Quiet Time .. until the next project

It has been a bit of "down time" here after the furore of finishing the CD project, and I believe we had quite a little success with what we all achieved, thank you all so VERY much for your commitment to the cause.  

We suffered a little trauma here at home during the late summer (a burst water main pipe under the house) which resulted in much of the contents of the old house being moved about quite a lot, and much of the music gear (and CDs, DVDs etc) being all boxed up... but they will stay that way until we finally move in 2014 (it will happen next year, we have promised ourselves... so put us in your prayers please to make certain that it does... if you're able).

All that said, the offshoot of all the boxing up of stuff here is that I have made a space inbetween all of the boxes to eventually house the digital recorder, and it WILL come out before too long and work will tentatively start on the next (and final) big project! 

In the meantime I have just compiled a little CD of tracks that I found lingering on some old DCC tapes; they are mostly sequence mixes and ISM synch tracks and other non-final mixes of material that I recorded and sequenced back in 1995 - if anyone wants a copy, just let me know (some of it is interesting, if only to see where I was heading when I finished some earlier pieces!).

Anyway, that's enough for now. Hope this late November day sees you all keeping well. Keep the faith all.

Steve
28 November 2013

Final figure now in...

The final cheques and cash have now landed, so the definitive figure can now be published.

Taking into account all outlays, we managed between us to raise an incredible £317 clear, to go towards the two charities (DEC and Cancer Research UK). I intend to put £155 to each, and the extra £7 to another similar charity when I find a good collection box when I next visit town.

Thank you SO very much everyone, you are all heroes in my book.

Here's to the next project (in a couple of years time).

Steve, 4 Oct 2013

Job done!

Thank you to everyone who donated to the charity CD EP project.  The final batch has been despatched so I hope you've all got your copy by now and like it. It is a true rarity as it will not be made available in physical form again. That said, I am contemplating auctioning a final copy that will have a few bonus tracks and will be signed and dedicated, but that is maybe something for a couple of weeks ahead.

The amounts raised will be posted here when I have gathered in the monies from various locations. Thank you SO very much for your kind donations. 

Steve, 4 Sept

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

http://www.mixcloud.com/stevegood121/

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