Barry Skipsey is an Alice Springs local musician. After a bit of a break between albums, Barry decided it was time to compose and release a new album (The Wrong Tram) and with that a move to selling his music online. Both an exciting and terrifying move.
One of Barry's gripes with the current industry is the heavy reliance on streaming. This reliance is something Barry did not want to participate in. So instead we worked through the options and came up with a solution that I think provides a great middleground between the stream option and selling physical copies.
Setting up a Squarespace site with the eCommerce option was a simple fix to a complex problem. This gave Barry the option to sell individual songs, full digital downloadable albums and physical album copies through a single site.
Now Barry can sell is music and merchandise without having to rely on Apple or Spotify controlling his plays.