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Dominic shaw
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Joined: May 24 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Topic: Spam in my private messenger!! Posted: May 25 2005 at 10:07 |
Hi Nacho,
Thanks for your thoughts. The "masterpiece" thing is just what they have on the review site here if you get more than four and a half blobs. I think you have to take it with a bucket of salt! Glad you're enjoying it anyway.
Yes I know what you mean about the Phil Collins quotes - it might put me off as well! Having said that, he really was very helpful and I have to be grateful for that.
The "piracy" question is something I've thought long and hard about and I agree with everything you say. I hear about all sorts of new bands and artists on these forums and lists but I can't afford to shell out £15 for a CD just in case I might like it. I can't understand why more people don't do it either. The "illegal" copying of music is the best and cheapest form of promotion that the record industry has and has been for the last thirty years.
Enough! I could go on about this all day...
The best statistic of all... since we put up the free, full download, CD sales have gone up by more than a factor of 10. So if any other bands or artists want to do this, let me know.
Dominic
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nacho
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 18 2004
Location: Spain
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Points: 521
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Posted: May 25 2005 at 04:13 |
Hi Dominic
I didn't receive the spam either (I think I joined after it started) but it certainly would have pissed me off. So nothing like silly active fans, uh?
I downloaded Cerulean Blue and I'm listening to it just now. I find it really enjoyable (not sure about the "masterpiece" qualification: time is needed for that). Oh, and another thing: I would ask Phil Collins to stop saying good things about your album: that can be scary for most of us prog lovers .
I'd like to comment on something: a great debate is opened about the piracy stuff (at the moment there is a thread about that running in this forum). I have always thought that the best thing to do about that is exactly what you have done: do you want to check the music before you buy it? Fair enough. Do you want to get the music for free? Completely unfair. So, I can't understand why bands don't do what you have done: just put some low quality mp3 samples available for free download. That's more than enough to listen to it and see if you find it worth spending money on it, but at the same time very few of us music lovers will consider a 96 kbps sample suitable for burning to a CD and keeping it as the "real thing". It seems simple, but... I said I can't understand why more bands don't do it, but maybe the answer is that they don't dare to let people check the product before buying it... just in case...
Keep on proggin'!!!
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Dominic shaw
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Joined: May 24 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: May 25 2005 at 03:37 |
Hello Ben and all,
Thanks for being so gracious about this.
I've just read the reviews on the site here and they are saying that Cerulean Blue is "a masterpiece of progressive rock", so I have to stick around now, don't I!
Thanks
Dominic
BTW Ian the admin guy says some people are still getting these messages. If anyone has a problem can they let me know?
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Fantômas
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 15 2005
Location: Brazil
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Points: 1859
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Posted: May 24 2005 at 19:24 |
I didn't receive one, but it's better this way. If I had received one, I would kick the motherf**ker ass right out of here!
"Yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
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And above all, is punk
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Heptade
Prog Reviewer
Joined: May 19 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 427
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Posted: May 24 2005 at 18:20 |
No worries as far as I'm concerned...an overzealous
fan is better than none at all!
Edited by Heptade
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Ben2112
Forum Senior Member
Joined: March 15 2005
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Points: 870
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Posted: May 24 2005 at 18:19 |
Hey Dominic. I didn't receive the spam (joined about a month later), but most here at least seem to have enjoyed it to some extent (the music, not the spam ), so I doubt anyone has hard feelings toward you.
BTW, welcome. I realize you probably just joined to clear this up, but if you stick around, all the better .
Edited by Ben2112
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Dominic shaw
Forum Newbie
Joined: May 24 2005
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: May 24 2005 at 17:54 |
Hi all,
Just thought I'd let you know that this is my album and the guy who posted all the spam to you did so without my knowledge or permission (he also did this on another mailing list and I'm still running around trying to pick up the pieces). I've discussed this with the moderators and it won't happen again (The guy is a "fan" who thought he was trying to help - good intentions and the road to hell etc etc).
I'm really sorry if this has irritated anyone and I'm only glad I found out about it before it went too far.
Thanks for your understanding.
Dominic Shaw
www.telosmusic.net
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Cygnus X-2
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Joined: December 24 2004
Location: Bucketheadland
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 22:41 |
I Don't Like Spam!
Yeah I got it, too. Deleted it immediately...
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Guillermo
Prog Reviewer
Joined: November 28 2004
Location: Mexico
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Points: 814
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 20:38 |
Yes. I also received that message.
Edited by Guillermo
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aqualung28
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Points: 916
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 19:57 |
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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Cinema
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 25 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 493
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 19:21 |
I was also a recipient.
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Raymon7174
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Joined: December 16 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 94
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:44 |
Okay. I saw the free download but also saw the on-line ordering. A free cd download is not a bad thing, but it was still a hook to generate potential purchases of other items, i.e. spam.
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Raymon
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Dan Bobrowski
Special Collaborator
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Joined: February 02 2004
Location: United States
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Points: 5243
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:30 |
What, no proton excellerator?
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maani
Special Collaborator
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Joined: January 30 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2632
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:27 |
All:
Max has (as he so wonderfully puts it) "de-activated" that member.
Peace.
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Dan Bobrowski
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Joined: February 02 2004
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:27 |
You found an ad? I got the webiste for the band Rain and a free cd download of their album Cerulean Blue. I posted the entire CD in my above post...... FREE.
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Raymon7174
Forum Groupie
Joined: December 16 2004
Location: United States
Status: Offline
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:10 |
Got me too!!
Spam is annoying in all forms, but as a private messenge it is even worse. Glad to see its already been reported.
What a disappointment. I actually thought it would be something interesting until I opened it and found the ad.
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Raymon
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Reed Lover
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 16 2004
Location: Sao Tome and Pr
Status: Offline
Points: 5187
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:05 |
danbo wrote:
Okay, for all you cads missed by the spammer, I downloaded the music, zipped it and YOUSENDIT to myself so you can all get a chance to hear it before you dis it.
I kinda liked it, I don't care what Phil says.
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I listened,it is compelling in an odd kind of way.
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slipperman
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 05 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 217
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 18:02 |
Got it too. Might be a good album, might not, but like everyone else here I refuse to respond to Spam. (even if I ate meat I'd hate Spam...haha...sorry, not funny...)
but I'll buy the guy a Leffe if he buys me a Gouden Carolus...
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...it is real...it is Rael...
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FloydWright
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 20 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 369
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 17:48 |
Yes, I got this and trashed it. Though I don't recall participating in a Genesis thread. Who knows, maybe I did...?
Spaaaaam.
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AngelRat
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 14 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 1014
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Posted: February 24 2005 at 17:34 |
Me too, Phil's comments made me curious. I haven't heard it yet. Is this like the follow-up to 'Foxtrot' we're all been waiting for?
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