HW: Free Hawkfest CD Giveaway (but be quick)

[Colin J Allen]

The CD is a very limited edition and will not be for sale; to put it on sale
would break the agreement that we have with the featured bands.

However, there may be a way that those not among the first 500 ticket buyers
can hope to obtain a copy:

The CDs are being issued to holders of the first 500 Hawkfest tickets; as
some of those lucky people may be partners or children of fans, it is
apparent that some families may end up with 2 or more CDs.  Therefore, there
may be an opportunity for redistribution of CDs among fans.  Now, as these
CDs are being given away free, would it not be nice for those who end up
with spare copies to offer them to others free of charge, thus maintaining
the original ethos.

Colin

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Filip Vanhuyse" <Filip.Vanhuyse at PANDORA.BE>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: HW: Free Hawkfest CD Giveaway (but be quick)


> Yes I'm with Mike.
> I can't go to the festival due to work.
> So,Dave,Kris,Colin,How do I get the cd???
>
> greetings
> filip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: HW: Free Hawkfest CD Giveaway (but be quick)
>
>
> > Paul Mather writes:
> >
> > > On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 01:04:43PM -0400, Rik Rx wrote:
> > >
> > > => + ++ +STAR WARRIORS + ++
> > > =>
> > > => The buyers of the first 500 Hawkfest tickets will be eligable for a
> FREE
> > > => exclusive LIMITED EDITION cd, which
> > > => will *not* be available for sale in this format.
> > >
> > > That reads like a lesson straight out of "How to Make the Kollectors
> > > Mad 101." ;-)
> >
> > Yep. There's a key misunderstanding of the fan base evident in this
> > scheme and I thought something would have been learned from the previous
> > roastings received by these schemes.
> >
> > OK, I assume there's an economic incentive for the band to want to get
> > piles of 50 quid notes accrued, to wit: starting to get contracts signed
> > for the festival.  The logic that this be translated into incentives for
> > the fans to send in 50 quid notes faster (than other fans presumably) is
> > excellent economics. However, in that it's known that a certain element
> > of the hard core fans are Kollectors this is bound to cause trouble
> > since there are always going to be some who can't get to the festival
> > due to other commitments. They could always of course do what I did for
> > the London party with the free CD, which was to get a ticket and just
> > not go. The two problems with this here are:
> >
> > A) 50 quid is quite a premium to ask even a diehard Kollector to pay for
> > a rare CD. We're not made of money, particularly after a spot of
> > Kollecting.
> >
> > B) Attendance at the gig is apparently also required to obtain said CD.
> >
> > I hate to be impolite to the band about this. After all, they are
> > organising the festival and this is basically a free gift. I do wish
> > though that a little consideration were put into these schemes based on
> > what's known about the fanbase. It'd save tears and unnecessary bad
> > feeling.
> >
> > Now I reckon Colin will get right back here and say "OK Mike you
> > smartassed bastard (or words to that effect) tell us what *YOU* would do
> > goven that we want the spondulies in pretty quickly and that means
> > motivating the fans who *are* coming to the ball."
> >
> > In order to save Colin some finger wear, I'll answer this question right
> > now, and *please* pass it on to Kris and Dave for their perusal, with
> > the reasoning above:
> >
> > I would offer these CD's free to the first 500 folks who order tickets,
> > and for sale to any other passport holders who want them, so long as
> > they register for them by the time of the Hawkfest. It might also
> > increase passport numbers and thus the size of the direct mailing list.
> >
> > As a punishment for thinking up the original scheme, I'd also give the
> > band 500 lines (in this universe finger wear is conserved): their
> > signatures on the first 500 CD's.  I suspect this would get the moolah
> > flowing in at a considerable rate as rare CD's which are signed are
> > veritably as beer to a thirsty man where Kollectors are concerned.
> >
> > Of course, to really hurt the Kollectors, you could have the band
> > members individually sign a bunch each and then we'd have to get a CD
> > for each member of the band. This might cause problems though when beer
> > sales crash at the festival because despite seven of me buying tickets,
> > only one of me turns up...
> >
> > FoFP
> >
> >
> >
>