Barry,
Good for you for making your recording. We recently put out a CD and I must say, one learns from the first time...

We went with OASIS and were extremely happy with them. We ordered the 1000 copies which is probably WAY more than we need but now we don't see dollar signs on everyone CD we give away rather than sell.

Our biggest headache was the liner notes. We had done a mock-up in Publisher of EXACTLY how we wanted it. Presented it to a local graphic artist who, for some unknown reason, didn't offer to meet with us personally first. Despite what we thought were very clear instructions to duplicate in whatever fancy app Oasis needed, he redid ALL of our design. Of course, that took him the estimated hours to do and then he had to fix it. Make sure you either have a graphic artist you can communicate with/work with easily or have a very clear idea of what you want, where you want it, etc. Oasis does have their own artists and I'm sure if we'd sent them our mock-up they would have duplicated it just fine and for less money. Silly us, we figured local would be better.

Oasis also offers some connection (sorry, I don't know the details) to cdbaby.com and amazon.com. I think there is some sort of initial fee that gets waved when you go through Oasis.

I would advise you to be at the mastering session if possible. I found it interesting and educational. Also, if you have CDs of recordings you like the sound of, take them along as a reference for the masterer. The more info you can give that person about the type of sound you want, reverb, etc the better off you are. Then again, since your recording won't be some over-produced pop recording, you won't have to worry about getting the bass, drums, etc just right throughout the album. That is one thing mastering does. It can make all the tracks sound similar which is probably what you want, rather than 1 track sticking out as different.

Please let us know when it's ready for sale. I remember you and your voice from a few years ago at the Press Room and would love to hear more.

Enjoy the experience.
Emily