Re: Randy Fredrix

OK-- I will answer my own question.

This album is quite remarkable. Nobody else plays guitar like that! It is
much better than the earlier pieces I have found on MP3. I did get a
physical copy in the end, which arrived in no time.


On 9 July 2013 11:09, Jonathan Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> The *Tuwaqaachi *pricing was not too bad-- it was quite a lot of music.
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> Did anyone listen to Randy Fredrix? I can't make up my mind from the
> samples. (iTunes has just come where I live.)
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> On 15 May 2013 06:34, Dave @ M.O.D. Technologies <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> That Tuwaqaachi pricing unfortunately exposes some of the limitations of
>> digital distribution deals and price structuring particularly when you have
>> a release broken into a high number of tracks but still available
>> individually.  Believe me - it was definitely not an effort to gouge fans.
>> That's one of the reasons the FLAC price was held down to the same price as
>> MP3.
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>> *************
>> Dave Brunelle
>> MOD Technologies
>> http://mod-technologies.com/
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>> On May 14, 2013, at 10:18 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I've only heard the samples & didn't care for the singing but other than
>> that the music & his playing sound very interesting. Had never heard of
>> Fredrix.
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>> Speaking of pricing I noticed Tuwaqachi selling for $17.99 (MP3 *and*FLAC) which seems on the high side to say the least. Maybe w/o a physical
>> cd release they can put a premium  on the digital price (?)
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: David Brunelle <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [laswell] Randy Fredrix
>> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:50 -0400
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>> Yes - very true. Seems to be very expensive both ways (shipping to or
>> from), but you're right - I notice a lot of stores feel the impact when it
>> comes to foreign orders. Direct sales like what Namlook was doing benefited
>> from having him be able to sell in Europe and the world and have Dave @
>> Ear/Rational sell in the US.
>> �
>> anywaym, yeah...$9.99 is steep for MP3, though $6.99 is very reasonable -
>> particularly if they're at least 320 (I know...FLAC, FLAC, FLAC!)!
>> �
>> Sean - I haven't heard the album yet...any opinion? I didn't care for
>> Masters of None (I think the only other thing I really know as far as
>> recordings) but he's a great player. Super nice guy too. I was thinking
>> maybe this trio format would yield some interesting stuff.
>> �
>> Dave
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>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Jonathan Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>> �
>>> Yes, thanks. I saw it.
>>>
>>> CD http://randyfredrix.com/cd.cfm
>>>
>>> MP3 http://randyfredrix.com/album.cfm
>>>
>>> However,��the MP3s are to expensive and these days you really have to
>>> want a CD badly to order it from outside the US.�
>>>
>>> The large increase in postal rates can't be doing some US businesses
>>> much good.
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>>> On 14 May 2013 22:39, Dave @ M.O.D. Technologies <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
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>>>> �
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>>>> Just in case anyone was thinking of this one and formats available
>>>> (since I think we were discussing it last week when someone found out this
>>>> was being released), direct through his site there are apparently two
>>>> purchase options, one digital and one CD. Shipping is $5 in the US, but the
>>>> CD is only $10.�
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> *************
>>>> Dave Brunelle
>>>> MOD Technologies
>>>> http://mod-technologies.com/
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>> --
>> Dave Brunelle
>> M.O.D. Technologies
>> [email protected]
>> www.mod-technologies.com
>>
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