Why oh why did I go to Walmart this morning? Bad idea. I left emptyhanded anyway.
You don't have to leave emptyhanded from here though. My album Empty Talker is on sale for $1 until Monday at the store. Your purchase financially supports independent artists and helps me make more music.
I hope you had a great Thanksgiving day and have a happy holiday season.
-mike
11/25/2009
This seamless transition between websites is probably the coolest thing I've done in a while:
also, how about these colors? I don't know if I actually like them. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Tell me about it (@mpwalker)on twitter.
11/25/2009
I just got a shout out from Frugal Hacks re: my cheap, cheap, heckuva deal on my $1 album for Black Friday.
being frugal is 'in' guys. I should know, I'm pretty hip. Go give 'em a visit.
-mike
11/25/2009
I'd like to thank everyone that was able to take advantage of the free music giveaway yesterday. I was honored to get the recognition and feeback as well. Thank you so much
One of the coolest things about being an artist on Bandcamp.com is the stats page for your music. I just thought it'd be neat to share my humble stats for yesterday's event:
Those are the "listens" from yesterday
And here's the downloads.
For the rest of the week, in the tradition of "Black Friday" sales, Empty Talker is $1 (or name your price) for the rest of the week. Come Monday morning, the price goes to $5 (still a deal) for the album or $0.50 a track. Your best bet is to download the album which gets you the 11 tracks + 6 bonus tracks and full size album artwork. If you bought the tracks individually you'd end up paying more and you wouldn't get the bonus material, so go get the whole album, you won't regret it.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
-mike
11/24/2009
It's time! Go to http://mpwalker.bandcamp.com/ and download Empty Talker for FREE. You can choose your own digital format; from the easy mp3 to the high-quality lossless FLAC (identical to CD quality-highest you can get). They're all there.
When you download the album, you also get SIX extra tracks of demo recordings plus the album artwork files (for when you want to burn a CD and make a case for it).
Individual songs are available for free download too if you don't want to waste your bandwidth on songs you don't like.
Feed back (+ or - via Twitter, Facebook, or using the contact form on Bandcamp.com) is appreciated. Spreading the word to your friends is double appreciated.
The free download only lasts for 24 hours. The good news is that after today the album is only $5, which still includes the bonus material. Cheap, easy, all that stuff.
Thanks for your support,
-mike
11/23/2009
The BIG news is that Empty Talker will be available to download at 7am (CST) for 24 hours on Tuesday, November the 24th (tomorrow). After 24 hours the album goes on sale for only $5. That's the 11-tack album, the album art plus six bonus tracks (including unreleased and demo recording material) that are only available when you download the album (and all in delicious, high-quality digital audio).
The album will still stream for free whenever you get the hankerin' for some mpwalker goodness while you're at work or just away from your iPod or what-have-you.
Follow me on Twitter to hear all about it. If you dig my music, retweet the good news and spread the love.
Please feel free to send me any feedback, praise or criticism, on Twitter, Facebook, or using the contact form on Bandcamp.com
Thanks!
11/21/2009
ALL 11 tracks of Empty Talker are now available for streaming. I had an issue with the first track but that is now resolved. In perhaps a week or so, I'll be releasing this album into the wild. For a limited time you'll be able to download the album for free. After that, it'll jump up just a hair in price but will be worth it.
I also made an FAQ even though no one's asked me any questions.
Perhaps soon I'll have a functioning mic stand and Royal Ruckus can start releasing new music again soon. That'd be nice, right?
-mike
11/20/2009
With the exception of one song, 128k streaming versions of the tracks from Empty Talker are available for listening at http://mpwalker.bandcamp.com
Once I make sure everything's complete and all together, I'll announce it's actual release.
-mike
11/19/2009
I'm currently remixing, in the literal sense, tweaking the mixes of the tracks from Empty Talker so that I can start selling music on Bandcamp.com. I plan on offering free downloads for a short time and then turning it into a "pay what you want" situation after that.
Check out http://mpwalker.bandcamp.com/ for the music and follow me on Twitter @mpwalker
-mike
