2014/01/31 01:21:05
joekeeyinyang
You can release single songs on CD Baby.
2014/01/31 04:47:13
soens
I'm probably in the minority but I go for singles online...
 
OOOPS! Sorry..., thought this was a dating site.
 
No, seriously. I only obtain single cuts. Albums usually only have 1 or 2 songs I like so the rest is a waste of money for me. With singles I can create my own albums just the way I want them, complete with original artwork too. Kinda fun really.
2014/01/31 04:55:48
slartabartfast
Jeeze. I thought the whole point of online distribution was to free the consuming public from the necessity of buying 12 songs they did not like in order to get one that they did like. Of course you can't sell a CD for $14.95 with one song on it. But if you look at the statistics, CD's are a dying market anyway. If you have a bunch of songs that can be combined into an artistic grouping in which the whole is greater than the parts, that is an album. If you have a single that does not fit with another single, that is a single. Welcome to the brave new world of digital download 45 rpm's.
 
As far as what online service: you are equally unlikely to make any money competing with a half million other artists of varying talent and accomplishment on any service. Even if someone were to like your stuff they are unlikely to spend 10,000 hours listening to stuff they turn out not to like before they stumble onto yours.
2014/01/31 07:21:14
spacey
slartabartfast
Jeeze. I thought the whole point of online distribution was to free the consuming public from the necessity of buying.



I think that is how it is.
2014/01/31 08:08:43
jamesg1213
slartabartfast
But if you look at the statistics, CD's are a dying market anyway.



Certainly seems to be the case, according to a report I read;
 
In 2000, there were 785.14 million albums sold.
In 2013, there were 289.41 million albums sold.
2014/01/31 08:18:30
jamesg1213
I also understand that Spotify pays 0.4 cents per streaming play, so you'll need 6000 plays per month to get $24. Depressing really.
2014/01/31 09:26:53
timidi
jamesg1213
I also understand that Spotify pays 0.4 cents per streaming play, so you'll need 6000 plays per month to get $24. Depressing really.




James, I think you meant  $0.00430000 per stream thru spotify.
BTW, 6000 X .4 = $2400
2014/01/31 09:47:29
jamesg1213
timidi
jamesg1213
I also understand that Spotify pays 0.4 cents per streaming play, so you'll need 6000 plays per month to get $24. Depressing really.




James, I think you meant  $0.00430000 per stream thru spotify.
BTW, 6000 X .4 = $2400




I said 0.4 cents Tim, not 0.4 dollars
2014/01/31 10:10:26
timidi
Oh..
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2014/01/31 11:56:51
bapu
jamesg1213
timidi
jamesg1213
I also understand that Spotify pays 0.4 cents per streaming play, so you'll need 6000 plays per month to get $24. Depressing really.




James, I think you meant  $0.00430000 per stream thru spotify.
BTW, 6000 X .4 = $2400




I said 0.4 cents Tim, not 0.4 dollars


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