Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Thought I'd chime in here.
I use a number of different web based services for sales, marketing  
and promotion.

Electronic Press Kit:
http://www.sonicbids.com . My experience with Sonic Bids has been  
great. Easy set up and saves a LOT of money not having to print out  
promo packs and send physical CD's

Electronic distribution:
http://www.tunecore.com. Tune Core is affordable and efficient way to  
get wide spread electronic distribution. I opted out of CD Baby's  
electronic distribution option because Tune Core covers more outlets.  
Including:  iTunes U.S., Canada, Japan, U.K./Europe and Australia/ 
N.Z. as well as Rhapsody, MusicNet, Napster, eMusic and Sony Connect.  
It's important to only use one provider for electronic distribution.  
When sites like iTunes and the others receive requests from say CD  
Baby and Tune Core for the same release they will not put the release  
in their catalog until there is only ONE provider requesting service.  
Expect to wait 4-6 weeks for each new release to show up on the  
electronic distribution sites when going through Tune Core. Tune Core  
also offers a number of other services including CD manufacturing.

Physical CD sales on the Web:
http://www.cdbaby.com . CD Baby is hands down the best source for  
selling physical CD's on the internet. Easy to use and efficient. CD  
Baby also offers other services such as sales on Amazon and portable  
Credit Card processing for live show sales (very cool and  
affordable). I've been using CD Baby for a number of years and  
couldn't be more pleased.


Internet Radio:
There are a number of opportunities out there.
My favorite is http://www.last.fm . Use it it works! Also allows me  
to monitor who is listening and send them personal thank you messages  
and network with other users with similar tastes.


MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com
Having a MySpace site and being an ACTIVE participant in the MySpace  
community is pretty much mandatory these days. Yes the sound quality  
is LAME (pun intended) but MySpace is an invaluable source of  
networking for marketing material and booking/advertising shows and  
building an international fan base.

SNOCAP:
http://www.snocap.com
SNOCAP allows artists to have a portable electronic store front. I  
can post my SNOCAP store on any web site on the web. Visitors can  
audition tracks and purchase individual tracks or albums.
Great concept and my experience with SNOCAP has been less then  
positive. SNOCAP claims you can upload your tracks and be ready to  
sell your music in 48 hours or less. It took 48 DAYs for me to  
finally get my store front running due to technical problems on their  
end. The technical support is "iffy" at best. Now that the store is  
up and running on my MySpace site I have received 5 messages from  
visitors who are unable to either pay for or even worse download  
tracks once they have paid for them.
The good news is that SNOCAP handles all the book-keeping and tracks  
the material sold and handles the down loads.
My hope is SNOCAP is a young company and will work out the bugs in  
their system and improve their technical support as the company matures.

Finally, I still have a good old fashioned band web site ;-)  with  
streaming audio and video clips and more in depth information.  
Actually my current band web site is in redevelopment and is pretty  
shoddy at the moment LOL. Anyway... all the sites link to each other  
and create a kind of mini network.

All this requires constant maintenance and attention in addition to  
writing, performing, booking and "brick and mortar" foot and phone work.


Inclusivity/Acceptance/Respect
--
Charles Shriner
Mobile & Office: 317-926-0773
Drache Musik
http://www.myspace.com/drachemusic
--
MCSD Studio
http://www.mcsdstudio.com




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