{"id":506,"date":"2010-08-09T20:20:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T20:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=506"},"modified":"2010-08-09T20:20:54","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T20:20:54","slug":"file_under_why_hadnt_anyone_do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/08\/file_under_why_hadnt_anyone_do\/","title":{"rendered":"File Under: Why Hadn&#8217;t Anyone Done This Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know CDs don&#8217;t sell anymore. I know CDs don&#8217;t sell anymore. Should we all just throw in the towel? <\/p>\n<p>Or should we <i>knit<\/i> the towel&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/39705-marissa-nadler-sells-covers-cd-on-etsy\/\"><i>Pitchfork<\/i><\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twentyfourbit.com\/post\/927794808\/marissa-nadler-releases-acoustic-lp-covers-record-2\"><i>TwentyFourBit<\/i><\/a>, folksinger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marissanadler.com\/\">Marissa Nadler<\/a> is selling her new CD on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/\">Etsy<\/a>, the eBay-esque website for handmade and vintage items (the only requirement for submissions is that the seller is over the age of 20). Should you need, say, a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/42384018\/steampunk-time-machine?ref=cat1_gallery_1\">Steampunk Time Machine<\/a>&#8221; ($100,000)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SteampunkTimeMachine.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/SteampunkTimeMachine.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"661\" width=\"450\" \/>&#8230;or a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/8963155\/knitting-in-biology-101\">Knitting in Biology 101<\/a>&#8221; (no price listed, though estonia76 at msn dot com is &#8220;knitting furiously&#8221;)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FrogBiology.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/FrogBiology.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"444\" width=\"450\" \/>&#8230;Etsy is the place for you. <\/p>\n<p>With so many artists self-releasing CDs anyway, why not design the packaging oneself and sell as an art piece in addition to an album? Nadler&#8217;s Etsy description reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Covers CD- a non-official collection of my favorite 17 covers I have done over the years<\/p>\n<p><\/b>Handmade CD of my favorite covers<br \/>tracklist includes 17 songs- home recordings<br \/>I make the linocuts..cut the paper, burn the cds! <\/p>\n<p>I have a new record in the works and every cd you buy helps to make that possible. Thank you so much for your support. <br \/>xo marissa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems the idea is to fund her upcoming record, and I like that she doesn&#8217;t tell us what songs she&#8217;s covering. So <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/53131485\/covers-cd-a-non-official-collection-of\">go over to Etsy<\/a> and support a creative CD release\/funding\/marketing idea and maybe drop 175 big-ones on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/53459387\/hortensia-exquisite-monster-art-doll?ref=cat1_gallery_37\">exquisite monster art doll<\/a> while you&#8217;re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know CDs don&#8217;t sell anymore. I know CDs don&#8217;t sell anymore. Should we all just throw in the towel? Or should we knit the towel&#8230; According to Pitchfork via TwentyFourBit, folksinger Marissa Nadler is selling her new CD on Etsy, the eBay-esque website for handmade and vintage items (the only requirement for submissions is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}