Music Now: Radicals and Rebels

(PRWeb/Hex Music) -- Who's fighting for the indies? CDBaby.com founder Derek Sivers.

"Esquire" magazine's annual "Best and Brightest" cover story has named CD Baby "the record store of the future".

The December 2003 "Esquire" cover story is subtitled "38 Radicals and Rebels Who Are Creating a New World" and features architects,
politicians, actors, inventors, and entrepreneurs.

Among those profiled is CD Baby founder Derek Sivers.

"We're glad Sivers is finally getting the props he deserves," says "Hex" singer/lyricist [9,
whose group distributes their import album "Spoonful of Voodoo" through CD Baby.

"Distribution is a huge problem for indie artists," she says. "CD Baby is still the best site around for innovative indie artists looking to reach a wider audience."

CD Baby is one of the independent music world's greatest success stories. With a catalog of 50,000 CDs available for listening and purchase on cdbaby.com, CD Baby has created an outlet for musicians to sell their music directly to a worldwide audience, bypassing traditional record
labels and distribution.

Over 600,000 customers have shopped at the site, with its unique presentation of music unavailable anywhere else.

Why do artists choose CD Baby over chasing the elusive major label pipe dream?

Says Sivers: "We're seeing more and more artists
decide they're happy selling ten thousand albums and making $100,000 than selling three hundred thousand records on a major, being broke,
and having to answer to people."

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Bio: CD Baby
CD Baby is one of the independent music world's greatest success stories. In the company's five year history, CD Baby has paid over $5 million
to independent musicians for CDs sold.

Bio: HEX MUSIC/LABYRINTHE CITY
French indie group "Hex" licenses music tracks to TV/film prodcos. Their import album is reviewed this week in "Collected Sounds", which profiles other indie artists like Ani DiFranco and Dar Williams, and in LA industry mag "Music Connection", Nov. 24th - Dec. 7th edition.

Hex Music import album "Spoonful of Voodoo"
is distributed worldwide by:

Tower Records UK: http://www.tower.co.uk
CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/hexmusic
Tower Records: http://www.tower.com

Related news:
Collected Sounds: Hex/Spoonful of Voodoo
www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/spoonful.html












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