We made a small change to the donation structure that may affect you if you donated $25 or more to the cause.
Traffic on the live stream (from the studio where we’re recording our new album) was a little less than we expected. Considering the fact that this has become somewhat of a global effort, it’s not too surprising that people from halfway around the world aren’t able to tune in live on our schedule.
We still think the live stream is pretty cool (even with the long periods of down time) and realized that it might be better suited to be used not only to let the people who’ve gotten involved in this project see where their money is going, but also to let casual fans and even total randoms into the studio with us to see what all the commotion is about. Maybe they’ll even want to get involved themselves. And that works out well for all of us.
To put it simply, the live stream from the studio is now public.
If you’re one of the fine ladies and/or gentlemens who’ve already thrown at least $25 our way (Bronze level), you might be feeling a bit let down that the live stream is no longer the exclusive secret society it once was. That’s understandable. So in addition to still having full access to the live stream, you’re also going to get a free copy of the new album on CD.
And just so our Silver donors don’t feel left out, in addition to the signed and numbered copy of the CD you’re already getting, we’re gonna throw in a limited edition promotional mini-poster (also signed and numbered of course). This will be a totally new poster and will be a different design than the (non-mini) one at the $100 level.
Finally, there’s one last change that affects everyone: Instead of getting your free download of the album in “high quality mp3 format” you’ll be able to choose from a whole list of audio formats, including FLAC, Apple Lossless and Ogg Vorbis. All these options will also be available to anyone who wants to wait until the album is released to buy it.
How is this modern miracle of technology possible?
We’re about to launch a new music store that includes all those formats. Not exactly a miracle I guess. More like breaking news. You heard it here first.
Meanwhile head over to the current store while it’s still there and check out the updated list of donation levels.