Who needs a record company, an impresario, or a colonel with a big cigar? For aspiring musicians, a company called Nimbit Inc. is unveiling a online widget that allows independent music artists and bands to sell their music directly to fans.
According to the Framingham-based company, which bills itself as a provider of direct-to-fan commerce solutions for independent bands and record labels, the nimbitOMT widget lets artists sell not only their music, but also CDs, T-shirts and tickets to upcoming shows.
With nimbitOMT, all a musician needs to do is drop a few lines of HTML code into their fans’ favorite websites, including MySpace and Facebook, and let the sales roll in, the company said.
The company calls its product a "portable marketing tool that delivers the same artist-to-fan connection that happens face-to-face at the typical merchandise table that a band would put up at their shows, such as meeting fans, collecting e-mails for mailing lists, selling CDs, t-shirts and other merchandise.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)
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