Chris recording album with weekend with Gayleen Froese

I'm going to be spending the next three days locked in my studio for an interesting side project.

My friend Gayleen and I are recording an album - in three days.

We've been planning to do this since a year ago, when Gayleen was in the Three Day Novel Contest reality TV show. The idea came up for her to record a new album in three days as well, and so this Labour Day weekend, that's exactly what we're going to do.

You can follow what we're up to by visiting the blog we've set up for that project here (www.gayleenandchris.com).

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David Byrne and Brian Eno release cool album in a zillion formats

 

This is what I call giving consumers "choice". David Byrne and Brian Eno's new collaboration, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is available now in MP3, FLAC and CD formats (but no vinyl?), plus a collector's edition "deluxe package", all of which is available only through their website. You can stream the whole album for free and download one free song from the album, but you have to buy the rest of the downloads (which are DRM free).

And on top of it all, the songs sound really, really cool...

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CD Baby founder gives his advice on how to release material in today's music scene

CD Baby (the online indie music distributor used by Caffeine Sunday and thousands of others) founder Derek Sivers offers up his advice on the whole How the Hell Do You Release An Album thing.

CD? Digital download?

Both, says Sivers.

So the answer for 2008 is : if you’re serious about being a professional musician, you need to do both.

If you’re just playing around, and never expect even 100 people to want your music, then just upload to MySpace like everyone else does, and don’t make a CD.

But in these long-tail days with over a million bands on MySpace, having a professional CD - a beautifully designed and manufactured CD - really sets you apart and shows you’re serious to anyone in the music industry receiving your CD. Investing $1000 into manufacturing CDs shows that you plan to make at least $1000 selling them. Not spending the $1000 is like saying, “I don’t think I’ll ever make $1000 doing this.” Then you wonder why a booking agent or label is not interested?

LINK to Sivers' post

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