{"items": [{"author": "Rob", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668222454722", "anchor": "fb-668222454722", "service": "fb", "text": "Are there many people who want physical CDs these days? I wouldn't be able to play one.", "timestamp": "1405419959"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668222514602", "anchor": "fb-668222514602", "service": "fb", "text": "@Robert: We sell most of our CDs from the stage at dances, and people seem to like getting something physical even if they're just going to rip it. Also, a lot of people drive to and from dances, and have CD players in their cars.
We've tried offering people digital downloads at dances, and people generally don't seem interested. This might change if we had printed cardstock with the album art and a digital download link, though.", "timestamp": "1405420084"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668222544542", "anchor": "fb-668222544542", "service": "fb", "text": "(and of course it's possible to buy it digitally; https://play.google.com/store/music/album...)", "timestamp": "1405420128"}, {"author": "Rob", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668222574482", "anchor": "fb-668222574482", "service": "fb", "text": "Makes sense.", "timestamp": "1405420206"}, {"author": "Mike", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668242399752", "anchor": "fb-668242399752", "service": "fb", "text": "Wish more people realized what cost and what a band must go through to produce a quality CD. There are those who $15.00 is way too much, but if they were to labor to do what is need to produce a CD, they might concider that it is not enough. Anyway, I tried to do my part and bought multiple copies of the CD to give away.", "timestamp": "1405441483"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668246007522", "anchor": "fb-668246007522", "service": "fb", "text": "@Mike: wow, thanks!", "timestamp": "1405444114"}, {"author": "Gianna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668260782912", "anchor": "fb-668260782912", "service": "fb", "text": "This is really informative - I had a very vague sense of what went into producing a CD, but have only ever participated in live recordings myself - reading this and your previous post on how you prepared was a great education.", "timestamp": "1405453175"}, {"author": "Alex", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668341296562", "anchor": "fb-668341296562", "service": "fb", "text": "It would be interesting to see information about CDs you sell over time. How long do you expect it to take to sell 483 copies? Why?", "timestamp": "1405518069"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668344320502", "anchor": "fb-668344320502", "service": "fb", "text": "@Alex: \"It would be interesting to see information about CDs you sell over time\"
We do track this, but it's very variable. With our previous CD we would tend to sell 2-8 CDs per dance. Our new CD is new and exciting, but I suspect it will mostly just take the place of sales of our old CD, maybe slightly higher. It took us eight months to sell 210 copies of our old CD and break even, so I'd guess about a year for this one (more copies to break even, but also more gigs to sell it at, plus people like us more now).", "timestamp": "1405520106"}, {"author": "Theresa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=668348547032", "anchor": "fb-668348547032", "service": "fb", "text": "Then I'll just have to buy two.", "timestamp": "1405523126"}, {"author": "Free Raisins", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/668222369892?comment_id=776304946542", "anchor": "fb-776304946542", "service": "fb", "text": "@Alex: \"How long do you expect it to take to sell 483 copies?\"
We sold our 483rd CD at the Pittsburgh Fall Weekend, on 2015-11-08. So sixteen months.", "timestamp": "1458586391"}]}