"Voices of the Faithful"- New Pep Band CD

[DisplacedCornellian]

Well, i'm not one of those "whining" about the CD...but those who are have a valid reason to, IMHO.  Some people pre-ordered and paid for these things a loooong time ago.  The CD was supposed to be out in June.  Why should they "chill out"?  Just because it'll make you feel better?  

::flipa::

[rhovorka]

DisplacedCornellian wrote:
Why should they "chill out"?  Just because it'll make you feel better?  

Two reasons: 1) because there's nothing they or anyone connected with the pep band can do about it.  2) So the people who read this forum regularly don't have to see someone "bump" this thread unnecessarily every 2 weeks.

::flipa::

Now that's mature.  Right back at you.

[DisplacedCornellian]

People want updates.  Seems like a reasonable place to get them.

As for seeing this thread bumped unnecessarily...are any of the threads on this forum actually "necessary"???  If you don't want to read the thread, DON'T CLICK ON IT!  (really hard, I know)

[Jacob 03]

While you may be used to a product supplier that reacts to consumers bitching (justified as it may be in some cases) on third-party message boards, I'm pretty sure it's not going to amount to much on this one.  That may be a better motivation behind chilling out than the bettered feelings of some frequenters of this message board.

[rhovorka]

DisplacedCornellian wrote:

People want updates.  Seems like a reasonable place to get them.

Chris Parkin has posted updates without prompting here, and I know that he will do so as soon as he has more information himself.

[Q]As for seeing this thread bumped unnecessarily...are any of the threads on this forum actually "necessary"???  If you don't want to read the thread, DON'T CLICK ON IT!  (really hard, I know)[/Q]
Like everyone else, I'd like to get news on this topic also.  When I see that there is a new post on this thread, I click on it thinking that there may be official news.  When I click on it and see it's another person asking "is it ready yet? just gimmie!!!!!!!!!" it annoys me.  So the ol' "well don't read this thread" argument doesn't really fly, DC.  

Chris will post info when he has it, that was my message to the people here.  No need to attack me.

[SmallPerson]

Can't we all just get along?? :-/

[RedAR]

 :-) seriously, let's all just get along :-)
i promise i won't bump this thread again, ok?

but on a practical point, if the copyright for an image on the cover art is what is delaying the cd, it seems that changing the cover art to expedite the process could be an option.

[DisplacedCornellian]

*extends the olive branch*

[rhovorka]

DisplacedCornellian wrote:

*extends the olive branch*

**Taken**  

And I apologize for insulting those anxious people here.  No hard feelings, really.

I wish I knew exactly why it's been a long wait.  I can tell you that the first CD recorded in '97 also had a very lengthy process as well.  That time, I think there were issues with getting approvals to use the music...the arrangements played were copyrighted, and given that it was the first recording endeavor the pep band ever had, it was a learning process.  This time, if Calf Audio "lost" the project as reported here, that's pretty poor on their part.

[CowbellGuy]

RedAR wrote:
but on a practical point, if the copyright for an image on the cover art is what is delaying the cd, it seems that changing the cover art to expedite the process could be an option.

The way I understand it, first the CDs were lost, then the cover art was improperly made. Not a copyright issue at this point. Just design and production.

[RedAR]

my bad.  for some reason, i had it stuck in my mind that it was a copyright issue.

[jtwcornell91]

Rich H '96 wrote:

DisplacedCornellian wrote:

*extends the olive branch*

**Taken**  

See, isn't it nice not to be the USCHO Fan Forum, where someone actually said "you can take your olive branch and shove it up your ass"? :-)

[Josh '99]

John T. Whelan '91 wrote:
See, isn't it nice not to be the USCHO Fan Forum, where someone actually said "you can take your olive branch and shove it up your ass"? :-)

Sorry, I was in a bad mood that day.

KIDDING.  B-]

[Chris 02]

Post Edited (12-06-03 17:51)

[Chips \'03]

Fine fine, the latest news on the CD that I know of is that they had it finished, and sent 500 copies to Tom LaFalce, and were about to start distributing them. The guy in charge said "Hold on, gimme a few to make sure everything's kosher." He got five, popped 'em in the CD player, and discovered that they had made 500 copies of CD 2.0 instead of 3.0. That meant one extraneous song not supposed to be on the CD, absolutely no blank space between cheers/songs, 2 copies of the same cheer, and no Schaefer. Therefore, back they went. This was a month or two ago. In the mean time, the contact in Ithaca ended up in the hospital. So, that's another slowdown. He'll be fine, but the current plan for the CD is to ship 'em back to Texas, where they're going to burn 500 of the correct CD, unwrap the 500 bad CDs, put the good CDs in, reshrink-wrap them, and send them back.

They might be done in time for Christmas, but considering how things have gone, then again, they might be done by playoffs. That's what I've been told and I'm stickin' to it.