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solarbird ([personal profile] solarbird) wrote2011-02-08 04:23 pm

Is there anywhere better than CDbaby for bar codes?

So Tom Smith linked to this incredibly relevant to our interests article today, featuring this graph:


Plays Share and Growth

So! My agenda is clear and obvious!

1. GET THE FUCK ONTO YOUTUBE. Okay! Have to shoot a video! That’s fun. And:

2. GET THE FUCK ONTO PANDORA. Can do, sport! This one’s much easier to at least attempt. But I need to go ahead and get something I was going to get anyway:

A UPC barcode or several. One right away for Dick Tracy Must Die, more later. I know CD Baby is a decent place to get them but I’ve also heard they’ve kinda started sucking lately. Is there a better place or are they still okay?

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

[identity profile] silussa.livejournal.com 2011-02-09 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of music on YouTube isn't actually music video; it's a stationary picture or slideshow with the music playing.

That said, yeah, a music video would go over much better, IMHO. And certainly more fun to watch.

As for bar codes, not my thing, but there are companies that sell individual or small groups of bar codes, so you can always google a bit and see what's out there.

[identity profile] goodconceited.livejournal.com 2011-02-09 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, music video. I look forward to this. >:D
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[personal profile] kodi 2011-02-09 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
s/shoot a video/shoot lots of videos/

From what I've seen, if you get a nibble on YouTube, the best way to turn it into a bite is to give them more content on YouTube. It's much harder to get them to move to another website after just one song; the most common thing someone does after watching a video on YouTube is watch another video on YouTube.
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[personal profile] mdlbear 2011-02-09 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
I got my barcode from Oasis, who did my manufacturing.