[Dixielandjazz] CD Baby and olther on line recording sales.

[Lowell Busching]

I noticed Stan Brager and others extolling the virtues of CDBaby for 
obtain or selling CD's.  I think it was mentioned by Steve that it is 
based in Oregon, and this would probably explain why the first person I 
heard about it from was Rebecca Killgore who I believe is still based in 
Portland.  I believe she uses that site to sell her recordings?  She 
could also confirm if it is as reliable as it appears to be, for both 
the musicians and the public.

That being said, the other night I was directed to the site for Stomp 
Off Records for a recording I was looking for.  Besides their own 
listing, and pointing out that their supposedly "Out of Stock" 
recordings as listed on other sites are still available on their site in 
downloadable MP3 format, they also directed me to the site:


http://jazzbymail.com/

Has this site been mentioned before on DJML? Bob Ringwald was not sure, 
but many sources are mentioned once and never repeated.  It seems to be 
a good source for mail order and the prices appear comparable to CDBaby.
They have many categories for OKOM and show both CD covers and 
information on each disk from a variety of sources like Stompoff, 
Arbors, etc.  I have not ordered from them yet, but if someone on the 
list is familiar with that site, they might tell us if it is reliable?

I think they also had a link for selling CD's but when I tried it with 
my Netscape 7.2 browser, it was not a valid link.  It might work with IE 
or Netscape 8.0 which is most respects, except sound files, will emulate 
I.E. I may try that yet, if I get desperate.

Carry on.

Lowell aka Mad Dawg