Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

You might be making the mistake of thinking too big at this point. From a business perspective, if you can only see yourself selling less than a thousand CDs in the beginning, you're main focus at this point should be on promoting your music and determining how many units you can sell. Keep in mind that since most people these days aren't going to buy a CD off the internet from an unknown act, most or all of your CD sales will come by selling the CD yourself at gigs. If your music isn't published and licensed, that is a big concern, which will need to be addressed, because what you're really doing is setting up your own record company.

It's cheaper to burn bulk CDRs yourself as needed, and have somebody else handle the printing. I wouldn't worry about a CDR not playing in some players. Although I've heard about this problem, I've never encountered it, which might be because I burn things in WAV. Of course, the end product won't be wrapped in cellophane, but I wouldn't worry about that either for the time being, because the higher profit margin burning it yourself could be used as a means to send the product out to a duplication facility if or when that need arises.

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Gregory <glists@...> wrote:
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> A bit OT here, but I figure someone on this list has released a CD or two, as I'm ready to do so with my music (written and recorded in Logic, so a smidge on-topic).
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> First question - I know the differences between duplication and replication of CDs, but I am wondering what people's experience with duplicated CD's is like.  I probably need only a short run, so replicated would be more expensive, but I certainly don't want to sell any unprofessional CDs that don't work in some players and the like.  So is the quality of replicated CD's worth the higher cost I would be paying (probably double)?
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> Also, I'm looking for distribution recommendations - specifically for actual CDs, rather than digital distribution.  I will be doing digital as well, but do need at least one option for people to buy physical CDs.  CD Baby appears to be the goto distributor, and I'm wondering if that is what people on this list would recommend.
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> Thanks,
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> Gregory
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