I love Maple Music. For the uninitiated, is a little online music retailer - one that specializes, or at the very least exclusively distributes Canadian music. Arrogant Worms, Billy Talent, Jill Barber, Sarah Slean <3. On top of music, they also have some merch: hoodies, posters, autographs, and even concert tickets.
I also love how my spell check doesn't know the words Slean, merch, nor hoodies.
Anyway, I've made two orders with them so far, and they're just awesome! The prices are what I'd call reasonable, at least prices that would sway me to buy stuff if I were at HMV or something like that. I bought Simon Wilcox's newest, The Charm and the Strange and Kinnie Starr's Anything. A few years back, I bought Simon Wilcox's second cd, Smart Function, in part because the listening station had it and I was impressed (and in part because it'd give me something to see at Tulipfest). So a follow-up cd was a no brainer for me. Smart Function is a work of art. A slightly dark, highly-energized, low energy (if that makes sense) work of art. Kinnie Starr, I had heard a couple of tracks that I love (including the La Le La La that I had already purchased through iTunes), so I figure I'll like the rest.
Sorry for all those brackets.
Anyway, I bought the cds thinking they'd take a good week to arrive (as indicated by my shipping method). I got them two days later. W00t!
And so far, I'm loving the Simon Wilcox. It's actually pretty rare for me to buy a cd that I don't like, even if I haven't heard it before. Kinnie Starr is still in the shrink wrapping, but I guarantee that'll change soon. Funny story about Simon Wilcox - after I bought her cd a few years back, I saw her at the Tulip Festival. She was wonderful! I remember Vivi thinking all of her songs sounded the same. I digress! After she performed, she went to the signing tent. And I hadn't brought my cd jacket! I went in line anyway to meet her, and she was so nice, and enjoyed my little story of having bought her cd, but not having the jacket. I need to get it signed someday.
MyMusic.com is another Canadian music retailer, but they have all kinds of artists - it's CD Warehouse's online store (or at least they're affiliated somehow, I think). I haven't bought anything from it; while there's lots that separates it from Maple Music, I prefer Maple. Though the idea of having a Desert 5 list is pretty awesome.
So yes, the whole point of this entry: Maple Music, brackets bad - at least for those who buy music and read, respectively. But seriously, who buys music and reads these days?
I miss the concert series at the Tulip Festival.
I also love how my spell check doesn't know the words Slean, merch, nor hoodies.
Anyway, I've made two orders with them so far, and they're just awesome! The prices are what I'd call reasonable, at least prices that would sway me to buy stuff if I were at HMV or something like that. I bought Simon Wilcox's newest, The Charm and the Strange and Kinnie Starr's Anything. A few years back, I bought Simon Wilcox's second cd, Smart Function, in part because the listening station had it and I was impressed (and in part because it'd give me something to see at Tulipfest). So a follow-up cd was a no brainer for me. Smart Function is a work of art. A slightly dark, highly-energized, low energy (if that makes sense) work of art. Kinnie Starr, I had heard a couple of tracks that I love (including the La Le La La that I had already purchased through iTunes), so I figure I'll like the rest.
Sorry for all those brackets.
Anyway, I bought the cds thinking they'd take a good week to arrive (as indicated by my shipping method). I got them two days later. W00t!
And so far, I'm loving the Simon Wilcox. It's actually pretty rare for me to buy a cd that I don't like, even if I haven't heard it before. Kinnie Starr is still in the shrink wrapping, but I guarantee that'll change soon. Funny story about Simon Wilcox - after I bought her cd a few years back, I saw her at the Tulip Festival. She was wonderful! I remember Vivi thinking all of her songs sounded the same. I digress! After she performed, she went to the signing tent. And I hadn't brought my cd jacket! I went in line anyway to meet her, and she was so nice, and enjoyed my little story of having bought her cd, but not having the jacket. I need to get it signed someday.
MyMusic.com is another Canadian music retailer, but they have all kinds of artists - it's CD Warehouse's online store (or at least they're affiliated somehow, I think). I haven't bought anything from it; while there's lots that separates it from Maple Music, I prefer Maple. Though the idea of having a Desert 5 list is pretty awesome.
So yes, the whole point of this entry: Maple Music, brackets bad - at least for those who buy music and read, respectively. But seriously, who buys music and reads these days?
I miss the concert series at the Tulip Festival.
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