What format should I release my new record on? (1 Viewer)

[Scientician 0.8]

The last time around, in those heady days of 2011, I ordered 80 copies of a CD and stuck the album on bandcamp. Sold all physical copies and a few downloads.
What are the options these days? I mean I will probably use Bandcamp again unless anyone can suggest an alternative.

 

[pete]

WAX CYLINDER

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[Cornu Ammonis]

MiniDisc or musical greeting card.

 

[pete]

Singing telegram.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Singing kettle.

 

[Jerry Twig]

USB wristband and laserdisc

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I suppose I could get wee toy gramophones made and load the tunes onto them. I dunno, do people release shit on vinyl or tape any more? I'm a smidgeen out of the loop.

 

[ann post]

Spotify
Bandcamp
CD

Or if you want to spend a fortune on vynils

 

[therealjohnny]

Pass it around in the oral tradition

Or what Ann suggested

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Speaking of oral tradition, I could hack some Tooth Tunes.

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[Unknown Convict]

pre-loaded in a casio's 'demo' modes.

or sheet music.

 

[Theseus Mock]

Musical greeting card.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

 

[ann post]

Lots of hype floating around about yangaroo (for radio distro in ireland)

HOWEVER

also some rumours of it being stupidly expensive.

I guess

You could set up a bandcamp pre-order and see if CD's are worthwhile that way? I think its important to have a small number of hard copies ... the internet is completely perishable.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Singing telegram.

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[rettucs]

Have a competition where the winners get an invite to a listening party in your gaff but everyone has to hand in their mobile phones at the door so no prick tries to record it and leak it out on soulseek. Pricks.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

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[Anthony]

Timely question. I have it too. Presuming the way to go is bandcamp and upload it to all the digital stores via distrokid or tunecore. Then do some CDs for sending to the few people who want them. I'm helping a band out with a release at the moment and I'm finding lots of magazines etc are happy with a link to the album stored in yer Google Drive or DropBox etc. Just put a file in there with all the credits and information.
I convinced another artist to print a load of business cards once. They had a space where a download code was written. That was a promotional toy. Not sure how successful it was.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Hard copy for the fans,digital for review.

 

[ann post]

Timely question. I have it too. Presuming the way to go is bandcamp and upload it to all the digital stores via distrokid or tunecore. Then do some CDs for sending to the few people who want them. I'm helping a band out with a release at the moment and I'm finding lots of magazines etc are happy with a link to the album stored in yer Google Drive or DropBox etc. Just put a file in there with all the credits and information.
I convinced another artist to print a load of business cards once. They had a space where a download code was written. That was a promotional toy. Not sure how successful it was.

Semi- adding CD baby to the list of digital store interims

I think it might be more expensive, but a once off payment..