[OutVoice] Questions for artists using iTunes and myspace, please...

[Jddoyle1 at aol.com]

Hi from Houston,
    I recently suggested to an artist friend that he upload some of his older 
material onto iTunes, as I had gotten requests from listeners wanting to 
obtain his songs after I featured him on my show/site. He has no CDs currently 
available and I figured this would be a way to get his music to people. He wrote 
back saying he was kind of tech-challenged and asked if I knew how to go about 
that. Well, as I'm just on the consumer end of iTunes, I had no idea.

Can some of you folks post to the list your own feelings about 
that....ie....how hard is it technically? is it a good idea? any problems with iTunes and 
how they administer your account? would you recommend it for someone who is not 
financially at a point where they can have CDs made?....etc, etc.....

and, also, I'm a relatively new member of myspace, and enjoy it, and have 
discovered a few artists new to me there.....how do y'all who have your music on 
it feel about the site? Has it helped your sales? exposure? any negative 
aspects?

Thanks, just stuff I've been curious about...

And, let me get in another plug for my OutRadio site....and offer a 
thought....with the exception of about one or two shows listed there, none of us do 
this for a living, it's all volunteer work (because we love doing it), but we do 
Not have unlimited personal budgets and just cannot afford to buy every CD all 
of you put out, even if we knew the new CD existed (and often we don't). So 
we depend on you sending them to us....if we don't have 'em, well, we can't 
play 'em...Thanks!.....:)

http://www.outradio.com

JD Doyle

my "Queer Music Heritage" radio show site:
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