Hi, I’m mailing everyone on my list, as I have discovered the joy of ITunes! I love it! I bought an IPod Touch, and it’s great! Love the format, I’m just learning all the basics, but love the concept. How many times over the years have you bought an entire album and only liked 1 or 2 songs on the album? When I look at my stack of old albums, at least 2/3 of them fall into this catagory. Now I can listen to each cut I’m interested in, and buy only the songs I actually like! I wished that could have been true years ago, and now it is!
Here is the other part, I’m on ITunes!
Yes, if you type in Art Rude, it should come right up! So for any of you out there who liked a couple of my songs, but never bought a tape or CD, now you can buy just the song or songs you like. (I’m hoping you do, both like a song, and buy it) For me, it’s great in that I don’t have to handle a physical product. Apple takes a share, but I get $.63, (some electronic sales pay me as low as 1.8 cents a download!) it’s a sale I didn’t have before, it helps showcase my product, and I don’t have to raise a finger; except of course to let people know it’s there. So, I hope you will check it out, as well as your other favorite artists.
The actual CD is available on CD Baby as well, but if you want one of my cassette tapes, you have to order them directly from me. Just email me with what you want, and I can mail it to you with an envelope for you to mail back a check for payment. I get $5 per cassette, 10$ for the cd, and $3 for shipping and handling per order.
So, anyway, if you didn’t know I’m still out there doing my thing, I’m still out there doing my thing. Although I have never been a success by most people’s standards, I have some people who really like my stuff, and that’s why I keep doing it. Thank you so much for those of you who have supported me in the past, and I hope that if you are into ITunes, you will consider me, and maybe even help spread the word. I’m sure there are many people who are not aware that North Dakota artists are now on ITunes, and other electronic media as well. From my point of view it is amazing and wonderful to have resources and access at least similar to what the big names, the big corporate owners of American culture do.
Thanks.
Art

PS. Oh yeah, don’t forget about my website, www.artrude.com . You can catch up with recent activities, see pictures, as well as find links to listen to the music, CD Baby, ITunes and more!