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Mar 11, 2008
Hi Everybody,
Well the software on the site has now been updated and appears to be bug free, so download away. I have spent the last week or so mailing out press packets and trying to get the hard copies of the CD ready to be sold off the site here as well. That should be possible tomorrow night, I am hoping. The release date proper for the record is June 10 or something, so a lot of stuff needs to get done,
like contacting distributors, digital and otherwise, before then. But for now this is the only place to get our new music. Its also the only outlet that we have the control over.
Dan and Dustin are back from Europe and now its time to get our playing chops together for April, which is the beginning of touring behind the record proper. Its going to be slow at first until like June when we can hopefully get this flying fortress off the ground again... we missed ya.
More soon,
steve
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Feb 22, 2008
Hi there,
Well we have been doing an experiment to suss out why some peoples downloads would crap out and we now have a solution. Its just been traffic taxing the server. If you make an order and you try it couple of times and no dice then send tech support an email and he will design a link that will work for you ;- ) problem solved. We are going to redesign the software at some point soon so that there will be none of these problems.
There are some April shows on the horizon in the Northwest: Pdx, Eugene, and Seattle. I will probably stick them up today or tomorrow when they are confirmed. We are going to begin a press release hopefully next week, send the album out to be reviewed, etc. So with the lag time for that, its like April May June before we start to hit peoples consciousness, and consequently are able to get some shows in a venue near you.
Like I have said before this DIY online way of conducting ourselves is new to me, but its sort of fun. Its a little bit like how we did it right when were starting out, except less xeroxing thank god. In the old days I would spend all night flyer-ing Eugene, and fleeing from the cops. I remember our first cassette was sold exclusively out of my video store "Great Society Video". People would come in and say "Whats that cassette on the cash register?", and I would say "Thats my band the Cherry Poppin Daddies." "THE WHATTY WHOSY WHATSIS? Play it." I would play it then and people would go "Wow I didn't expect it to be good. I mean no offense, but you're bald headed punk rocker in bifocals and Genghis Khan mustache and the band sounds like Benny Goodman on crosstops with Alvin from the chipmunks on vocals..... I'll take one" ..... we sold a bunch of music that way.
We didn't really expect to be around past Ferociously Stoned, much less 19 years later! But what can I say except, ~singing~ forever young. I actually can't wait to get out there and rock again... its gonna be fun... and Hulk will smash... as many of you already know. Have a good music day!
steve
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Feb 20, 2008
Buy New Daddies! Susquehanna. I think we fixed many of the problems. I will reset your codes.
Hi Everybody,
We made a few adjustments today that seem to be working. It finally worked for me I was using Safari and a high speed Comcast line. My guy over at the site said that he would reset everybody's download codes who had trouble tonight after he gets off of work (I'd say by 7PST) and you can give it another go. All I can say is that a bunch of people were successful and now even bonehead steve was able to pull it off, so I hope we are good.
The snippets, so you can get a sense of the record before you buy it will also be uploaded again tonight. I had problems initially that they sounded monsterously slowed down.
Anybody who needs lyrics send me your email address and I will get you a rich text file so that the spanish doesn't get all scrambled by the browser. Future editions of the download will contain the lyrics, as do all the versions of our other records.... along with some additional artwork sometimes not printed in the original CD's.
steve
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Feb 19, 2008
Hi Everybody,
This is day 2 of offering up Susquehanna off the website. There have been a few problems, but we will be trying to address the issues later today. If you had a problem downloading the album we will keep working on it and won't forget about you :-). I myself had a problem from home, for some reason it just bogged down at about 25MB's. Some people have gotten it all right, so its a question of figuring out where the problem is. We will have a strategy pretty soon for you brave pioneers on our system. For your bravery you shall be rewarded as having the very first copies in the world of our newest thing. Thanks again and I will keep you posted either here or on our myspace page or both.
Steve
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Feb 18, 2008
Hi Everybody! Welcome to day one of the new Cherry Poppin' Daddies website.... Yay! Today we offer our new record: "Susquehanna" for download here exclusively. We will be putting music out here, off our own site; as well as selling it at shows. We are putting it out ourselves (back on our label: Space Age Bachelor Pad) and hoping that our fans realize that it costs money for us to make records, and that they will help us defray those costs by paying for them, and also by spreading the word that we are the real deal. Its a new and possibly better way for us to be a band and we are excited. If all goes well, there is more music waiting in the wings.
A special gigantic thank you to all you loyal fans for your tireless support over the years; it has really meant a lot- especially through the lean hard times. We sincerely hope that our music continues to connect with you, your hearts have made all the difference.
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