The PMCD, the CD ROM containing all the artwork files, the permission to duplicate and the IPR declaration are with the replication house. I signed off on the artwork proofs yesterday.
There is no going back now. Next step will be a very large box full of would be coffee coasters, in shiny digipaks.
I feel elated, apprehensive, excited and worried all at the same time.
Now to figure out how to put a storefront with paypal click-through onto my website…
And then to choose a digital distro company to manage the iTunes release.
Good luck with the release, Mark! Congrats for putting it all together.
It’s a great feeling, looking back at how overwhelming it all felt
when you decided to do this, to know that you’ve followed through on it.
Now comes the selling - the part that most of us suck at.
If you go to the ‘making-of’ diary: http://markonemusic/newblog/ and use the search facility on the right hand side-bar, and search for mix preview, there are final snippets from all 10 tracks (or near final in some cases - I was tweaking up until the night before I uploaded the final mixes to John for mastering… Of course!) . And of course these are all prior to his magic touch and all the analogue goodness he had to hand.
I will, when I get a moment create a 5 minute montage from the master-review copy and pop it up on the homepage.
All respect to you.
