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Thru this weekend, download all Mike Shupp digital albums or tracks in the format of your choice, including MP3 320, iTunes AAC… even ALAC (Apple Lossless—for iTunes) or FLAC, both of which are full CD fidelity 16-bit / 44.1 kHz formats.
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The new Timeline layout for Facebook Pages goes live today—and it looks like a real improvement to me, more visually appealing, more information at the top, and improved admin features. The layout for the individual apps, like my Music and Downloads Store (powered by the incredible Bandcamp) is much cleaner… I like it.
Visit: Mike Shupp Music on Facebook
I’m really loving the SoundCloud HTML 5 music player… the 128 kbps stream sounds very good, it runs natively in the browser and on all mobile devices, the colors and size are customizable, and it’s got excellent share options, including working well in Facebook. The download/buy links can be directed to any source, in my case download.mikeshupp.com, where I can offer digital downloads (and choice of file format, including full CD fidelity 16-bit / 44.1 kHz) as well as physical CD ordering… and of course, there’s the feature of adding timed comments to the tracks.
Here’s my record “This Time” in the SoundCloud player, give it a try:
My Facebook musician page “Mike Shupp Music” now has its own CD and Download Store, enabling both downloads and CD purchases from right within Facebook. Courtesy of incredible music publishing platform Bandcamp, which powers the “Music + Downloads” section of
Bandcamp, the platform that powers the music sales for this website, recently added a shopping cart feature to their already streamlined checkout-flow. The cart lives conspicuously (which is a good thing) in the upper right hand corner of the page and smoothly updates itself without adding a single click to your checkout. It doesn’t require an account, and shows (for physical CDs) shipping costs right up front and in your currency. I love how Bandcamp focuses on just a few features, and does them each extremely well. And the killer feature for me, still, is having the ability to offer full CD fidelity, uncompressed, 16-bit / 44.1 kHz audio downloads (in addition to high quality MP3 320 and others) along with a PDF Liner Notes booklet. Give it a try…
Mike Shupp Music & Downloads – download.mikeshupp.com
Bandcamp – U.S. Patent Application 12,973,070: Inter-net Shopping “Cart”
(Extra credit: test-drive the shopping cart, enter your comments and email in this blog post below, and I’ll send you a free download code)
“The Key” is now available from national retail sites Amazon.com (www.amazon.com), CDNOW.com (www.cdnow.com), CDworld.com (www.cdworld.com), as well as right here, directly from Private Mind Records (Private Mind Records). More Internet as well as traditional retail outlets coming soon…