Here is a little sample of the upcoming Stargazer Album I am making. Let me know what you think.
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/songs/stargazersample.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/songs/stargazersample.mp3)
Love it Rick.. thanks for sharing.
Spent all day mastering and uploading the artwork for the new CD. I also have submitted the tracks for itunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and so on. Shooting for a release date of October 26th, 2009. We will see if it all comes together on their end by then.
I will share some of the artwork with you later!
What a long and tedious process! ugh! :) It will be worth it though. 13 songs to watch the stars with.
Great job Rick! If you want me to share any of this on the podcast sometime, just let me know.
Quote from: moyer777 on October 03, 2009, 04:10:10 PM
Spent all day mastering and uploading the artwork for the new CD. I also have submitted the tracks for itunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and so on. Shooting for a release date of October 26th, 2009. We will see if it all comes together on their end by then.
I will share some of the artwork with you later!
What a long and tedious process! ugh! :) It will be worth it though. 13 songs to watch the stars with.
Oct 26???? Is there some significance to that date? Do the planets align in some wierd manner? :)
Quote from: markinro on October 03, 2009, 04:34:33 PM
Quote from: moyer777 on October 03, 2009, 04:10:10 PM
Spent all day mastering and uploading the artwork for the new CD. I also have submitted the tracks for itunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and so on. Shooting for a release date of October 26th, 2009. We will see if it all comes together on their end by then.
I will share some of the artwork with you later!
What a long and tedious process! ugh! :) It will be worth it though. 13 songs to watch the stars with.
Oct 26???? Is there some significance to that date? Do the planets align in some wierd manner? :)
:) he he he! They did 44 years ago.
Here is the new cover.
Where's the Enterprise? I can't see it anywhere ;)
Neat. I hope it sells well for you.
The Enterprise...that bucket of bolts? :biggrin
Got a temporary website up for the CD
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http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer)
Rick, when are you going to offer this up for sale? Glad to see you are going to try to work on remuneration for all of your music. Paypal? You never, send a link to NASA, they use a lot of this type of music for their own efforts.
V
If all goes well it will be on October 26th. It will hopefully be on iTunes, Amazon and other places. You can also purchase the CD starting on October 26th at cdbaby.com
:)
If I had a contact at NASA, I certainly would submit it!
This looks great Rick.
I updated the page with some more info on the tracks, inspiration for the CD and some artist info.
check it out. http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer)
I ran out of room on the Stargazer CD for this song. So here it is for free...
It would have been track 2 on the album, right after the rocket got into space.
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It's called Weightless- http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/weightless.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/weightless.mp3)
Enjoy, this one is very relaxing.
The ups man just delivered the CD's! WOO HOOOO! Can you tell I'm excited! :)
I'll let you know how to get a copy soon. iTunes takes another week or two... they have to upload it.
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer)
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Cool - looks very professional. There used to be show on PBS on stargazing. I think it was on maybe once/month. Your cd reminds me of him. He was also very "geeky" but I guess that's a requirement. Praying for big success.
Very cool and exciting Rick!
I was thinking about this project this morning at 4:15am when I let the dogs out before leaving for work. We live on the far side of a mountain range which blocks a lot of ambient light from central Phoenix and have nice, dark sky's. I can usually see the Milky Way and meteorites are common. Saw a great one the other day that was pretty big, left a long trail of fiery debris. It's aslo so easy to spot satellites.
I put together a better sampler from the CD. There is a little example of each song. Enjoy!
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/stargazersampler2.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/stargazersampler2.mp3)
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I'll be doing a contest soon to get a Stargazer CD!
I'm gonna buy one of your CD's my friend. :)
Awesome! Thank you Meds. If for some reason they don't ship to England, I do. :) I'll find out!
I am excited. I want to buy one as soon as they are ready to ship. I love to watch stars and listen to music. Some of my favorite stars to watch are:
Linda Park, Tia Carrere, Tamlyn Tomita, Grace Park, Smith Cho Julia Ling, Lucy Liu, etc. Do you see a trend here? What? Oh you meant the heavenly bodies in the night sky, not these Heavenly (hubba hubba) Bodies. I'm bad.
