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Digital Audio Insider is David Harrell's blog about the economics of music and other digital content. I write from
the perspective of a musican who has self-released four albums with the indie rock band the Layaways.
My
personal website has links to my LinkedIn and Google+ pages and you can send e-mail to david [at] thelayaways [dot] com.
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If you enjoy this site, please consider downloading a Layaways track or album from iTunes,
Amazon MP3, Bandcamp, or eMusic.
CDs are available from CD Baby and Amazon.
Our two CD Baby distributed albums are now available as mp3 downloads at Amazon.com. Full albums are $8.99, individual songs are 99 cents.
My personal preference would've been a lower price, say $7.99 or less for albums and 89 cents for single songs. I'm assuming that a blanket rate was applied to all of the releases coming from CD Baby, but I was able to find a few CD Baby artists selling for lower prices in the Amazon.com mp3 store. Though I have no way of knowing if CD Baby delivered those releases to Amazon -- they could be there via a different digital distributor.
"The Layaways make fine indie pop. Hushed vocals interweave with understated buzzing guitars. The whole LP is a revelation from the start." -- Lost Music
"Catchy Guided by Voices-like rockers who lay it on sweetly and sincerely, just like Lionel Richie." -- WRUV Radio
"These are songs that you want to take home with you, curl up with, hold them close -- and pray that they are still with you when you wake up." -- The Big Takeover