Final few days of CD burning

Into the last four days of burning of the charity CDs. All orders received since Friday will go in post today. PLEASE get your orders in and money sent by Saturday as no orders will be accepted past the end of the month. All profits are going to DEC and Cancer Research UK in September.

Thanks as always to everyone who has responded, it's been an incredible response, and I've made lots of new friends through this project.

The amounts raised for the two charities will be posted here in due course.

Thank you ALL so very much for your donations and kind support along the way.

Steve, 27 August

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Final push to end of burning date

There are just over two weeks left before we reach the end of CD burning for the charity project, so please get your copy ordered as soon as possible if you haven't already.

I intend to wrap up the monies for the two charities as early as possible in September, and will publish here what we have managed to raise between us.

Once again, a huge thank you to everyone kind enough to donate. There are a few people who have requested a copy but not followed through by paying, so please do so asap, as I don't want the charities to suffer or lose out.

Thanks so much again for everyone's efforts. 

Steve, 13 August

Progress update and a new CD

As we've now reached August, it is time to take stock of where we are with the project.

Sales of the charity CD EP have been steady and a nice little amount has been raised for both of the two charities. As highlighted before, it has not been a cheap project to get "out there", there are a number of necessities for projects like this, not least the expense of the license to be able to use the songs in the first place. As a guy on a pension, it is monetarily hard to take these projects on, but it's been my baby for a few years so I'm glad it's finally reached fruition and I'm very pleased with the response so far. Thank you everyone. 

I have been spreading the cost of the license over the first batch of CDs, and we are still a little short of that being paid...in other words we can make so much more profit when it reaches that trigger point, so please keep the word about the project out there. Every single penny of profit goes towards DEC and Cancer  Research UK. Burning will finally end on 31st August.

I have been adding a few songs and musicscapes onto my Mixcloud page and have received a few nice comments about them. I am contemplating producing a CD with some of these and more, just to help raise a bit more money for the charities. Details will be posted here if we get that far. You can hear some of these songs over at http://www.mixcloud.com/stevegood121/

Steve, 3 August

Final burn date moved!

Having just found an old email circulation list, I have decided to move the final burn date back a few weeks to give the people on this list a chance to respond... and as there are also other fingers in other pies too, it makes a lot of sense to put the date back!

The end (and FINAL final) date is now set for the end of August, ie Saturday 31st August.

It seems silly to stop progress when it seems to be in full flow and with a few unresearched areas that could still result in sales (and thus money for the charities).

If you're new here, and would like a copy of the CD EP, please look at the following page on this blogsite for details of how to get one: http://gesturesongs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/how-to-buy-reminder.html

SO.... PLEASE keep pushing the word for the project around as much as you can.

Steve, 24 July

Ten more burning days

The title says it all. Just ten days to go until my planned end of burning day for the "Lest We Forget" charity CD EP, so please get your orders in as soon as you can please.

And once again, thank you all for your incredible kindness so far.

Steve, 23 July

16 Days To Go

Sorry for "radio silence" here, I've been involved in getting the CDs all produced for everyone who's asked for a copy. 

I am still aiming at FRIDAY 2nd AUGUST as the last day for burning these CDs,  so please get your order in for a copy soon if you've yet to do so.

I am looking at a couple of other outlets for pushing the CD; if these are successful then I could delay the end date, but in reality I need to have a line in the sand to aim at for the two charities. 

As always, a big thank you to everyone who has donated already, I'm very appreciative. 

Let's up the effort for the last big push, y'all!

Steve,  18 July

Deadline set for orders

I have now decided to set a date for an "end of CD burning", after which I will archive the job. DON'T DESPAIR...you have a few weeks yet, and I only need to know that you intend to buy a copy by then - but to ensure that I get the monies off to the two charities in timely fashion, please try and get the money to me, or whoever is collecting on my behalf, as soon as you can.

The date? It will be FRIDAY 2nd AUGUST.

Each CD is meticulously prepared by hand, and each one takes almost an hour from start to finish, so I don't want to be doing it into my dotage, fun as it is!

So, to reiterate, you still have FOUR WEEKS to decide to buy a copy... and I sincerely hope you will, if you have yet to do so. An mp3 version is also available too, please email me for details (to tokengestures@yahoo.co.uk).

Some people have asked about the discs that are used in this project; they are the highest quality professional use Taiyo-Yuden "Watershield" writeables, more expensive than others but guaranteed to play on most players. I've not experienced anyone with issues with any in my research, so these are the ones I use for any serious project.

Elsewhere on this site, I've listed some other titles that I've also made available for this charitable project; if you're interested in any copies, please email me (again, to tokengestures@yahoo.co.uk).

Thanks as always to everyone who has kindly donated so far. Can we try and double the efforts in the next four weeks... that would be so brilliant if we could!!

Many thanks everyone,

Steve, 6 July