Do you still have your old CDs?
Hey everybody,
This is just a quick update to let you know that I’ve made my Half Alive EP available for purchase on both vinyl and compact disc through Elastic Stage:
Half Alive - elasticStage
songs about the loops we get stuck in and the moments that break us out
I recently received and reviewed the proofs and they look & sound great!
I want to be super transparent; because I cannot justify a bulk order of either, these are not cheap! :/ After tax and shipping (from the UK) are included, the CDs are $28 and vinyl comes close to $50.
And to be entirely clear about where the money goes. With the on-demand cutting, I get about a ~20% royalty, which nets out to about $10-15 per vinyl. The margins are tight!! If you just want to support the music financially, Bandcamp is still the best (I keep 85% normally, and 100% on Bandcamp Fridays!)
I don’t expect anybody to consider this a Good Deal, but I think it’s really cool that artists even have the opportunity in this day and age to offer one-off, on-demand vinyl. So I went ahead and designed all the artwork anyway. BUT… if you’d like to own a physical piece of media containing my music, this is the best opportunity I can provide at the moment.
where have i been?
A month or so ago I deactivated all my social media accounts. I think it’s been net-good for my mental health. I also lost all my known avenues for promoting my music. ha.
More thoughts on this to come.
what’s next?
I recorded an entire instrumental album (!!!) using 95% one instrument (my Roland S-1 synthesizer) a few field recordings, and some “percussion” I had laying around my house. (literally a hardened piece of air dry clay inside its plastic container, thank you daughter)
It’s something to listen to while your eyes are closed and you are floating through space. I hope you’ll actually do that. I’m currently reviewing the final mixes. I will let you know when I have something to listen to, something completely different!
And yes, I have songs in development. I really want to release an album but still have a ways to go on that.
Thanks for following along with me on this old-fashioned medium. Where once a month or so I can write you a letter.
-Dave