I bought a CD this week. Exciting stuff, eh? It's not worth a mention, of course, except that I thought I'd give a bit more interweb presence to whom I've discovered are quite a good local band. Friends of the Stars are based in Moseley, in Birmingham.
Somehow - I'm not exactly sure of the sequence of events leading up to it - I ended up on their email list, and they started sending me links to tracks and previews and things available online. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't spam, just that I probably signed up and forgot about it. Anyway, after having listened to their melodious folky kind of sound for a while, I decided to buy their CD, Lighting & Electrical. Click, click, click and I'm done, as is how we're used to these days. It should be here within a couple of days, I thought.
Just a couple of hours later, and Craig, from the band, emails me to say thanks for the purchase, and that since I'm only down the road, he'd just pop the CD through my letterbox. Great stuff. This has to be the antithesis of Amazon and CD WOW, the latter of which ships its CDs to the UK from Hong Kong in order to shave a little off the cost.
Nice one Craig, I'm enjoying your tunes very much.
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Getting your CD dropped off
Getting your CD dropped off by the musician was definitely impressive. Customer service is important. It's the maker/breaker for a business. And even more so for a band. Musicians use their music to connect with their audience, and if it can also be done off-stage (professionally, of course), the fans feel an even deeper connection with the band. We think, "They're human just like us. Wow." After your blog post, I just had to hear them. Sincerity comes out of their music. I like it, especially "Dragonfly." ~ Teresita
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