What do you think about pressing vinyl records (and including a download card?) instead of CDs for a working band that is making most of it's sales at live shows. Do people want the record because it's a cool object and will probably never open it, instead listening to the download, and do most people actually put a CD into a CD player.
Has anyone done both? How do the sales compare?
I've done both, and it seems to me people are liking the vinyl plus download card option, but I've never had both at the same time so I can't say for sure. Here's an article on making your own records: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2013/08/05/artist/
It doesn't address the CD vs Record sales head on, but it pretty interesting...
Real records are just cooler.
Probably a silly idea, but what about loading up cheap flash drives to sell at shows? I looked at disc makers, and they will pre load files onto flash drives. The don't mention at all using them inplace of CDs though. I think lots more people have flash drives than CD players...maybe the download card is just too cost effective.
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