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My band is currently recording some original material, 5 songs. We had been a cover band but now are focused on originals. We have plans to have a CD produced to use as a new demo, send around to bars, local radio stations, etc. as well as to hand out and (hopefully) sell at shows.

I looked into both Oasis and DiscMakers, both are similar. I plan to design the CD art myself. I am not sure of the best way to go as far as the actual production. The full service offers a minimum of about 500, and for an extra $100, 1,000 CDs. But, that gets the total production cost to around $1,700.

I could go another route and use their short-run service and order around 200 CDs for a little over $1,000.

My understanding is that a different technique is used to put the audio on the CDs for each method (actual cutting for the full service and burning for the short-run service). Anyone know if there is a noticeable difference here?

I guess what I'm asking is for anyone in a similar situation to let me know what the best choice might be. It seems outrageous for us to spend almost $2,000 for production, plus paying for a recording studio at the same time.

Thanks for your help.

Wayne