Anyway I liked the sample you shared withn us.
RONZO :metallica:
Put Katze Kitty and I down for one as well. :) Looking forward to hearing it!
Quote from: ChadH on October 18, 2009, 09:10:21 PM
Put Katze Kitty and I down for one as well. :) Looking forward to hearing it!
BTW I'd like that autographed so that when you become rich and famous I can brag about it to my grandkids;)
Quote from: ChadH on October 19, 2009, 09:45:00 AM
Quote from: ChadH on October 18, 2009, 09:10:21 PM
Put Katze Kitty and I down for one as well. :) Looking forward to hearing it!
BTW I'd like that autographed so that when you become rich and famous I can brag about it to my grandkids;)
Count me in as well. We can say we knew him when...
Quote from: bromptonboy on October 19, 2009, 10:03:02 AM
Quote from: ChadH on October 19, 2009, 09:45:00 AM
Quote from: ChadH on October 18, 2009, 09:10:21 PM
Put Katze Kitty and I down for one as well. :) Looking forward to hearing it!
BTW I'd like that autographed so that when you become rich and famous I can brag about it to my grandkids;)
Count me in as well. We can say we knew him when...
That would be awesome! I never even thought of that.
Looks awesome!
Looking great Rick! Very excited for you about this project.
It's a dream come true for me. I have two other projects planned as follow up if this one is succesful. Thanks for all the encouragement.
Rick, do you have a preference in format? I was going to order when i came up on iTunes but would it be better if I ordered a physical CD?
It's better for me to have folks buy it from CDbaby.com or itunes, cause the cost of the CD isn't involved, but it doesn't really matter that much! It's fun to have the physical cd, but like I said, I can email anyone the artwork! :)
I made a cool little podcast about the making of Stargazer. Check it out.
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/makingofstargazerpodcast.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/makingofstargazerpodcast.mp3)
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Hey everybody!
The Stargazer CD is ready to order and the download is available as well. iTunes should be this Tuesday.
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WOO HOO!
Just go here to listen to samples and order http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/RickMoyer (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/RickMoyer)
If you visit the Stargazer page I have some other goodies for free!
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer)
Congratulations Rick!
Of course, if you count Trekmas, this is your second release :)
FWIW, it's shown up in iTunes over here too.
sweeeeet! thanks for letting me know Mike. How cool!
If any of you enjoy the Album, please put a review up on Itunes. That would be much appreciated.
I put up a review on itunes for Canada and gave you a 5 star rating
Thank you so much Jeff! I wish I could see it! Can you screen capture it for me?
Already on my iPod and listened to several times Rick. So glad to see you being able to go commercial with your work since you obviously have a talent. If not already done, check out on iTunes a well done ongoing podcast called "The Musician's Cooler" by Dave Jackson. I have listened to this guy for over a year and I am not even a musician. He can perhaps give you great ideas on how to take it even further as a business.
Rock on!
V
Thank you Vartok, you actually made me think seriously of putting out something to a bigger audience. So THANKS! Did you download it or get the CD? If you downloaded, private message and I will send you the inside and back artwork, as well as CD label. Fun to look at!
Oh Rick, didn't I tell you that I am your "manager" now and that I have a very very small commission!
;-)
V
Quote from: Vartok on October 27, 2009, 07:10:30 PM
Oh Rick, didn't I tell you that I am your "manager" now and that I have a very very small commission!
;-)
V
I accept. :)
If anyone has any ideas on how to get the CD out to a bigger audience let me know.
Here is a banner ad if you want to put it on any of your sites.
link it to http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer)
Got my CD today and it's awesome Rick, well done. Me & Kell talked about it last night and Kell ever the hippy said I know I can chill out to this whilst in a relaxed state. Shook my head but have to agree. I see myself listening to this whilst enjoying a coffiee and Reading the Sunday papers, doing the shopping, having a nice hit bath with a glass of wine and of course to watch the stars. Brilliant work mate.
