Oh Baby!

Last school year one of my parenting friends told me her brother, Eric Burton, was going to be a famous singer. Her kids have since moved to a different school, and I haven't seen her since then. But I wasn't surprised when she sent me an email telling me he was now on Itunes.

I'm Itunes challenged. I couldn't figure out how to open the program without downloading the new updated version, let alone how to listen to his music. I don't like downloading music anyways. Everytime I switch computers or MP3 players it seems as if the music isn't really mine. How can they lock me out of something I paid for? No wonder people download music illegally.

Besides CDs will probably be a thing of the past like albums, 45's, 8 track and cassette tapes. So I am buying CDs while I still can.




I found Burton's CD, "Short Set," on CD Baby. (cdbaby.com.) I was able to listen to a sample of all the songs on the CD. They made me think of Stefan. The sound is acoustic rock with a hint of country that would be nice to play while......ahem...................nevermind.

I like to support artists. Burton seemed to be making the most of his challenges in Earth School: having a daughter with Down Syndrome (listen to Hope's Song) and losing his wife in a car accident in 2005. All songs were written and performed by Burton. Out of his grief and life challenges came his beautiful art.

The Sugarland song playing in my head is, "we all live with the scars we choose. They might hurt like hell, but they all make us stronger."

"CD IN STOCK. ORDER NOW. Will ship immediately," cdbaby promised and they delivered. I had the CD in 2 days! Wow.

I love the CD, and I highly recommend it. I am sharing the email I received after ordering the CD because it's so nice and I felt happy after reading it. I love great customer service and CdBaby is top notch. Now go listen to the samples at this link, please.

Email from CD Baby
Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing. Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that moneycan buy. We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, Tuesday, November 4th. I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!Thank you, thank you, thank you! Sigh...--CD Babythe little store with the best new independent musichttp://cdbaby.com/ http://us.mc835.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cdbaby@cdbaby.com (503)595-3000

Wasn't that nice?! I love CD Baby! I'm off to the store to buy a frame for my email.