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RE: Bandcamp Pay what you want does work really well. I've done about 2.5K albums for my stuff and well over a thousand for Fierce And The Dead - but you do need to put the effort in for marketing, get blog reviews, get print press, pay for adverts, play live, shake hands, do forums and build it up. The key is having a decent sized mailing list - anything less than a few thousand and you're unlikely to get many sales so give music away free until you have an audience - swop it for email addresses. It takes years to get to that point - if anyone needs info let me know :) Invest in google/facebook ads, get deals and work a specific niche audience. Ask your friends what bands you sound like and market to fans of those bands. Get cheap deals on mag adverts - ignore the ratecard and say what you have to spend. Look to spend few hours a day on social media - this works but takes ages. If you don't get any traction either you're not working the correct niche or the music isn't of quality that people wish to share (doesn't mean its not any good or artistically invalid). RE CDs get 100 CDr and see how they sell - once you have sold 400 get 1000 done next time. Little steps. Fans do love digipack CDs thou - don't bother with the ugly plastic ones. Most mags and blogs aren't bothered about physical CDs - send CDRs like labels do - its not the 90's. It took me around 5 years before I could do music for a living and i still do writing as an extra income. Hope that helps Ta Matt Stevens Matt Stevens http://www.fierceandthedead.com http://www.mattstevensguitar.com http://www.spencerparkmusic.com mattstevensguitar@btinternet.com