great.
It’s a bit of a slo-motion thrill the upload my cd to the various online music sites. CDbaby is great. I’m only print physical cds by hand to meet modest demand. There’s just too many boxes of previous efforts filling up my storage space. The digital download is so ez for everyone. I have to admit tho, if I see a show and like the band, I want to buy the actually cd.
Bandcamp is super cool. Users can pick their preferred audio format to download from a clean/ez interface.
Reverbnation kind of offers it all but seems like a bit of a learning curve. My store is up. But I need to start a mailing list from scratch. No time like the present.
I’m torn. I’ve got a metaphysical song almost done. But I wrote a note to the cdbaby podcast thanking them for their great shows. They wrote back and asked if I’ve got a holiday tune beacuse it might make it into their next podcast. The stuff of dreams. Podcast glory. So do I crank out the holiday number tonight and push the metaphysics back a week? Or do I stay the course and do the holiday song next week and risk missing out on my chance at rubbing shoulders with the intelligentsia of cdbaby?
Stay tuned to As The Hard Drive Spins….