my latest order from cdbaby has arrived. a few reasons i like to shop at cdbaby:

We only sell CDs that come directly from the musicians. No distributors. Musicians send us CDs. We warehouse them, sell them to you, and pay the musicians directly.

Cool thing: in a regular record deal or distribution deal, musicians only make $1-$2 per CD, if they ever get paid by their label. When selling through CD Baby, musicians make $6-$12 per CD, and get paid weekly.

this time around i bought:

magical moods of the theremin - project: pimento
prozak for lovers
the amazing spider-band - volume
tiki moon - kenny sasaki & the tiki boys

project:pimento is great. i'd put it up there with pink martini or don tiki for modern day exotica bands. who knew that the theme to star trek had lyrics? prozak for lovers is ez versions of classic songs like love will tear us apart, london calling, rebel rebel, ... well, you get the picture. quite nice too. it makes me want to hear the originals even more. the amazing spider-band i picked up on a whim. it's re-recordings of the music from the old spiderman cartoon. i like the theme alot, but i'm not sure if i'm loving the complete soundtrack quite as much. kenny sasaki i'm still a bit undecided on. initially i thought the first track on the album was the stand out, and the rest didn't seem to live up to the promise of that track. but i'm finding the more i listen to it, the more i like it. my initial impressions to things are often wrong so we'll see.

since i was a returning customer to cdbaby, they sent me this comp called soundtrack for world travel. it's not as bad as i thought it would be. and i quite liked keme bourema by fula flute on first listen. i may have to investigate them some more.