The Music and Downloads store on this website (download.mikeshupp.com) is optimized now for browsing on mobile phone screens, courtesy of the ever-amazing Bandcamp platform. You can browse and listen to digital albums and tracks with ease, and the checkout flow is fast and intuitive. Share links on Facebook or Twitter will open to the new mobile view immediately.
I’m inclined to believe this, from my own experience:
“Some in the music industry believe that Spotify and music streaming cannibalizes download sales. Not so, says the CEO of digital music innovator X5 Music, at least when it comes to Spotify’s apps…”
X5 Music CEO Says Spotify Apps Sell Downloads, Shares Stats To Prove It
[ 4/12/12 promo has ended ]
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.
Name your price (no minimum!)
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:
“A Little Fun / October Sun – Single” is once again available for digital download as well as physical CD purchase… listen, buy and download here.
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…