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On 30/11/2009, Tom Fine wrote: > Hi Shai: > > No idea if there's a market, but one of the great things about > digital-only distribution (ie no manufactured CD's, download only) is > that you don't need to sell many units to recoup costs. If it were me, > I'd contact a place like HDTracks (part of the Chesky mini-empire) and > see what it takes to sell thru them. Or if you want to go the MP3 > route, of course contact AMazon and Apple. > I wouldn't pay for MP3s, especially not of a piano where the exact tone of the instrument is the key point. Proper pressed CDs or nothing. It is not expensive to get a small batch of CDs made nowadays. > I have no idea how rights clearance would work, I assume you'd need it > from the family. And if any music is in copyright you'd have to get > that clearance and pay fees. With stuff like these tapes, you almost > need to do the equiv of title insurance on an old home -- make sure > it's legit all the way back so someone doesn't pop up out of a mole > hole with an old piece of paper and sue you. > > One man's opinions, one man who has never taken on indy release of old > tapes ... > Provided the music is out of copyright (which Mozart and Scarlatti certainly are, even in the USA), there are unlikely to be any problems at all. I think the big problem is getting the tapes digitised to 24/96 with the azimuth correctly set. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]