> Subject: Re: Free Music...Shameless Plug... Rich Brown and the Hipwaders
> Message-ID: <005201c45b26$2a2243b0$6401a8c0@PREFERREB87E84>
> 
> Rich Brown deserves a big thank you from every auditeer for volunteering his
> album free of charge via internet download... Thanks, the band sounds great
> and the songs quite enjoyable... Once thought tho'... Would it have been
> possible to make a minimal investment of some $300 of burning, say 200 CD's
> at DiscMakers or Total Tape Services... and perhaps have someone like CDBaby
> ( www.cdbaby.com )or maybe Bruce at NotLame ( www.notlame.com )put them up
> for sale (with audio samples) on their website... Just wanted to encourage
> you guys to do something like that instead of simply giving your hard worked
> on music and try to at least recoup the investments made... Keep it up guys,
> great job!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Miguel
> Homestead, Fl


I've heard this excellent CD--it's something many on this list would
*love*--check it out!  ....and your right, Miguel.   It would be a shame if
music like this, from this band and others, just don't end up making it out.
I'm a big proponent of what you mention(and counsel various bands every week
it seems who are looking for labels that, in many cases, just don't exist
anymore because there's just not a lot left focusing on this type of
music)......there's companies like www.diskfaktory.com and others here you
can get 300 CD's, professionally done w/ great art work/booklets for $3.00 a
piece.  And then, if it's good(which, in this case, this CD by Rich very
much is...), there's all sort of places to consign it and get it out there.
Not Lame, of course, for many of them.   There's all sorts of online radio
stations that swallow this stuff up, as well----who prefer CDs' to sell thru
affiliate link ups( in order to keep their shows going).   POpBangRadio and
Billy's show being two of our faves, but there's are many others.   It's
only 300 copies...but it DOES open up a lot of doors and possibilities that
many artists/bands tend to not want to embrace, when dealing w/ the
disappointment of not finding a label, I find.

Downloading is wonderful...but there's plenty of us, er, older folks who
prefer to have the 'real' thing, wherever possible.

Peace,
Bruce
@ Not Lame