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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 13:11
Well many people don't have the capital or time to run their own business. They were asking about the best way to buy music? I'm completely confused by what Mosh is saying.

And j have no idea who Jeanne Fine is? Hmm? Haha
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 13:32
Originally posted by Smurph Smurph wrote:

 And j have no idea who Jeanne Fine is? Hmm? Haha

You are better off this way. No-one saw Jeanna Fine and lived to tell the story Ermm


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 13:38
hahha.  I had to google the name.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 13:40
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I try to buy directly from the artist first, even if it takes a little while longer to get when it ships from overseas.   MY latest order is from CDBaby, thanks to sampling them on progstreaming.  My confirmation e-mail from CDBaby doesn't say CDBaby loves you like they used to.  I am so bummed. LOL

OK did just get this -


Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing. Our world-renowned packing specialist lit a local artisan candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, November 13, 2014.

We hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. In commemoration, we have placed your picture on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sigh...
We miss you already.


Well, service just isn't the same as it used to be... getting completely ignored by some spotty snotty youth who arrogantly believes you to be an inferior human being as A: He works in a record shop and B: You don't and know nothing about REAL music so C: How do you dare ask him if you can listen to the latest *Band name here* record before you decide to buy it with your hard earned pocket money or wages from your SATURDAY JOB. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 13:48
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Just forget it Greg. Pedro's sentiments are based on a culture that ceased to exist many years ago......and then again it didn'<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.4; FONT-SIZE: 13px">t even exist then as it got demolished at The Isle of Wight festival as well as in the flick 'Festival Express'. Both happening in 1970. Musicians back then ate food and slept in beds, which meant they too were in it for the dough. They may not have stated so and perhaps at times even spoken out against it, but it's very easy to make such grand notions when your bank account is high in the green. </SPAN>

I honestly don't think he understands how hard it is to make a living from playing music these days with the current downloading zeitgeist, as well as the illegal one. 


 
The naivite that you write about this is so glaringly visible, that it is bizarre that anyone would even pay attention to anything you say!

 

Life doesn't exist until you say so!

 

And heavne forbid Pedro would say that you should RUN YOUR OWN BUSINESS, not someone else!

 

Goodness sakes ... get your momma to change your diapers again?



Nice. So now that you've insulted pretty much every hard working musician out there you decided to for one more. Beautiful Pedro.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 22:27
Are tangential trolls common on PA?
More heavy prog, please!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 04:07
Originally posted by twalsh twalsh wrote:

Are tangential trolls common on PA?

Nah .. just occasionally a bro flies off the handle .. an occupational hazard for whose who have progi for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 04:27
I doubt this is the right thread to shred, but recently, I wanted to purchase Magenta's 27 Club album as a file for my iPod - I already bought the dbl LP earlier this year. Anyway, on the Magenta website, they offered this album for £7, via bandcamp, and I got nothing.......
Even dropped an email to Rob Reed, and got nothing !!
Ripped off £7 (which is around 15 bucks) and got nothing.....
......first and last time I deal with any online D/L sh*te......
Bandcamp = SHYSTERS..........

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 04:48
Tom, that makes absolutely no sense. I've been using Bandcamp for years now, either the free downloads or purchased albums, and I have NEVER had a single problem.

Once you put in your details (Paypal in most cases for me), it takes you instantly to a page that says `Download', you click that button, and it sends the album in a folder, usually takes about 2-3 minutes to send. Did you make sure to press that button to start the download, and/or did you take note of where the folder was going to end up on your computer? (ie maybe a `Music' folder, or your desktop?)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 04:57
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

I doubt this is the right thread to shred, but recently, I wanted to purchase Magenta's 27 Club album as a file for my iPod - I already bought the dbl LP earlier this year. Anyway, on the Magenta website, they offered this album for £7, via bandcamp, and I got nothing.......
Even dropped an email to Rob Reed, and got nothing !!
Ripped off £7 (which is around 15 bucks) and got nothing.....
......first and last time I deal with any online D/L sh*te......
Bandcamp = SHYSTERS..........

