One Mans Idea/Together We Can Be On Shelves

I signed up with this site in 1998, when they had 10 bands, they have grown.
One mans dream took uknown musicians to the next level.
Remember when the net first came out, well if we move forward we can make our dreams come true together.

here is some info about the site CDBABY

This post is not about money,
it's about being published here,
and having our own book available,
so our fans can have it..

ty John E WordSlinger

BTW imagine OP in 2019????????????

About CD BabyWho are we?
The Short Answer:

CD Baby is the largest online distributor of independent music. CDBaby.com is our quaint little record store where we hope you will discover your next favorite artist.

[Inâ?¢deâ?¢penâ?¢dent: (adj.) Not having sold one's life, career, and creative works over to a corporation.]

The Long Answer:

From our humble beginnings more than a decade ago as a small, one-man operation in a garage, to our current standing as the worldâ??s largest online distributor of indie music, CD Baby has always been a company run BY musicians FOR musicians. Inside the fortified walls of our warehouse (a virtual Wonka-world of music) in rainy Portland, Oregon, we listen to every single album we carry before it is posted for sale so that we can help you find other new artists youâ??ll love, too. No distributors. No major labels. We only sell music that musicians send us directly. We ship CDs from our warehouse. We sell downloads from our site. And we also deliver our artistsâ?? music to other download retailers, as well (iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, and many more.) We sell you the music and then we pay the artist right away. Cool thing: in a regular record deal or distribution deal, musicians only make $1-$2 per album, if theyâ??re ever lucky enough to get paid by their label at all. When selling through CD Baby, musicians make $6-$12 per album and get paid weekly.

Current Numbers
278,510 albums being sold on CD Baby
5,339,025 CDs sold online to customers
$107,769,092 paid directly to the artists

http://www.cdbaby.com

Last edited by WordSlinger 12-30-2009 at 11:55:47 PM

RE: One Mans Idea/Together We Can Be On Shelves

Ten Years Ago was the Y2K, Remember?????

WS

RE: One Mans Idea/Together We Can Be On Shelves

WS, thanks for posting this. It's an incredible story and you are an inspiration for me to write more and better or write more better, LOL, whichever the case may be! I'm a pianist/songwriter who is learning to play guitar. Maybe I'll see you soon on cdbaby.com!

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