so...is anyone actually selling CD's?

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Re: Yes I sell lots.

Telefunken said:
Please go to my website and order one so I can sell more.
Thanks,
Rich

www.richbischoff.com

But seriously, it is real hard as an independent artist to get your name out and your music heard. The key is don't ever give up.

BTW, I recorded my entire CD in a single wide moble home. JFYI
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Hi Rich, checked out your site and noticed a couple of typos mainly missing spaces (sorry I can't help part of my job is proof reading!)

'amodern' sound do you mean 'amodern' or 'a modern'..?

'listento' music - again is this deliberate?

and if you'reso - surely you're so?

BTW If the missing spaces thing is part of your style then it doesn't really come across as it only appears 3 times - so appears as errors.

Don't mean to be nasty, just helpful, it can give a bad impression if there are errors like this on the home page of a site and you don't want things detracting from your positive message.
 
that's the curse of being a proof-reader. i'm working on my masters in linguistics and i'm a horrible speller, but i sure as hell notice other people's mistakes.

back to distribution...for those just starting out, i would recommend just printing your own, or having some place print up about 200 and sell them at shows and on websites and any local music stores that will take them. if that goes well, then look into some distribution agnecies. that's just my opinion, and it seems to have worked for many local bands here in southern california.
 
CD Duplication is so cheap these days it makes no sense, IMHO, to go the CD-R route. Especially since they're so flaky on a lot of people's players. You can get 500 CDs with 2 color printing for $375 or 1000 bulk CDs for $430. I mean, c'mon, you drop twice that much on a decent amp.
 
cominginsecond said:
You can get 500 CDs with 2 color printing for $375 or 1000 bulk CDs for $430.
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Ok thats sounds good. Perhaps it would also be cheap to get a printer to reproduce that many cd inserts. If you bought a shrink wrap machine and assembled everything yourself if may save money. Any thoughts on this?
 
If you can limit yourself to B and W (or any one PMS color), you can get 1000 tray cards and inserts for under $150 shipped from stoughton printing.
 
Damn.... black and white just will not do for my cd. There has got be a cheaper way than having diskmakers do it.
 
tjohnston said:
Damn.... black and white just will not do for my cd. There has got be a cheaper way than having diskmakers do it.
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Even if you want full color, Diskmakers is not even close to the best alternative.

http://www.cdcentric.com/

1000 Full Color 4 panel - Retail Ready $1058 shipped.

http://www.wonderdisc.com

500 Full Color Retail Ready - $836 + shipping

http:www.cdman.com

500 Full Color - $756.00 (includes shipping)

If you only need 500, you can save a lot. If you need 1000, you can still save a lot over diskmakers.
 
cominginsecond:
Thanks for podting those links, very helpful.

Have you used any of these people yourself? Or know anyone who has?

I'm from the UK, but suspect I'll get a cheaper deal in the US even after paying for packaging!

I plan a 12 track CD album, with full colour printing for 2004 (currently writing and recording). Personaly i think 500 is a minimum because I plan to send off review copies and demo copies to ...well, EVERYWHERE, every magazine, every online reviewer, etc. I'm not after making money, just getting my stuff listened to. Now I'm scertain I could give away at least 300 copies just to those kinds of people, without even considering selling them at gigs and so on.

But I do have a day job to subsidise my music!
 
glynb said:
Have you used any of these people yourself? Or know anyone who has?
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I've used CDMan several times, and they were excellent.
 
did you get any mastering done by CDman? That's the part I'm always leery about - my last two projects I mastered myself (definitely not a pro job, but good for most ears..) mostly because I would talk to these engineers and get scared off by their attitudes.... maybe I'm paranoid.

I would love to get referred to a great mastering engineer by someone I trust...
 
I don't think CD Man does mastering. I'm getting my latest project mastered by Tardon Feathered (don't ask me about the name... I don't know!) at Mr. Toad's in SF. They've done some high-profile bands like Low and Beulah, and they gave an estimate of around $400 for my project, so hey, why not? Anyway, I can't reccomend them, as such, but they seem like they know what they're doing. I'll report back when I get my master back (probably in a month or so.)
 
Check out http://www.jpmasters.com
Dave Locke is a phenomenal mastering pro, and he'll master your LP for $350.00 or so.
I'm going there for my next LP. I heard plenty of great songs he's done and people who go there rave about it.
Tell him Jeff from Mountain Mirrors sent you!
 
That mastering studio seems pretty pro, from their website. They've done some stuff for At the Drive-In. Maybe I'll call for an estimate.
 
I checked out Music House Productions and apparently August is their slow month so they are offering a deal of $375 for an entire album. That sounds pretty good. Their website is very pro...

Guess I'll just have to make the choice and go for it.
 
Presumably most of these places will do a sample mastering of a tune (or part tune) for free so you can here the difference before you decide to go ahead and pay for the whole service?

I would have thought this was vital to ensure the difference is worth paying for and they aren't just going to run your stuff through a compressor or something?
 
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