[Dixielandjazz] Cuttered List - Was CD Bay

[Stephen Heist]

Hello to one and all...

Well - I'm glad the subject was brought up of CDBaby!  I'll be soon doing
my FIRST CD (I was always with other bands, etc...) so I'll be sure to get
it there...  Sounds good
And THANKS for the tip - Everything helps!

ALSO, I will be flying to L.A. soon - I just signed with Celebrity Cruise
Lines to play on the ship the Summit from - are you ready for this - 6
months...
I'll be on the ship from May 7th to Nov. 11th - I'll be doing the Alaska
cruises and then Hawaii...

If you're not doing anything - drop on by!!!

All the Very Best, my friends....
Steve Heist

You can NOW visit my NEW website and check my schedule at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~steveheist/ 
Drop on by today!


> [Original Message]
> From: Steve barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Date: 1/26/2006 3:26:46 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Cuttered List - Was CD Bay
>
> "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com>
>
> > Steve,
> > 
> > Don't get your panties in an uproar.  No one is keeping secrets from
you.
> > CD Baby has been mentioned several times on the List.
> > 
> > When you asked about it & got several answers, I did not figure you
needed
> > to hear from me.  You already got your answers.
> > 
> > If it had been a bad deal & no one said so, I would have.  But since it
is a
> > good deal & people already told you, why clutter up the List with more
> > messages that say the same thing?
> > 
> > The List is cluttered enough.
>
> Bob, I think you miss a very BASIC POINT. There are A LOT of people on the
> list who did not know about CD Baby as evidenced by a fair amount of off
> list messages I received from members about it asking for more feedback.
> Those discourses took place off list to avoid "clutter".
>
> It may interest you to know that if one surfs the site for "Bob Ringwald",
> or Fulton Street Jazz Band there is no information or evidence that you
> have, or are on the site with a CD.
>
> It may also interest you to know that if one surfs the site for Dixieland,
> there are 97 albums referenced. Most of which are not OKOM.
>
> It may also interest you to know that most band leaders on this list do
not
> have CDs available for sale on the site.
>
> Perhaps there are too many people who just assume facts not in evidence?
> As a marketer, I firmly believe that you have to repeat the message at
lest
> 7 times before the average person gets it. :-) VBG.
>
> I am passionately involved with making the music available to the public.
> Apparently others are not, else they would jump at the chance to sell
their
> CDs to a broader audience. . . with due respect, you included.
>
> Perhaps also I've been on this List too long since you seem to believe I
am
> contributing the clutter.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
>
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