vm1971 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 any of you artists out there use CDbaby.com for distribution of your music? ive known of them for a lonnnnnnnng time, and now that its nearing time to do a digital only release [with some cool physical options coming..] i'd really like to see how people are doing it and how they are doing, as well. thanks!!!! Vince www.30mileshigh.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antyrecords Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 my band uses cd baby. they're really helpful and get ur musicin a lot of places Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryCounty Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 +1 we've used them for two CDs so far and couldn't be happier. They were one of the first "indies" in line to get artists stuff into iTunes and if I'm not mistaken still have one of the highest returns for an iTunes sale. I think we get 65 cents per .99 download. Great guys and gals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 The service is great, however they take really huge cuts. Unless you have someone working in your team to wheel, deal and hussle with distributors and vendors CDBaby is a great easy (albeit pricey) solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 It's pricey, but the way around that is to use them for the DIGITAL side of things, where they only take 9%. From their MP3 page - An MP3 album is a zip file with a folder containing... * MP3 files, one per-song, for easy use in any computer, iPod, or MP3 player. * JPG of the album cover. * Text file full of info from that album's page: song titles, notes, and links. The MP3 audio files are very high quality, about 200kbps VBR, encoded using the “LAME” MP3 encoder on its audiophile settings. Your MP3s will play on any hardware. All your MP3 albums are available for download in your CD Baby account, forever. The artist sets the selling price, and 91% of the entire price goes directly to the musicians, paid every week. CD Baby only keeps a 9% cut to pay for bandwidth and administration. There is no DRM or tracking on the MP3 files. We trust you to support independent musicians, and tell your friends to buy a copy, too. Every album in our Digital Distribution program is available for download on cdbaby.com. Since we are one of the largest distributors of music to Apple iTunes and other great retailers, we don't think of CD Baby as competition - just a “direct factory outlet”. Why no single song-purchase? This is not a hit-song store. No corporate filler-tracks. These artists poured their life (and personal bank accounts) into every song on that album, and you're going to love it. Why no DRM? DRM is disrespectful. CD Baby customers are the most amazing paying fans of independent music in the world, and should be treated with the highest respect. THAT'S where they really shine.....and not that many people are using that feature to full advantage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Ryan Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Magnatune have a similar thing going on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vm1971 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Magnatune have a similar thing going on.... thanks GUYS! wow! i thought this was a dead thread. im getting closer [mastering starts may 10th] and really wanna do it "right" based on my current means and $$$, ya know? it sure is a hell of a lot better than it was when i first put something out. wow. plastering posters ALLLLLLLLLLL OVVVVVVVVVER the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff_larken Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I tried distributing through Cafepress.com ... they focus on merchandise in general, but at the time, I was juuust about to sign up with MP3.com ,and they changed everything. Anyway, how much of a cut does cdbaby take? I remember that it seemed like a good deal to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chellman Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 CDBaby takes a flat fee of $4 per CD sold, regardless of the price you set. Info here: http://cdbaby.net/ Since I've only worked as a sideman, I can't comment directly on how it feels to sell through CDBaby, but various bands I've worked with sell through them, and the reviews are always good. It's not the cheapest, it's true, but the buying experience from them is really good, and you don't have to deal with order fulfillment, which is a big win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwriter1221 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I use them as well, no complaints here. Great platform for indies. I love that I am on iTunes through them as well. Helps with the $$$. Can't go wrong with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vm1971 Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 I use them as well, no complaints here. Great platform for indies. I love that I am on iTunes through them as well. Helps with the $$$. Can't go wrong with them. thanks so much!!! as im approaching the finallllllll stretch im gettin ' ready to send them my stuff. thanks guys! VINCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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