Hurrah!
I've finished mixing the live album. The CD version will be 9 tracks coming in at 77 minutes and 55 seconds. The DVD will contain the whole gig bar No Me No You which I sang like a tosser and doesn't deserve to ever be heard again and Pocket Sun which I'm leaving off to teach it a lesson. The Space/Time portal story will forever be imprisoned on the fROStFEST CD that we released earlier in the year so if you desire to hear it, you can still buy it from the website for a fiver. I think there's only a few left now too so don't say I didn't warn you or nuffink.
Sadly, due to time constraints, 1976 and the other tracks I had planned to include will now have to be left for a future release. I've run out of time basically if I want to get this thing out before Xmas. Sorry about that. They will live again another day, fret not.
And so, with TPE finally done and dusted, I shall now turn my attentions to preparations for the Esoteric Evening gigs. There'll be an announcement about a second gig in Birmingham shortly.
Pip pip!
Jx
Hurrah indeed!
Shame about the other tracks being left off but ho-hum only so many hours in the day.
Any idea of release dates and prices yet?
Quote from: "Jem"Hurrah!
Sadly, due to time constraints, 1976 and the other tracks I had planned to include will now have to be left for a future release. I've run out of time basically if I want to get this thing out before Xmas. Sorry about that. They will live again another day, fret not.
Jx
Time constraints on the disc, or time constraints as in there are only 24 hours in a day? Sorry to hear that 1976 and friends (1977, 1978, 1979, all important years to me :D ) will not be there, but now you've promised us they'll be along later, expect endless nagging ... 8-)
In any case, looking forward to TPE before Crimbo.
Quote from: "Jem"Hurrah!
Hurrah indeed!
I'm sure Santa's elves will be very relieved, and will be able to shelve their backup plan of recording their own version.
Quote from: "Jem"Sadly, due to time constraints, 1976 and the other tracks I had planned to include will now have to be left for a future release.
Oooh! You do love to keep us in suspenders!
It's great to know that amongst the socks & hankies that constitute a Dad's Xmas haul there'll be a little shining gem of Frost*ie goodness waiting for me.
Even if I have to buy the bugger for myself.
I wonder how long I can get away with hiding in the office with my headphones on for....
Quote from: "Trapezium Artist"Time constraints on the disc, or time constraints as in there are only 24 hours in a day?
the latter sadly.
Quote from: "RacingHippo"Oooh! You do love to keep us in suspenders!
:shock:
Suspenders as well as the buttock-buckling?
:shock:
Splendid news on TPE. I look forward to the as yet unheard studio tracks whenever they decide to appear.
I'll opt for a "Hooray!" for this one. Added to the Christmas list! :D
wonderful, it means I dont have to get socks and hankies again for crimbo :D
I was looking forward to 1976 but oh well. Who knows maybe they'll be better off
on a separate release anyway. I will probably stamp off into a corner and cry but
but it's not the end of the world. A beer and a biscuit is all I'll need to make me stop ;)
and I'm halfway through having a pint as we speak.
Jem said
Sadly, due to time constraints, 1976 and the other tracks I had planned to include will now have to be left for a future release. I've run out of time basically if I want to get this thing out before Xmas. Sorry about that. They will live again another day, fret not
Strangely enough I don't think this is a bad idea I always wondered why jem doesn't release these tracks as an ep, they would certainly help swell the coffers and could go towards financing the next cd now jem has parted company with inside out.
I'd agree - put them out as an ep, or maybe even a series of downloads (one a month from January??) to buy some more time after Xmas.
Oh and I'm talking paid downloads here folks ;)
Quote from: "Mooncat"I'd agree - put them out as an ep, or maybe even a series of downloads (one a month from January??) to buy some more time after Xmas.
Oh and I'm talking paid downloads here folks ;)
An EP please, its been long enough! We'll be waiting till May for the last one lol. Get them out in one sexy lump and I think the excitements been building for so long we'll all be veryhappy to pay handsomely for it =)
Also it fills the gap a bit =)
My main thought in making it a 'download by month' is to allow Jem to spread the additional work required over a few months rather than having to do it all in one go (which as he's already alluded to, is the reason they're not going to appear on TPE)
I would rather see it all in one go too, but we need to appreciate that Jem has other 'stuff' with which he has to juggle Frost* activity (unless we clone him........................) 8-)
I say Jem should release 'em whenever - and however he feels like.
Just as long as I get ma Frost* fix, I'm happy!
I often wonder if paid downloads can work for the smaller artists. If it's DRM-protected, I'd be less inclined to buy it, seeing as I like to burn a copy for the car, put a copy on my iPod etc (my real EIMA CD doesn't leave the house, and my Milliontown one is still in its packaging! :mrgreen: ).
BUT!
If it's unprotected, then mean people will just distribute it widely on the internet and then Jem doesn't get his hard-earned cash. What to do?!
I've mentioned one way of trying to make this sort of thing work to Jem previously (and it's been done by 3 or 4 of my favourite 'not signed to major label' artists), so here goes -
You subscribe to an MP3 'club' for the duration of 'the project' (be it 6 or 12 months with a track per month/two months etc). You can obviously pre-pay for the whole series or buy a track at a time (although that "should" work out at more than the full subscription, to encourage you to go for the whole shebang!!!).
Then when the track is ready you are sent a download link or the track as a file etc
Repeat until end of subscription.
Whilst I appreciate there is the potential for some unscrupulous individuals downloading the track and then file sharing them, the people who knock about on here would (for the most part I believe) be 'in' for the greater good (i.e. ensuring Jem makes enough from this escapade to continue Frost*ing for years to come).
The fact that you might give your mates copies is really no different to people taping albums, burning CD's etc and has always been part of the reality of the music world - and to my mind why so many artists are now putting out extravagant package options to persuade people to invest their money in a legitamate copy of the product - it's just that the internet has made the thing so much immediate and global.
Anyway I'm off before I turn in to Lily Allen!!!!!!!!!! :shock:
Quote from: "Mooncat"Anyway I'm off before I turn in to Lily Allen!!!!!!!!!! :shock:
Careful, you don't want to develop a nasty glottal stop now, do you? ;)
Quote from: "Mooncat"You subscribe to an MP3 'club' for the duration of 'the project' (be it 6 or 12 months with a track per month/two months etc). You can obviously pre-pay for the whole series or buy a track at a time (although that "should" work out at more than the full subscription, to encourage you to go for the whole shebang!!!).
Whilst I appreciate there is the potential for some unscrupulous individuals downloading the track and then file sharing them, the people who knock about on here would (for the most part I believe) be 'in' for the greater good (i.e. ensuring Jem makes enough from this escapade to continue Frost*ing for years to come).
Hmm, depends on how much per month these things go for?
Also, while most, if not all of the people on here would pay for their copies, there are only 527 registered users, many of which might be spam... And the active members seem even less than that. Is that enough people?
I'm pink, therefore I'm Spam.