I recently signed up for a music service that some people consider a “pay for play” service. While that may be somewhat true since Internet airplay is purchased up front in order to have your music heard, I don’t consider it a negative as some recording artists do. To me, an artist must have some way to get their music heard, and this is one of the many ways to do that. It’s not necessary to ride your bike, skateboard, motor-scooter, or automobile (almost forgot about the great train transportation in countries like Japan) down to the local CD outlet to shop. Just check it out on the Internet and then if you like it, download the digital version or purchase the entire CD to be sent to your doorstep. Just make certain you keep in mind that you need to get your exercise somewhere in there. Otherwise, we’ll have a more unhealthy and obese population who neglect physical fitness—very important!
Before the digital revolution and on-line music distribution, recording artists were stuck with getting a record contract with large “profit-sharing” record corporations to advance money used for advertising dollars. It’s really the same thing with services such as Jango. Money must be set aside in order to get your music heard. If the music finds an audience with an ear for your type of music, they find your CD or individual songs on one of the many Internet music distribution outlets such as Amazon.com, iTunes (there are a few: iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan), Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, LimeWire Store.
Digital forms of the Alvaro Lupinacci: Urban Connections CD can already be downloaded from Amazon.com, and it will show up on these other outlets shortly…and since I’ve signed up with Jango, I already have a growing number of fans from around the world! What’s really cool is that I can actually see where my fans and people who like my music live on the planet–Way too cool! I can even chat with them…language is the only barrier. One of my newest fans is from the country of Thailand… Has anyone created the universal translator yet?
Thanks everyone!
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Stores–iTunes:
iTunes U.S. (www.apple.com/itunes)
iTunes Australia (www.itunes.com/au)
iTunes N.Z. (http://www.apple.com/nz/itunes)
iTunes Canada (www.apple.com/ca/itunes)
iTunes UK/European Union (www.apple.com/uk/itunes)
iTunes Japan (www.apple.com/jp/itunes)
Other Stores:
Rhapsody http://www.rhapsody.com/alvaro-lupinacci
Napster http://home.napster.com/ns/music/artist_search.html?artist_id=12848865
EMusic (www.emusic.com)
IMVU (www.imvu.com)
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=alvaro+lupinacci
Lala http://www.lala.com/#album/2306124484409130462
Shockhound (http://www.shockhound.com/search?artist%5Bname%5D=alvaro+lupinacci)
Amie Street (http://www.amiestreet.com)
LimeWire Store http://www.store.limewire.com/store/app/pages/album/Album/productId/218841/
Icons for music distributions
August 4, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I was amazed to find a musician with my name, and better, with the same music taste that I have!
I am brazillian, and instead of being a musician I am an ophthalmologist. Isn’t it amazing?!
August 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Alvaro (I feel like I’m talking to myself),
It really is a “small world,” or at least our perception of it seems that way. Size is relative, and although the physical size of the world has probably not changed since its creation, man-made technologies such as the internet and other methods of communication–as well as breakthroughs in the way human beings travel, have allowed us to decrease the gap between countries and cultures. It really is amazing!
Just think about the odds. Current world population according to (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population) is approximately 6,707,000,000. That’s as I write this, but population growth is normally exponential! So, the odds of us meeting may be something like 1/6,707,000,000 = 1.49E^-10 or .000000000149. This really is amazing!
Here’s something even more amazingly funny. My wife is from Curitiba, Brazil! I met her here in the United States while in college a number of years ago!
It’s really funny because she was searching the internet a while back and found your name, but I was not sure if I was seeing a ghost or what? Did I have a twin brother in a parallel universe on the other side of the world?
Let me ask you this, what is your ethnic background? My father is Italian and I know from our family tree that my great grandfather, Vincenzo Lupinacci, was born in Casole Bruzio, 1843. He eventually left Casole Bruzio in 1865 and moved to Termini Imeresi on the island of Sicily, where he met and eventually married Annetta Calderone. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casole_Bruzio
My grandfather, Francesco, had moved to Naples where he eventually decided to leave and come to America. I’m a third-generation Italian on my father’s side; however, my mother was Irish. As for my first name, my father was raised as a Catholic, and he gave me my godfather’s first name—Alvaro. Alvaro was a very good friend of my father’s while I was growing up.
I’m very glad you enjoy the music CD that I recorded. It was created over about a two-year period in bits and pieces. I have other musical pieces that are near completion, but I don’t plan on releasing those until I see how my fan base grows. If there is some interest, I’ll be releasing more in the future.
By the last name, you know that we are relatives—correct? Tell me what you know about your family because there’s a connection somewhere as there must be with all human beings on this planet if we could only travel back in time to see!
March 3, 2010 at 3:43 pm
How’s the eye doctor business going, Al?
allupinacci@gmail.com
April 6, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Excellent post, I am a big fan of this website, keep on posting that great content, and I’ll be a regular visitor for a very long time.
April 7, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Wow! Thanks so much for the positive feedback! As time permits, I’m uploading audio content and an occasional article or two when the creative writing side of my brain nudges me to do so….I may eventually upload some video in the future if I can get something that fits with everything else.
Thanks again!
Al
April 12, 2010 at 2:42 am
Great! Thanks again!
Al
April 11, 2010 at 3:58 am
Grand post full of useful tips! My site is fairly new and I am having a baffling time getting my readers to leave comments. They are coming to the site but I have the feeling that “nobody wants to be first”.
April 12, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Thanks for leaving the feedback! Did you find my site from Jango or some other site? And were there any songs on the CD that you liked in particular? Also, do you play any musical instruments? Many of my biggest fans are outside of the United States–the world has a constant size, but with technology, it’s great to meet new people from new places!
Anyway, I know what you mean about people not willing to leave comments. I guess we’re all that way to some extent. I go on many web sites and just browse and gather information and then shut down my browser without leaving feedback.
As for your site, I was looking and I see some nice products that I may eventually buy for my home…the only thing I noticed was that the “about us” section didn’t have any information. Some people are afraid to go any further if you don’t leave more detail so that they feel more comfortable either leaving comments or buying a product that you may offer that they find useful.
Thanks very much, and I look forward to talking with you later!
April 12, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I am a huge fan of your site and I check it regularly. Keep up the excellent work!
April 12, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Thanks!
I’ve uploaded a couple of new instrument pictures. Check those out here:
http://alvarolupinacci.com/equipment/new-equipment/
I’ll be attempting a fret removal on one of my G&L bass necks that I’ll post a bit of information about soon…:)