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| From | "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Purchases |
| Date | Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:04:57 -0400 |
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>> Good luck with that Cdbaby sale. I spent at least 30 minutes and never
>> found any thing I remotely recognized. And it is difficult to know what
>> is on sale. Very frustrating!
Actually, it's pretty simple. Click on the $5 sale link on the main page and
you can search by category/subcategory, then when through with that list,
back up/out and search by another. Some paths lead to 5-6 items. others to
several pages worth. See something interesting, open in a new browser page
(so you don't lose your place) and listen - most pages have sound clips so
you can stream 2 minute clips and get a good taste. I think their "sounds
like" references are very good, but understandably they will take you out of
the $5 lists and into the general database.
If you select items, the shopping cart will confirm which are on sale at a
discount...you have to buy three to trigger the $5 price, I believe. As for
the sale itself, it's pretty much a year round thing for them. Bruce and Ray
and Jeremy and other online stores who post here have many more "name"
artists, but I find CDBaby a worthy site to order from when I'm looking far
below the radar...the prices are usually good and they have excellent
customer service. I like that I can discover and listen to a new band
without all the dysfunction of MySpace, which is *only* good if I have a
fixed landing target. (YMMV...)
Over time, I've gotten quite a few great titles from those $5 lists, but I
didn't volunteer any as a response to the initial post this morning because
my tastes run more towards garage rock, glam and y'alternative than piano
pop and chamber pop...although I think Junebug might be a good suggestion
(they have five titles available). However, now that I'm responding, those
into more rocking stuff might try Teenage Frames, The Outlets, The Pin Ups,
The Black Diamonds, Kevin K, The Repercussions, Emerson Rose, The Oh
Nos...not certain if they are all still a fin each but they were at one
point. And like many of our favorite Auditeer bands, unknown doesn't mean
unworthy. Happy Hunting!
cheers
b
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