1.01.2009

Got quite excited

I've been trying to figure out how to get my bands new album, Que Calor into some of these new fangled internet music stores. The Band  is snappily called The Beat Combo, and  last night I did a search and found us on about half a dozen sites. 
The way I'ld managed to do this, get our songs uploaded  for sale, was through a site called Tunecore. I'm still very wary of the net and spoof sites but this one seems to do what it says on the can. 
Way back in 1998 I built, well, with a little help from my friends, lakesounds.co.uk. Back then we were sure that the future of fans buying music was to be over the internet.and now the futures here. Time moves on, and here we are 10 years on and it's happening, downloads now feature in the national charts. So it was time to get The Beat Combo out there, and so after paying the fee of about £25, I waited to see if it worked. I'ld keep checking to see if we were on itunes, but although I had managed to get one tune onto itunes the album refused to appear. But last night I thought I'ld check other sites I had picked. The first one I tried was amazon, and lo and behold there it is, for sale as a download for 6.99.

I know that it's all about viral marketing, so I'm off to start spreading the word. 
If you love reggae, salsa, ska, with a bit of country, played by three of Cumbrias' finest musicians, singers and songwriters, then discover Que Calor, by the Beat Combo today, it's special
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