Zunior.com is a Canadian online

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and music store founded in

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Dave Ullrich Dave Ullrich (born ) is a Canadian musician and entrepreneur. Early life Ullrich attended O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Oshawa, Ontario and Queens University. Career Ullrich performed as drummer and vocalist with bassist Mike ...

, formerly of

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."Music Industry Insider – Dave Ullrich at Zunior.com – Canadian Online Digital Music Store"
''Raised on Indie'', May 11, 2010. The store primarily sells digital music from independent artists, in MP3 format without

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protection. Most albums are sold at a price of $8.88 per album, although discounted sale prices are also available on some releases. Customers also have the option of downloading music files in a lossless format (

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) at a slightly higher price. The architecture of the Zunior technology is maintained by Ullrich's business partner Terry Scott and runs on the Shopify platform. Zunior releases are normally also released in conventional CD format on other independent labels, although some albums are also released in download-only format exclusively from Zunior. Some artists, including Rheostatics and

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, have also made previously released albums available for download through Zunior. Each month, Zunior also releases a free sampler compilation of songs by artists with releases available for purchase on the site. The service also frequently releases exclusive

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s, including the Rheostatics tribute album ''

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'', a series of annual

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-themed albums and

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's 2014 covers album ''Sings 10 Years of Zunior'',"First Play: Tony Dekker sings 10 years of Zunior"

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, July 29, 2014. as fundraising benefits for Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank. Zunior also distributes audio recordings of Stuart McLean's ''

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'' books, as well as music-related

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