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Selling music CDs
I'm after bright ideas.
I've got a batch of my brother-in-law's CDs.
Simon Proctor is a professional composer and music teacher.
However, he and his brother are chalk and cheese in some regards. Richard doesn't do music; Simon doesn't do computers. (though they both have a sharp eye for Scrabble tactics - Simon used to compete at the national level and can get double my score even when he's out of practice.)
However, not being a computer person, he's not Internet savvy - I don't think he even has email. (it's one of those brother things...) Thus, as you'll note from his Wikipedia entry, he has two CDs available, but they aren't for sale on the Internet.
Which isn't exactly good for sales...
He used to sell plenty at concerts, but he spends more time teaching/composing than performing these days, so we've several boxes of CDs still to be sold. One is piano music and the other woodwind. The series title is 'Sounds of Kent'.
Now, the catch is that I'm not much of a music person. Folk, I understand, but piano and woodwind are not my area of expertise. I listen to the music; I enjoy it; but I haven't the first idea where on the web to flog it.
I looked at Amazon, but you can only sell stuff there if it's already on Amazon's catalogue. If it isn't, you have to pay a monthly fee that is pretty high given that I don't expect to sell many simply due to Simon's non-existent Internet presence.
So, any ideas for a practical way of selling them? (I don't want to set up a special web site, that involves more time and effort than I have available)
Just as a way of generating interest/getting the word out, I'll happily sell the pair of CDs for a tenner including postage to anyone who promises to write a review on their LJ afterwards. (and I'll refund your tenner if you give them a negative review, so you can't really lose!). They'd normally be a tenner each, so excellent value for money.
I've got a batch of my brother-in-law's CDs.
Simon Proctor is a professional composer and music teacher.
However, he and his brother are chalk and cheese in some regards. Richard doesn't do music; Simon doesn't do computers. (though they both have a sharp eye for Scrabble tactics - Simon used to compete at the national level and can get double my score even when he's out of practice.)
However, not being a computer person, he's not Internet savvy - I don't think he even has email. (it's one of those brother things...) Thus, as you'll note from his Wikipedia entry, he has two CDs available, but they aren't for sale on the Internet.
Which isn't exactly good for sales...
He used to sell plenty at concerts, but he spends more time teaching/composing than performing these days, so we've several boxes of CDs still to be sold. One is piano music and the other woodwind. The series title is 'Sounds of Kent'.
Now, the catch is that I'm not much of a music person. Folk, I understand, but piano and woodwind are not my area of expertise. I listen to the music; I enjoy it; but I haven't the first idea where on the web to flog it.
I looked at Amazon, but you can only sell stuff there if it's already on Amazon's catalogue. If it isn't, you have to pay a monthly fee that is pretty high given that I don't expect to sell many simply due to Simon's non-existent Internet presence.
So, any ideas for a practical way of selling them? (I don't want to set up a special web site, that involves more time and effort than I have available)
Just as a way of generating interest/getting the word out, I'll happily sell the pair of CDs for a tenner including postage to anyone who promises to write a review on their LJ afterwards. (and I'll refund your tenner if you give them a negative review, so you can't really lose!). They'd normally be a tenner each, so excellent value for money.
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I'll have to ask Simon if he'd like to make his music available as downloads via CD baby.
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No, nor would I, but that wasn't the linkage that I was thinking of. Simply the experience of working in that area as an amateur might be helpful.
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As far as a "practical way of selling them", have you heard of CreateSpace?
https://www.createspace.com/Products/CD/
They're an on-demand printing service run by Amazon, so you can send them a template of a CD, and they'll put it up for sale and only print as many copies as are sold. This does mean that CDs are more expensive and the profit margin smaller, but at least it puts it out there, right? I think it's probably good for people who don't want to take a big financial risk, but at least make their work available to anyone who's looking for it.
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However, if you want the pair, I can post them to Canada for a total of £22. You can pay me via Paypal judith@waveney.org
(If you know anyone else who wants them, please let me know)
I'll take a look at CreateSpace - thanks.
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