July 11th, 2007Online Music Stores
So I have been looking around lately, I am under 18, so I can’t have a credit card. So I can go to Safeway, and buy prepaid Visa Checkcards. With that I look around online for shtuff to buy.
I see at Destiny-Worldwide.com that there are about 4 bands, including The Scene Aesthetic, Last Day Standing, Poem, and November Blessing… I wanted to get the new TSA C.D and DVD.
Then I went to Saddle-Creek.com and saw about 20 different artists, and a huge selection of cds from all of the artists. Along with buttons, shirts, and random items. I ended up buying from Saddle-Creek even though they didn’t have what I wanted…
So I guess what I am trying to say is that even if you like certain bands in which are not very big, the online store is nice and all, but when there is such a small selection you are way less likely to buy it. And now with Limewire, and friends that could just buy it and give it out to hundreds of people, why bother?
I bought two buttons, a Cursive T-Shirt, and a Maria Taylor C.D (even though I already have most of the songs from Limewire). Why did I bother with the C.D then? Because the C.D came with a iron on patch, sticker, and a personally signed photograph. The TSA merch was just a C.D and D.V.D
The smaller record companies and bands need to step it up a notch. When PlayRadioPlay released his Frequency EP he included a patch, sticker, and some other cool stuff. I wanted to buy it, but didn’t have the money then. And now I can’t find anywhere to get it (if you know where let me know!). So for those smaller record companies try harder. For those of you who have bought a C.D/or merch from online, why did you do it when you could have gotten it from a live show? Did they not come to your town?
Talk to me!!
