Yep, that's what happened. 15% off.

Hey Clint, 
 
Interesting stuff.  There never seems to be much talk on the forums of the distribution side of things and it is something that I am starting to get real interested in as my material is getting closer to the quality that I would want to put out.
 
So, on CD Baby, do you have to put out an actual CD, or can you just do digital distribution?  CD Baby automatically gets you onto iTunes, Amazon and Spotify?  I am assuming that the first step, before going there, would be to join BMI and to get copyrighted.  A goal of mine, per the other thread, is to get some songs on a few music libraries, similar to yourself.  I am close to getting one solid CD of work in my Genre, just a couple of more song writes that I really like and I might be there.

No cd required. I uploaded the 16bit 44.1khz wav files and chose to do digital distribution only. It's a long list of outlets they send it out to. If you choose cdbaby pro I believe they will hook you up with BMI or ASCAP (it's easy and free to do yourself) and cdbaby pro will be your publisher. I'm not ready for that yet. Some of these libraries want to be your publisher since they get 50 to 65% of the fees. I'm not to sure about all of that yet so my best option is to keep my options open.
https://members.cdbaby.com/digital-distribution Looks like they send it out to over 95 distributors. I'll post my cdbaby site when it comes online so you guys can get a look at it and see the options. It should be tomorrow, but it will probably take a few months before it's available everywhere. It took a long time for allmusic to list our cd in 2008, like 6 months or something like that.

Beepster
 
Hi, Spacey (sorry for the late reply... totally entrenched in some very annoying and boring life problems at the moment). I definitely think the current route to go is exactly that. Just get some stuff together and up for sale as I learn both production and navigating the "new" way of distro then put together a compilation once there is enough stuff in my catalog. I could even go back remix and remaster everything (or get it professionally mastered) for a little more album cohesion. 
  
Hope you've been well. 

I've been doing great, thanks Beep.
I know you've been dealing with many issues and I do wish you well with them all.
 
I would imagine getting priorities in order is paramount.
I know for many projects I've taken on I found out that taking the time to gather information and getting a good mental picture of the project helped make it better and successful.
 
We all have our ideas of how the project should be. I know that I've spent twice as much for a CD by an unknown artist (in support of) to receive a cheaply made package. For instance; if it had a case label it was obviously designed and printed by the "artist". BAD move IMO but each to their own. Personally if I realize there are areas of the project that I can't do to a professional level and with something so very important to me I would get a pro to handle it. I wouldn't limit that thought to labels (for example) either. If I couldn't swing the drum part I'd get a drummer that could. 
Just an example of how I think one can make "little" bad calls that another may not think is "little" or "bad" at all.
 
Maybe we'd like to think it's all about the music and maybe it is if one is after a few .99¢ downloads but I'm not in that group. I'd rather purchase something tangible that impresses me with more than just the music...and I don't mind paying for it. ( side effect from growing up appreciating album covers I guess)
 
Should I decide to market my skills I do know that creating MP3 penny downloads would be a very small unimportant part of my project although I know it would be supplied for those with less desires of their music and hopefully a "bread crumb" to lead them to my album. Cover all the bases IMO.

@Beepster and Makeshift.
Ok the cdbaby link is now in my sig.

Very cool Clint, the site looks great. Did you do your own CD artwork? I just quickly listened to a couple of sound bit, I am at work so I didn't have a lot of time, but they sounded great. I will have to study up some more on CD Baby.

Yeah, Me and my daughter made that cover. It's a public domain pic of the Queensboro bridge from 1910. It was black and white. We cropped it and used picmonkee for the effects.

Put a band together and sell your CD's for $15 each at the gigs. That way you can actually make some money for the music.