In a message dated 12/30/2003 12:58:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, sdavmor@... writes:
I was wondering about this project last night. Is there sufficient
material submitted to finally put this into play? Is the "Son of
Rime..." CD going to happen? With the long-overdue Systems Theory
album getting out the door (January), I was doing some placement of
tunes onto sampler compilations, and this project came back into
mind. I got to thinking that we might want to slip in another track
in lieu of "The Cool Vibe Of Asia C.", since it's going to be on our
album, and we'd rather have a not-yet-on-an-album track on a sampler/
compilation set. Or alternatively, we're willing to offer another
cut in addition if there's not yet enough material to warrant release
of "Son of Rime...".
I suppose that I should let everyone know what's going on here. For now, it looks like there will be no "Son of Rime..." CD. The songs are still available for downloading from the tronsounds website, as they have been from the beginning. Several problems have come up this year which lead me to this conclusion. They are (in no particular order):
1) Lack of sufficient material. We really need more tunes to choose from, but I haven't received anything in a long time.
2) Loss of our source of CD production. One of our list members had originally offered to produce free copies of the CD in a professional CD production facility where he worked. Unfortunately, he has changed jobs and can no longer offer this service.
3) ISP problems with the tronsounds web site. This year, the two owners of my ISP decided to battle each other for control of the business, leaving me and hundreds of other users with an unreliable service. The web site was down for months and remains unreliable. The procedure for updating the website has changed, and I'm no longer sure how to update it. I would like to switch to a new ISP, but I have prepaid for a year, and can't really afford to switch.
4) Personal issues. I have worked on this project and the website during my spare time. Some of you who know me better are aware of the fact that 2003 has been a very challenging year for me, particularly the last couple of months. Something had to give, and unfortunately, this was it.
I started this project as a way that the members of the Mellotronists list could share their original Mellotron material with each other, and that part has been successful. I know (from looking at the web stats) that people all over the world have been downloading these songs from the tronsounds web site. I have really enjoyed many of the songs which have been submitted (including "Asia C"). I wish that we had more tunes and the production capability to provide free CDs for everyone, as was originally intended.
Who knows what the future will bring? I'll try to keep the website up, if I can, so that we can continue to hear the tunes, at least. Anyone can burn a CDR from the tunes that are out there, if they want.
I hope that answers the questions regarding "Son of Rime...". I haven't totally given up on it, but please don't expect anything other than what is already on the web site. Thanks for the interest, and thanks especially to those of you who have submitted something. At least your tunes are being heard.
Ken M
I certainly hope that I didn't come across as being critical that the "Son Of
Rime...." project hadn't seemed to advance in the last 18 months. Lord
knows that Systems Theory hasn't exactly been moving very fast either!
Since more material can be used, we'll submit another track to the pool
sometime in January out of the extras hanging around from the three years
it's taken to get the Systems Theory album together. After that, maybe we
could structure a tree arrangement to get CDDA quality copies of the "Son
Of Rime..." material into people's hands. I have extensive experience doing
that for the amjt newsgroup a few years back. It's a bit of organization but
with a few hands available with CD-R burners to do a few each, and some
downloadable jpegs made by a tron-friendly artist, it can be done to very
nice quality standards.