We've put a contest up on Waffle on to win a copy will email you details. Oh also done you a new promo ( we did one for the Anomaly ladies but was a bit cheeky) lol
I am so glad you like it Meds! If you get a chance put a review up on Itunes in the UK, that would rock!
Rick - did you send a promo to Scott over on Extralife yet? That would be a good place for some exposure. You might also contact the Astronomy Cast podcast and ask then to play your promo too.
Quote from: Rico on October 28, 2009, 10:26:01 AM
Rick - did you send a promo to Scott over on Extralife yet? That would be a good place for some exposure. You might also contact the Astronomy Cast podcast and ask then to play your promo too.
Great idea Rico! Scott is talking about it on the next ELR and playing the promo, I will look up the Astronomy Cast right now. Awesome! THANK YOU!
Yeah, ELR loves your parody songs, they always play them at the end of their podcast. :)
Will do that my friend :)
The Daily World, our local newspaper, did an article on the Stargazer CD.
here is the thumbnail, click below to read it bigger.
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http://www.takehimwithyou.com/images/dailyworld.jpg (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/images/dailyworld.jpg)
I had a whole section about the parody music and Treks In Sci Fi, but they didn't put that in, and they didn't put the website in! Oh well, at least it was a nice article.
Awesome stuff Rick, well done my friend.
It may not have hit quite everything you might have wanted, but I think it still raises local profile in a positive way...doesn't it Moyer, 44 :D
yeah, hehehehe. Old man that I am. :)
It's a good story and interesting to read, I think it carries that this is a good quality production and your target group will get it (and hopefully buy it!). No poking fun at geeks, too! :)
Free advertisement with a picture over a half page, the air of editorial neutrality, congratulation, that's probably a thousand $ right there!!! :)
What a blessing. Great bit of advertisement. How did they hear about the CD?
Do you have a link to the article?
I sent a press release and they decided to to a feature article on page 2. That was very nice of them.
They didn't put that article online. I don't know why. :)
I am just grateful for the extra advertising.
Rick, if you didn't already, maybe you could scan the article and put it up on your own website?
Quote from: Rico on November 16, 2009, 05:18:10 AM
Rick, if you didn't already, maybe you could scan the article and put it up on your own website?
Great idea, I got so busy with everything else I hadn't done that. So now I have. Thanks Rico!
Here is the link to the interview I did on KXRO (Thanks Jedijeff for recording it)
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/kxro.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/kxro.mp3)
That was fun! And I got to mention you all! :)
Very nice Rick, thanks. I just ordered a copy for my Mom (for Christmas).
Quote from: Bromptonboy on December 01, 2009, 04:01:21 AM
Very nice Rick, thanks. I just ordered a copy for my Mom (for Christmas).
Thank you so much! I hope she really enjoys it!
Quote from: moyer777 on November 30, 2009, 07:02:41 PM
Here is the link to the interview I did on KXRO (Thanks Jedijeff for recording it)
http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/kxro.mp3 (http://www.takehimwithyou.com/stargazer/kxro.mp3)
That was fun! And I got to mention you all! :)
That was great to listen to. You really do have a good 'Radio Voice', something the podcast proves week after week, of course, but it's still fun to hear it in play on the radio itself.
Thanks Mike. It was a lot of fun! I kind of miss doing radio.
Our own Jen- from The Anomaly Podcast interviewed me for their show! Thank you Jen!
Take a listen: http://www.anomalypodcast.com/podcasts/SPECIALAnomalyOfAStargazer.mp3 (http://www.anomalypodcast.com/podcasts/SPECIALAnomalyOfAStargazer.mp3)
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and you can now get Stargazer on Amazon.com how cool is that?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00337KB9C/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1264008614&sr=8-2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00337KB9C/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1264008614&sr=8-2)
I'm halfway through at the moment. It seems that you had a very relaxed time of it and it comes across well in the interview.
Awesome interview really enjoyed that. I said my bit on thevshow and I mean every word. Great conversation between you both I just wanted more :)
Thanks guys. I am glad you liked it. Jen is easy to talk to, and well, you know I like to talk! Thanks Meds for your kind words on the show, that was so nice of you.