Hey folks. With the upcoming launch of my new music project I thought I would take just a moment to reflect on my perspective when it comes to releasing music. No doubt that whether it be a Full-Album, EP or Single the way to get your music out there is most successful if its done through digital distribution as very few people actually purchase hard CD copies anymore. Especially if those hard releases include only a few tracks like that of an EP or a Single. Actually it may be more opportunistic to release a Vinyl single or EP if your hoping for actual sales of such release type as almost nobody will purchase a CD single anymore and very few will probably purchase an EP. These short title list type of releases do however do well as digital distribution releases and now artists can release many more of these and more often then in the past because of the cheap cost of doing so. MY OPINION HOWEVER, is that this has caused the novelty of the “full album” release to go to the wayside. Many artists nowadays just release singles constantly and never really release full albums anymore. Its made it easier for the musician as they no longer have to spend the time and effort and tens of thousands of dollars writing and recording and manufacturing 13 songs. Lets face it, it is hard work finding and writing new material to meet the criteria of a full album release and it costs a lot too. I HOWEVER AM STILL A TRUE BELIEVER OF THE FULL RECORD!!! I like to listen to a full album from artists when I purchase music and I also like to make a full album when I am creating music. That’s part of the reason it took me as long as it did to release this new project. My new record “Never Too Late” is in fact a full-length CD Album with Thirteen NEW and previously unreleased songs. A great insight into my growth as a musician and producer and my thoughts and doings of my current life situation. The way the album looks, the order of the songs, the sound progression, the gaps between tracks, the artwork, the story the album creates, and the length of the songs and albums are all critical components that you just dont get from a Single or an EP. I am a true believer in the album. Plus I still enjoy actually having a hard copy CD to hold in my hand, look at and listen too so if I am going to purchase any plastic CD type material I sure hope the musician has put forth a full-album effort and I am getting my dollars worth of the materials it took to make the product. Lets face it, whether its a EP release, Single or Full Length CD the materials that go into making it are all the same so GO BIG OR GO HOME. What I am trying to get at here also is the fact that I want people to not only download a song or two when the album becomes available on I-Tunes April 23, 2013 but if they like what they here then I would like it even more if they would connect with me personally and purchase a Hard copy of my actual CD Too!! I mean I put my heart and soul not only into writing, recording and producing the songs but because I do everything myself, I also put my heart and soul into the design, printing and manufacturing of the CD itself and that takes just as much talent as far as I am concerned as creating the music portion. I want you to see and enjoy all aspects of this release and I feel you can really only do that by purchasing a HARD COPY of the “NEVER TOO LATE” CD from me when it becomes available April 23, 2013. One of My Favourite parts of the CD is the CD artwork itself. And because its only on the actual CD DISC part of the CD it can only be seen or enjoyed if you have your own hard copy. It’s the liitle things that are on this CD album that also show my growth as a self-sufficient musician. From logo implementation, UPC barcodes, ISRC codes, 180 degree fonts, vertical and horizantal layouts, spacing, colour shemes, picture input, paper quality, overall finished look and all the other design stuff you will notice great improvements and a much more professional looking CD album product over my previous “My World” release. To totally understand where I come from as a true independent and self-suficient original musician I feel you need to see and be a part of the Full-album Hard Copy experience as well as the digital distribution components. Obviously I need to see some legitimate digital sales via I-tunes to suplement some of the expense of this project I do still hope if you like what you have downloaded that you please connect with me too and order the full-length hard copy of the record also. As of April 23, 2013 you can order the CD Hard Copy by emailing contactme@kitcairns.com and/or download some or all of the songs from this “Never Too Late” album by visiting I-tunes. Your support is appreciated as there are always heavy expenses with a music release even when you do it yourself.
CHEERS
KIT
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