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How to get your music online to sell?

Post by mikeye » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:07 am

Hey all,In order for me to join a PRO (in the uk) I need to get music online for people to buy. Whats a good way to go about this? I have been looking at CDBaby...

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Post by mojobone » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:48 pm

Even Soundclick and mySpace can sell digital downloads. There are tons of options for both physical sales of CDs and downloads. I'd check out Tunecore and CDBaby first; see what they have to offer, and compare to whatever else comes to hand.
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Post by suzdoyle » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:05 pm

I love and highly recommend CD Baby; they handle all the tedious aspects of getting your songs in numerous digital marketplaces, including iTunes, Amazon, Napster, Rhaspody and others. Plus they are GROOVY COOL people with whom to work!! ,Suz

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Post by ceedub » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:28 am

I've used CD Baby for years. Physical and digital sales. Easy as could be. Highly recommended.

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Post by rickgoetz » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:42 pm

Tunecore and Reverbnation have services to get your music available online... I am told CD baby has been less reliable since Derek sold the company.

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Post by billg » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:33 am

Oct 14, 2009, 7:42pm, rickgoetz wrote:Tunecore and Reverbnation have services to get your music available online... I am told CD baby has been less reliable since Derek sold the company.CDbaby has been awful for me this time around. Used them for almost 10yrs with no problems but since discmakers bought them they're not so hot . . . been waiting for a month for a return email concerning my barcode and when I tried to call I gave up after waiting for a human for over 30min. It might be a "changing of the guard" problem that will straighten itself out but . . . if you don't have a physical cd to sell I would look to Tunecore right now until CDBaby gets it's act together.*****after posting this I got a response from my email question from about a month ago . . . maybe the folks att CDbaby are reading the Taxi forums!

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Post by soundsgreat » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:52 pm

I've gone with Tunccore. At $10 a song, it's pretty damn cheap distribution, and they aggregate your various earnings into one account. Too easy.cheers, niteshift

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Post by mojobone » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:52 am

Oct 15, 2009, 1:33pm, billg wrote:Oct 14, 2009, 7:42pm, rickgoetz wrote:Tunecore and Reverbnation have services to get your music available online... I am told CD baby has been less reliable since Derek sold the company.CDbaby has been awful for me this time around. Used them for almost 10yrs with no problems but since discmakers bought them they're not so hot . . . been waiting for a month for a return email concerning my barcode and when I tried to call I gave up after waiting for a human for over 30min. It might be a "changing of the guard" problem that will straighten itself out but . . . if you don't have a physical cd to sell I would look to Tunecore right now until CDBaby gets it's act together.*****after posting this I got a response from my email question from about a month ago . . . maybe the folks att CDbaby are reading the Taxi forums!Tony Van Veen jes' posted a little sump'm over in Rally Open Topic, heh. http://taxi.proboards.com/index.cgi?boa ... e=1#172165
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