how to start my own cd music store?
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Here is an idea that you can try:\n\nActually you could be your own Music Store/Album Label.\n\nGet yourself a website (I do design them by the way) and then host music from your local bands in the area.  Let the PEOPLE decide who is good, not some hollywood executive.\n\nThen let it grow!\n\nHolla!
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First register for an ISMN number, then list your CD on Amazon.\n\nBurn at home, one at a time, until you get lots of requests.
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My A owns a CD manufacturing business.. so sorry I cannot tell you ths secrets of the trade.    ;)
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Look for OMD's (online music distributors). On the following page you will find links to 3 sites with huge tables comparing them.\nhttp://baseportal.com/baseportal/goodsounds/howto\nAlso consider to release them under a Creative Commons license.
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Start by not asking how to illegally copy music from the provider on the provider's Answers page.\n\nJust a start.
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Or try Yahoo music, also known as www.launch.com\nNot only is it free, but you can create your own customized station.
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iTunes\nYou can buy the song, maybe some others and put it on a cd.
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Nope, just have to buy a CR-RW.  That way you can create a cd, and if you mess up or don't like it, you can delete the contents and make a new  one, or just add to it.
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Make Your Own Copy-Protected CD with Passive Protection\nThursday December 15, 2005 by J. Alex Halderman \nHere’s a great gift idea just in time for the holidays: Make your friends and relatives their very own copy-protected CDs using the same industrial-grade passive protection technology built into XCP and Macrovision discs.\n\nPassive protection exploits subtle differences between the way computers read CDs and the way ordinary CD players do. By changing the layout of data on the CD, it’s sometimes possible to confuse computers without affecting ordinary players — or so the theory goes. In practice, the distinction between computers and CD players is less precise. Older generations of CD copy protection, which relied entirely on passive protection, proved easy to copy in some computers and impossible to play on some CD players. For these reasons, copy protection vendors now use active protection — special software designed to block copying.\n\nDiscs with XCP or Macrovision protection employ active protection in conjunction with a milder form of passive protection. You can create your own CD with exactly the same passive protection by following a straightforward five-step procedure. I’ll describe the procedure here, and then explain why it works.\n\nWhat you’ll need:\n\nA computer running a recent version of Windows (instructions are Windows-specific; perhaps someone will write instructions for MacOS or Linux) \nNero, a popular CD burning application \nCloneCD, an advanced disc duplication utility \nTwo blank recordable CDs \nStep 1: Burn a regular audio CD\n\nStart Nero Burning ROM and create a new Audio CD project. [View] Add the audio tracks that you want to include on your copy-protected disc. [View] When you’re ready to record, click the Burn button on the toolbar. In the Burn tab, make sure “Finalize disc” is unchecked. [View] Insert a blank CD and click Burn. Be careful not to infringe any copyrights! For loads of great music that you can copy legally, visit Creative Commons.\n\nStep 2: Add a data session to the CD\n\nStart another Nero compilation, this time selecting the “CD-ROM ISO” project type. In the Multisession tab, make sure “Start Multisession disc” is selected; and in the ISO tab, make sure Data Mode is set to “Mode 2 / XA”. [View] Add any files that you want to be accessible when the CD is used in a computer. You might include “bonus” content, such as album art and lyrics. [View] For a more professional effect, consider adding the installer for your favorite spyware application and creating an Autorun.inf file so it starts automatically. When you’re finished, click the Burn toolbar button. Insert the audio CD you created in Step 1, and click Burn. [View] Nero should warn you that the disc you’ve inserted is not empty; click Yes to add your data files as a second session. [View]\n\nAt this point, you’ve created a CD that contains both audio tracks and data files. The data files you put on the CD should be visible in Windows Explorer (in My Computer, right click the CD icon and click Open) and the audio tracks should be rippable with your favorite audio player. To add passive copy protection, you’ll need to modify the layout of the data on the disc so that the audio tracks are more difficult to access.\n\nStep 3: Rip the CD as a CloneCD image file\n\nMake sure the CD you just created is still in the drive and start CloneCD. Click the “Read to Image File” button. Select your drive and click Next. Choose “Multimedia Audio CD” and click Next. [View] Select an easy to find location for the image file and click OK to begin ripping.\n\nStep 4: Modify the image file to add passive protection\n\nThe CloneCD image you created in step 3 actually consists of three files with names ending in .CCD, .IMG, and .SUB. The .CCD file describes the layout of the tracks and sessions on the CD. You’ll edit this file to add the passive protection.\n\nStart Windows Notepad and ope
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most music shops have websites, yiou can often mail order music. I have recently been look in gfor lots of music so I know where to look. i found it eventuall, but it can take a bit of browsing. Try some of my links in sources below, some searches and some sites. Hope i've helped.
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play.com go to music-CD's- coming soon
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yourmusic.com\nevery disc is 6 bucks, no s&h.  \n\npawn shops
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Perhaps in CD stores?
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Why not make your own CDs and sell them.  If you are any good local radio station might air your songs for publicity.
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A few ideas:\n\n1) Research any talent agents in your area. \n2) Start creating your own CDs using a variety of music creation software on the market, and seek to promote them at local businesses that may sponser rap music.\n3) Try out for the next American Idol.\n4) Compete in a variety of talent competions to get experience on stage.
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wow...  how to become a store...\n\nstart hanging merchandise on yourself?
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Yes - as long as you have a CD drive - it's easy through iTunes. Check ou the Help feature in iTunes and it will tell you how. It's no sweat & you'll love it. You'll also be able to make custom CDs of your library from it if you have a CD burner.