[PeteG]

I heard a CD in the Emotive Audio Designs / Symposium Panorama Loudspeaker room at RMAF “Yve Evans: 3 Degrees Celsius” And I really enjoyed it, so I ordered it today and get this Email from them, thought it was cool.


Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with
sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure
it was in the best possible condition before mailing.

Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over
the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money
can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party
marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of
Portland waved 'Bon Voyage!' to your package, on its way to you, in
our private CD Baby jet on this day, Thursday, October 26th.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby.  We sure did.
Your picture is on our wall as 'Customer of the Year'.  We're all
exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!


Thank you once again,

Derek Sivers, president, CD Baby
the little CD store with the best new independent music
phone: 1-800-448-6369  email: cdbaby@cdbaby.com
http://cdbaby.com

[Russell Dawkins]

That's classic.
CD Baby is a great site. I like the way you can audition all tracks of the CD at some length (2 min).

I discovered this recently - Joe Weed "The Vultures" - acoustic covers of guitar classics from the 50s and 60s.
Really well done and immaculately recorded.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/weedjoe5

[fajimr]

you mean they do that to EVERYONE'S CDs??   

and i thought I was special 

yeah CDbaby is a great company... just wished they had more stuff I liked

[Rob Babcock]

I've found some really cool stuff there, too.  Btw, I'm really the customer of the year.

[Soundbitten]

Some of the $5 specials ( always looking for a bargain  ) look interesting   

[timind]

I always go tor the 3 for $15 deals. It's an experiment as the artists are not known by me but I've been lucky and get at least one if not 2 out of three good cds. I think my favorite aspect of cdbaby is they take paypal.
I recommend Ross Beach if you want some good hippie music.

[mtodde]

I always like to see folks support the independent musicians & sellers. 

I've gotten some great jazz from CD Baby including several releases on the Smalls label that were recorded in the club. 

Hopefully others will see this thread & check out cdbaby.com.

I also like Mapleshade but all of their artists recorded to their label.

[ooheadsoo]

Just got Jennifer Leitham's new cd "The Real Me" from cdbaby a few days ago.  A Must Own for piano trio lovers, especially dbl bass lovers.  Cd got here fast, too, 2 or 3 days at most.

[jqp]

That's classic.
CD Baby is a great site. I like the way you can audition all tracks of the CD at some length (2 min).

I discovered this recently - Joe Weed "The Vultures" - acoustic covers of guitar classics from the 50s and 60s.
Really well done and immaculately recorded.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/weedjoe5

This looks like my kind of album - I am a fan of David Grisman, an incredible Mandolin player (and collector)

I see that there are thousands of the $5 CDs (a little hard to search) but I assume this Vultures CD is not in that category?

[DeeCee]

Wow! This site looks freakin' great! And from my hometown no less...

I never heard of this outfit. I will definitely check this cdbaby out.

- DeeCee

[PeteG]

Just a update on my order I got from CDbaby.com. They shipped it out pretty fast and no damage.

The Yve Evans CD I got is awesome, great music and sonics. Will defiantly give them some more business .

Pete

[laserman]

Be careful, cdbaby is very addictive.  My first order was in 2001 and I have been placing monthy orders ever since.  They do have some amazing artists in their inventory.  OBTW, when a label goes out of business and an artist gets the rights to the inventory, you generally see them show up at cdbaby.

Customer service is top notch and the people there are just down to earth nice folks.

Enjoy,
L

[PeteG]

They have a good selection, so what are some of the better artists (or CDs) to check out (jazz, rock).

Pete

[TIC]

Here's my first odred from CDBaby:

ORDER # 1552559 - Sunday, November 19th 2006, 09:16 - (PLEASE READ!)

1 of: ZEN BLUES QUARTET: zen blues quartet  ($14.95 each)
1 of: STEPHEN FERRONE: steve ferrone's farm fur. more head  ($12.97
each)

Should arrive before next weekend. I ordered both after seeing them posted by an AudiogoN'r. They seem to be right up my alley and exactly what NOT to expect from the mainstream record companies.....

Enjoy,

TIC

[JoshK]

Just ordered

1 of: ALEXI MURDOCH: four songs  ($7.00 each)
1 of: GARY JULES: gary jules  ($14.00 each)
1 of: GARY JULES: trading snakeoil for wolftickets  ($14.00 each)

Kinda expensive though.... (shipping $5 too!)

[TomS]

This site is very addictive.  Great service too.

Tony Kaltenberg - "On The Wing of The Great Spaceship" with Michael Manring and Alex Kelly  - awesome guitar work on this one.  If you like Michael Hedges work, look no further

Mark McCain/Erika Johnson - " Touch the Strings" - more acoustic guitar and cello, very nice

[lonewolfny42]

Tony Kaltenberg - "On The Wing of The Great Spaceship" with Michael Manring and Alex Kelly  - awesome guitar work on this one.  If you like Michael Hedges work, look no further

This looks like a good one Tom....

First track.......

[zenguitarguy]

Dear Tic,
I play in both of those bands and sincerely hope you enjoyed the CD's. The new Zen Blues CD is almost finished and will be available in a few months. You can check with us at zenbluesmusic.com. Thanks for buying the CD, we appreciate the support and hope you enjoyed the music!

Best
John/ZBQ

Here's my first odred from CDBaby:

ORDER # 1552559 - Sunday, November 19th 2006, 09:16 - (PLEASE READ!)

1 of: ZEN BLUES QUARTET: zen blues quartet  ($14.95 each)
1 of: STEPHEN FERRONE: steve ferrone's farm fur. more head  ($12.97
each)

Should arrive before next weekend. I ordered both after seeing them posted by an AudiogoN'r. They seem to be right up my alley and exactly what NOT to expect from the mainstream record companies.....

Enjoy,

TIC

[Double Ugly]

Welcome to AC, John.   

I look forward to Tic's comments as I've been very pleased w/ the CDs I've purchased from CD Baby.  I've not found modern Blues to my liking, but until this afternoon I'd never heard the bands with which you're associated.  Considering the quality of those I sampled, I might have to step a bit outside my comfort zone and take one or both for a spin.
Here's to hoping you meet with much success in your efforts with ZBQ and Stephen Ferrone.   

Regards,

-Jim