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Loren, I concur. I've been listening to whatever it is playing on your myspace page and have been enjoying it. Nice. Ted Best regards, tEd ® KiLLiAn Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. – Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) http://www.myspace.com/tedkillian http://www.reverbnation.com/tedkillian http://www.pfmentum.com/PFMCD007.html http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 http://guitarplayer.com/article/y2k6-international-live/Jun-07/27768 Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at Apple iTunes On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Jeff Duke wrote: > Nice suff on myspace Loren, I love that "genre-indifferent > instrumental guitar music", good description. > > Jeff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Loren Claypool > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: What does it mean to you, to "release a record"? > > > I approach the business of my music with the same focus as I would > take with any other business venture - short of altering the artistic > vision in any way. Certainly my own work is far from mainstream and > I'll continue to follow my muse. But beyond that, to me, a business is > a business with the discipline of a business plan, including all of > the legal aspects, marketing plans, etc., not drudgery at all, but a > fun and intellectually stimulating activity in its own right. > > Per hit on several good points. I'd also add it's important to have a > strategy for a website and social network outposts. Follow chrisbrogan > at twitter for an ongoing course and thought provoking tips on social > media for business. It's fascinating and applicable to our music > efforts. Certainly it takes time and energy, but also has allowed me > to connect with people who otherwise would not know of my work. > > Re: CD vs. digital, I considered going all download for my upcoming > release. To gather some market data I did a survey of the folks on my > mailing list, many of whom had bought my album "One Feather Shy", > which was released in August, 2008, some the CD and some the download. > One of the questions was "In what format do you prefer to buy music?" > with options of CD, digital download, vinyl, and other. The results > floored me with 69% saying CD! From follow up conversations I > determined that folks who are interested in buying non-mainstream > music tend to want the physical artifact with the artwork, liner > notes, etc. One comment was "download for normal stuff, CDs for > special stuff." My decision on the next project is to press the CD and > make the download available through services like iTunes, Amazon, and > CD Baby, same as I did on "One Feather Shy". I announced the new > project this weekend. It's called "Breathe", more about that at > http://ping.fm/CCe0W. > > The concept of delivering songs one-at-a-time is fascinating and > something I'll continue to ponder. At this point I'm more project > focused, but I'm intrigued by the idea of deliverying a steady diet of > material in smaller pieces. I am interested in how folks are doing > this with non-mainstream material in a pay-for environment. > > Loren Claypool > genre-indifferent instrumental guitar music > www.lorenclaypool.com > www.myspace.com/lorenclaypool > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1867 - Release Date: > 12/28/2008 2:23 PM