I believe we would still need to obtain permission from each artist for any mp3 sales.

MP3 sales are a complicated business - it takes away a great deal of income from musicians, because people no longer buy an album for one or two songs - they just go and buy those songs. Or they just listen to them as part of a streaming service, and the artist ends up getting a penny (or less) for that. I ended up with that for my Bring the Morning Home CD, and it's not a mistake I'm likely to make again.

Any songs that require licenses have to be handled differently if they are available digitally. There are different types of licenses for worldwide distribution (which we would of course have), and for streaming verses one time download. For some, those licenses have to be renewed and paid annually - and for those who work through an agency, like Harry Fox, these have to be renewed annually, and there is a minimum payment amount. This is true regardless of whether the songs is purchased individually or as part of a CD.

These sales also offer a lesser audio quality - mp3 is not an equivalent to CD quality. While with many of our recordings, which are more homemade, that won't be an issue, it could be with some artists.

Again, for this purpose I'd not encourage individual songs being available for download - and because of the other issues involved, I'm somewhat dubious about online sales at all. It's a complicated can of worms.

Warmly,
Dan