i like the idea of something personal going with it - like a small piece
of art or a polaroid :)
anyone aware of interesting places to get packaging - quality made
-maybe clear see through CD cases with pockets in it or tins or wooden
boxes?
D
----- Original Message ----- From: "mat.the.w" <craque@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] minimal release formats
Barenakedladies released an album only available (for purchase anyway)
on a
USB flash drive. I thought that was pretty cool.
Online distribution is sometimes the only way a lot of people ever get
their
stuff heard, so I tend to gravitate towards available downloads and
online
releases from labels and artists.
On 2/9/06 10:56 AM, "cyborgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<cyborgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scribed:
I would personally be quite happy with a CD-r, with some very artistic,
unique, or thoughtful packaging. Honestly in these days, a lot of
people
have their CD's burned to hard drive, i-pod, or else have just the
discs
in those 128-disc notebooks, so often the packaging just sits in a
corner
somewhere anyway.
I personally think it would be cool to include something in the
packaging
like a small piece of artwork, perhaps 1 or 2 small pieces that would
fit
on my fridge or desk for example.
This work sounds wonderful by the way, I'd love to pick up a copy when
it's released.
~David
I have a work by one of the audiobulb artists. It is very simple and
very
beautiful. Constructed from sparse guitar notes, spaces, paino notes,
the
sounds of his everyday routine (washing hands, cleaning teeth). The
whole
album consists of tracks using one sound at a time - no layering -
following
strict mathematical sequences that relate to the artist's internal
structure.
note - note - note - silence - tap runinning - different note etc....
The work is minimal, artistic, concrete and msucial in places - but
the
song
structures are far from conventional - but they are emotional (to me
at
least).
How to release such a work is the question? I wonder about demand &
format.
How are cd-r's (in beautiful packaging) received by the consumer?
Alternatively we could press the minimum 500 CDs.... but I worry about
demand.... How to promote such a work. I know it has been done
before....
but I would appreciate guidance and opinions......
David @ Audiobulb
www.audiobulb.com
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