So today I've checked the CDs I have for sale via Amazon... and yep they're all there, Live Sessions, SXY and Elusive You...
But something weird has happened - my company LoneBoy isn't the only people to be selling the records - other business are selling my stuff... Normally this would be a great thing, except I know we haven't sold any wholesale - i.e. sold any to a store to sell. Which means that they're either selling promo copies (around 200 copies where sent out as promos - for SXY) or they've made pirates (why would anyone do that to a Jake Hook CD!)
It's hard enough to be a musician nower days without other people making money off your back - and they haven't paid for the goods they are selling!
and get this one of the companies is selling it for £24.00 LOL - hello i sell it for less than a fiver!
Anyway, moan over it's just crazy
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On the topic of your CDs...
I bought SXY a couple of weeks ago, but haven't been able to listen to it. I have a Mac, and whenever I put it in, it thinks it is a blank CD (I've checked the back and there are obviously grooves there - and I bought it off Amazon, not Amazon Marketplace.)
I'm a student, and I'm not at home at the minute, but I'll be there in a week, so hopefully it will work on my Windows PC (for the purposes of putting it on to my iPod, I have an actual CD player at home, so listening to it shouldn't be a problem.)
I'm posting this to make you aware of the problem, so as it can hopefully be fixed for the release of your full length album. I'm not sure how much you are involved on the production side (as in, CD production) but yeah...
As for making money off CDs, well, most musicians make their money these days by touring. But yeah, it's bad enough that the industry takes the largest piece of the cake, without a retailer coming along and nicking the cake ;-)
hey if you send team@loneboymusic.com an email - they'll send you one out to replace -
I've just played the CD in my MAC and it worked cool..
Maybe a bug in that batch?
Sorry! Damm digital fairies playing havoc !
:)
Jake
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