SHEEBA SELF-DETERMINED TRANSACTIONS now in place.
"S H E E B A" <[email protected]>
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Hello Everyone! I wanted you to hear about this from me first. The Sheeba store has a new pricing policy. Like many, I'm restless and impatient with living in a world where people are made to feel like shoplifters rather than intelligent peoples with a good sense of balance. I want to treat people the way I'd like to be treated. 'Dumbing UP' (as opposed to 'dumbing down'). WHAT ARE SELF-DETERMINED TRANSACTIONS? NOT donations NOT pay-what-you-can NOT guilt-trips NOT tests of your integrity ARE TRANS-ACTIONS You decide what feels right to your gut. If you download for free, perhaps you'll buy an extra CD at an indie band's concert. Or if you don't go with your gut feeling, you might sleep poorly, wake up grumpy, put your shoes on backwards and fall over. Whatever. You'll know what to do. WHAT YOU WILL FIND AT SHEEBA STORE FOUR choices on pop-down 'buy' button 1/ free (gift from Jane) 2/ self-determined (pay now) 3/ self-determined (pay later so you are truly educated in your decision) 4/ standard (today's going rate is about .99) STATISTICS BAR: You can see what the paying trends are. GIFTS: You can still send mp3 gifts to friends with any payment choice. EDUCATED DECISIONS 1/ COST OF DOWNLOADING: - online credit card authorization (about .45/order (not per song); credit card merchants (visa, amex, mc) cost from 1-3% per order; balance goes to artist - if your order costs $0 (free) these costs are bypassed. 2/ COST of CDs: - about $2.50 to manufacture. This doesn't include training as a musician (ok, so my parents didn't charge me rent for lying on my bed playing guitar), studio time, etc. Things to ponder. Not too long, though. Life is out there waiting. I am making a choice to work this way and take full responsibility for whatever it may bring to me. You make your own decision and stand by it, too. This is not a guilt trip. Feel no pressure. The most important thing is that the music flow out to where it could bring enjoyment. And THAT is the best thing you could give me. Jane Siberry (Pardon typos. I'm on tour and sending this letter while hanging off a trolley car in San Francisco.) - - - http://www.janesiberry.com also there is an interesting article at: http://www.boingboing.net Thanks to Paul Engel, Burt Harris, John Chew III, testers and YOU for your constructive insights when I was starting to chew on all this. - - - PS: don't forget to come out to the shows! Tell your friends. http://www.flemingartists.com/itineraries/js-itin.html --------------------------------------------------------------- Change your info? Stop the emails? Easy! Just click this link: http://sheeba.ca/hostbaby/i?i=790&p=SbAtSMEyebZXxbxAVGbt