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Well, disctrokid offers $19.99/yr unlimited songs or $35.99/yr to do all the things that landr do on their complete package, but without the extra costs per song/album release. That means, if you sign up to disctrokid and release one ep, it's already cheaper than landr...and you can keep on releasing without paying more. I also found landr's offer worded badly in the past. They used to say, 'you can release 10 songs per month' on a particular tier. What they didn't say was that once you release those 10 songs your limit is full, and if you want to release 10 more songs next month, you either have to pay more, or you have to take down the 10 songs you put up last month.... so what they really meant is. You've got a 10 songs limit. 😏 I want to add. I'm not with disctrokid yet, so I'm not promoting them over another. Just a comparison for you.

Yes, I have.... That is why I've written in the title REALLY NOT A DEAL. Landr is now charging a fee for the year PLUS a fee per release (unless you pay the full 89/year) That's pretty poor considering they used to charge a flat rate per year.

Those prices are not for mastering. They are for distribution.

Has anyone seen the new prices for Landr's distribution services?

But that is totally what I don't get. I see similar music to mine getting onto playlists, getting heavy rotation, getting placements but I don't see any marketing strategy going on. It's like the Wizard of Oz. How do I get to look behind the curtain? And please don't tell me I have to follow the yellow brick road. 😆

It's like 'the force' but with more pins.

I think you've got a point... 😕

@Bruno de Souza Lino I totally get it.... but I totally don't get it too. 😆 It's really easy to say 'it's all marketing', but really hard to understand how to do that. You sure it's not Voodoo?

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Are the FXs in Pro Studio worth the upgrade from Recording Studio, in your opinion? I've seen a lot of tube style plugins that might be interesting, but I don't know if they warrant the upgrade. Does anyone have experience of using them? Thanks

If you got the Acoustica Recording Studio in the Humble Bundle, you should have received this email to upgrade: I'm facing some financial difficulties at the moment - does anyone recommend the upgrade for the additional instruments and fx? Or should I save my pennies?

I've been seeing a lot of people on Facebook forums having problems with the latest release of CbB. Splash screen hanging, install failing,...etc. I might just sit this one out for a while....wait for the next round.

Do you realize how much church mice are going for on Ebay these days?

Larry, you forgot to mention the 'pound of flesh' in the price.

Sad truth is, just about every site now harvests our emails and data and sells it on to third party resellers, who sell it on again - ad infinitum. The only way to be safe is to never use the internet ever again.....or you could follow Fred Flintstone's example. Think about how many apps you've downloaded over the years, how many sites you've signed up to. Sometimes those apps and sites go broke and are bought by less trustworthy owners....who now own your data and can do with it as they please because...heh...it's written into the terms and conditions of just about every site and app that they are allowed to change the terms and conditions at any time without informing you of such....thus, they can 'legally' change them to include selling your data on to third party assholes. I remember a story a few years back of a computer repair service in the UK which started charging old clients small fees on their credit cards. Small enough so that most people didn't notice. When they looked into it they found out that the company had kept all the credit card details of their clients (information that was supposed to be automatically cancelled upon completion of services) spanning back years, and were slowly harvesting money from people's accounts. This is why you should never give your credit card or bank details to any internet service. Pay Pal at least give you "some" security against theft. Or, just keep buying up all of Larry's deals and keep your account permanently empty. Works for me.

Any good? I've never heard of this before.

I installed a new SSD the other day and I had to reactivate all my iZotope stuff. That was on the same PC after cloning the drive.

Starise, sorry for my flippancy. I hope you didn't take offense. The truth is I appreciate what you said and can understand where you are coming from. But there comes a time in every middle-aged musician's life when they ask themselves....why can't I seem to capitalize on my successes? To give you some context. I've been making music/gigging/recording etc since I was a teen (over 30 years ago) and have had highs and lows throughout. In my late 20s I had a chance at the big time, but I bottled it and missed that boat. Back then I was briefly A-listed to radio stations having my music played on rotation, but I never managed to capitalize on any of that. I was even courted by XL records and The Verve's management Even now, I have had my music used by Joseph Gordon Levitt's HitRecord in numerous projects (Zappos, TV series etc..) but I never seem able to capitalize on any of it. Do you know how much money I made from radio and TV plays back then....something in the hundreds in total. Then I see people on Bandcamp with 1,000s of subscribers or making $10,000s on Spotify, and I ask myself.....how the ***** did they do that? And why can't I? What I post to the forum here is a very small part of my output - introverted passion projects. Hope this clarifies a bit where I'm coming from.

Two subscribers?

Go on - Pep me. Pep me. I love a good pep talk.

I remember when that happened to a British comedian called Tommy Cooper on stage...in front of the Royal Family.... live on TV. He had a heart attack, slumped to the floor...and then audience continued laughing as if it was part of the act. ... Then the show had to go on.... With a very confused audience. 😕

Absolutely! If you could just provide me with your home address.....

Thanks Lynn. My finger picking style is self taught (just like the rest of my skills 😆) and from listening to lots of John Fahey. The flamenco was an odd choice back when I was in love with a Spanish ballet dancer and considering moving to Spain for her....I now live in Italy, so that tells you all you need to know. 😉 I've always loved eclectic combinations of sounds. And I always seem to gravitate back to 'real' instruments as opposed to VSTs. Something so much more 'human' to the sound of a string slide or a bum note than virtuals. What do you say?

Thanks for that. Really appreciate it.

I've been making music for years (since before digital) and I've been releasing music on platforms for years....but only yesterday I got my first subscriber on Bandcamp. Mixed in with the joy was the realisation.....I am such a low achiever. 😆