The first MusicAndMuse e-commerce store was on the website Gemm.com, selling record albums.  This weekend, I received notification in the mail that the site has gone into bankruptcy. From posts on other blogs, it would seem that they have very few assets and a lot of debt, so this certainly spells the end for this site. 

When we started with them, they had an excellent customer service team. They helped me through set-up and answered questions promptly. Their order process was confusing however, for both buyer and seller, and their graphic interface was antiquated and boring. 


Purchases from the site were run through them. That is the buyer would pay Gemm, and Gemm would pay the seller less a commission rate.  Payments were made after reaching a certain threshold. In the end, we are out a bit, but I am more concerned about their employees, whom I wish the best of luck.

Happy Fourth of July weekend.  All items in my Etsy store are 20% off through Monday. 
Use coupon code JULYFOURTHSALE on checkout.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MusicAndMuse?ref=shop_sugg

Just opened:  a new storefront on Amazon. For the near term we are adding record albums. This gives our customers more buying options, and a vendor interface that they know and respect. It also gives us more opportunities to post items that are not listed on other sites and to which we cannot access. Particularly in classical music selections. The first 100 selections are now up for sale. Our storefront keeps the same name as this site and others: MusicAndMuse.  Click to see the offerings:  AMAZON.

The 30 most expensive items sold on Discogs in December. The prices start at $650 and go up to $2200. Many well known artists like Led Zepplin, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, and Black Sabbath, and many more obscure artists as well. Happy hunting!
http://www.discogs.com/blog/most-expensive-items-sold-in-discogs-marketplace-for-december-2014

See the installation of my paintings now hanging at Home Realty office in North Seattle. Click on the painting to link to the page for all the work. 

For every $10 in sales, we are now donating $1 in cash and $4 in retail inventory to local charities. The cash will go towards famine and education in third world countries through a program supported by my church, and the inventory will go to Goodwill to further their programs in training and lower income aid. 

In addition, some inventory is given away on Buy Nothing Seattle. This program is great in giving back to our local community. Many households have budgets that are stretched as tight as they can be. It is a privelege to help our neighbors.