Did the vinyl come with a download card? It's not unusual for those not to work. Sometimes intense emailing with their Customer Services helps; sometimes they just ignore you (but never fail to flood your inbox with marketing stuff from "select 3rd party entities").


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 05:12
Tom, perhaps try a free download to get your head around how Bandcamp works?

For instance, check out this page:

http://freefloatingmusic.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-rest

This is a really nice electronic album I listen to frequently!

Now, take the following steps:

1. Click `Buy Now'
2. In the box that comes up, enter $0.00, then click the green `Download Now' button.
3. A new page will load, wait for the blue `Download' link to appear, click it, and save the folder it will send.

Give that a try, won't cost you a cent. Sorry to hear it's stressed you so much.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 05:35
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Tom, that makes absolutely no sense. I've been using Bandcamp for years now, either the free downloads or purchased albums, and I have NEVER had a single problem.

Once you put in your details (Paypal in most cases for me), it takes you instantly to a page that says `Download', you click that button, and it sends the album in a folder, usually takes about 2-3 minutes to send. Did you make sure to press that button to start the download, and/or did you take note of where the folder was going to end up on your computer? (ie maybe a `Music' folder, or your desktop?)
Well, we never received the e-mail starting the d/l link to begin with...........
Payment made to Rob Reed and processed on 27th Oct. and to this day, nothing.
........that's why a note was sent to Reed but that seemed to be ignored too.......
You know how much this album means to me - I want it in my pod to listen to whilst on holiday......the only album I want in my iPod .....

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 08:46
^Did you check your spam folder? It might be the you have an overeager spam filter and it misinterpreted the incoming message. 

If that is not the case, I would try creating an account on bandcamp with the e-mail address you used to make the purchase. It will have a record that that e-mail account purchased the account and you should be able to get, from your account page, to a page with all your purchases, which should include download links.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 11:49
^ Thanks - I'll give it a go......
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2014 at 12:18
Originally posted by twalsh twalsh wrote:

Are tangential trolls common on PA?


If you get on the wrong side of the Russian bikers, that is.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 02:05
Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

^Did you check your spam folder? It might be the you have an overeager spam filter and it misinterpreted the incoming message. 

If that is not the case, I would try creating an account on bandcamp with the e-mail address you used to make the purchase. It will have a record that that e-mail account purchased the account and you should be able to get, from your account page, to a page with all your purchases, which should include download links.
Gazzardian, tried this, created the account but still received nothing further to my inbox....?? I dunno what I'm doing wrong ??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 06:36
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If you get on the wrong side of the Russian bikers, that is.


Nobody messes with these guys! 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 19:59
Originally posted by Argonaught Argonaught wrote:

Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:


If you get on the wrong side of the Russian bikers, that is.


Nobody messes with these guys! 

The Putineers?
 
hahaha!!!LOL That's hilarious haha..
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 19 2014 at 22:17
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Well, service just isn't the same as it used to be... getting completely ignored by some spotty snotty youth who arrogantly believes you to be an inferior human being as A: He works in a record shop and B: You don't and know nothing about REAL music so C: How do you dare ask him if you can listen to the latest *Band name here* record before you decide to buy it with your hard earned pocket money or wages from your SATURDAY JOB. 


Well, the record shop in my town has good service, but selections are limited, so I often can't find what I'm looking for. If I'm looking for new proggie albums, I'm stuck buying them on Amazon or something. Ouch
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 13 2014 at 18:00
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

... Nice. So now that you've insulted pretty much every hard working musician out there you decided to for one more. Beautiful Pedro.
 
Sadly, the only bad thing in all this is that you did not read any of it!
 
I'm standing up for the artist, and you think I'm saying otherwise ... you have to cover and stand for your work ... not pray that you gonna get some money from some godly person ... you can not build a house on that hope!
 
has nothing to do with trashing anyone, except the comments that are totally out of line and are specifically trying to ignore the subject and do a personal attack rather than understand the comments made!
 
It's your intelligence at stake, not mine! I already claim to be a member of the "How Sweet to be an Idiot" club, while you are still trying to show the next girl how cool you are! At 64, even your bikini would look rather ridiculous, just like your comments!
Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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