I’ve added a little music player to this page (scroll down, it’s on the right) and also added a “music” page to the site (look up at the main menu!), both featuring a selection of songs from albums I’ve released independently. Please take a listen to the new tracks – there are 5 songs from “The Rabbit” at the top of the playlist.
Those of you who have been checking out the site may have noticed that I am TINKERING with everything. I’m trying to figure out what is my ideal use of various widgets and musician services out there… I’ll keep you posted about what I find.
So far:
Nimbit is the best priced, the most customizable, but the most clunky and difficult to use. It integrates the music calendar with this wordpress site, which I like. The email thing is the hardest to deal with.
Reverbnation is the easiest, but I don’t love the format of it’s widgets – it’s all to red and black for me. And it doesn’t integrate with WordPress in all the ways I would like. Email is more expensive than Nimbit, but easier and nicer-looking.
I love CDbaby, but I wish they had more integrated features I could use with wordpress.
Anyway – I am still working on it.
xo rose
Hi Rose
Thanks for posting this news! I have just got into the whole word press web sites business and am really loving it. So wonderful to be able to build one’s own web page without relying on a third party. I have been building a site for my new act Lady Ukulele (www.ladyukulele.com) and am thinking if I can build a good site for Lady Ukulele then I could do one for my own music. Rose could you tell me which company you use for selling albums and individual tracks as mp3′s? it’s really cool that you can do that, this is a must for independant musicians!!!
I can’t wait to hear your new record Rose, thinking of you and missing you
Sharon
xxx
right now, I’m using bandcamp and CDbaby – It is crazy to figure out what’s the best deal, what’s the most user-friendly – I have to figure more of it out… for instance, I know you can do a lot of embedding with bandcamp (I saw this on the farewell milwaukee site), but I don’t know how to do it yet.
The pros of bandcamp:
- the buyer can decide which format they want the album in (mp3 or AAC or apple lossless, for instance)
- you can be really flexible with price, or offer certain tracks for free if the person puts their email address in for the mailing list.
- you can also use bandcamp to take physical CD orders, and they provide an automatic digital download with the order if you want that
- They tether the album artwork to the track, so when the person downloads it into iTunes, the artwork is already there.
- They take all credit cards, and paypal I believe
The cons:
- You can only sell music you release independently – I can’t list my Daemon Releases, as far as I can tell, even though I have physical copies to sell.
- I want a place on the page where I can say “here is where you can get the rest of Rose’s CDs, or here are other places where they are available…
I can’t wait to check out your lady ukulele site!
In this day of digital downloads and the ability to purchase individual songs, you are the ONLY artist that I buy an entire cd from without hearing it first. Because each album is incredible. I just pre-ordered The Rabbit digitally. Can’t wait!
Quick question–your cover of Book of Love on youtube is amazing. Is that ever likely to be available to purchase as an MP3?
Thank you for your incredible lyrical and vocal talent. I’ve been listening to you now since someone put Olga’s birthday on a mixtape for me (yes that long ago!).