Antigravity physical copies for $5 (24 hrs only) Aug 1st - RESTOCK'D

[zircon]

For one day only, starting 12:01 AM on August 1st and ending 11:59 PM, you will be able to purchase my newest album Antigravity (http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3) for a mere $5 at CD Baby. This isn't a digital download or a 'damaged' copy or promo; it's the shrink-wrapped physical deal. $5!

http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3

In case you haven't seen me post about it before (or you've simply missed my sig), it's a breakbeat/electronic album featuring 13 songs and guest performers like pixietricks, Fishy, big giant circles, and GeoffreyTaucer. Numerous tracks have been "Track of the Day" and "Track of the Week" on garageband.com and many people in the community have already picked up one (or more) copies and enjoyed 'em. So if you've been on the fence before, now it's really a no brainer :)

You'll also be able to pick up tons of other great CDs at $5, and believe me, there is a lot of good independent music on that site you WON'T find anywhere else. :)

Mark your calendar!

[Penfold]

For one day only, starting 12:01 AM on August 1st and ending 11:59 PM, you will be able to purchase my newest album Antigravity (http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3) for a mere $5 at CD Baby. This isn't a digital download or a 'damaged' copy or promo; it's the shrink-wrapped physical deal. $5!

http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3

In case you haven't seen me post about it before (or you've simply missed my sig), it's a breakbeat/electronic album featuring 13 songs and guest performers like pixietricks, Fishy, big giant circles, and GeoffreyTaucer. Numerous tracks have been "Track of the Day" and "Track of the Week" on garageband.com and many people in the community have already picked up one (or more) copies and enjoyed 'em. So if you've been on the fence before, now it's really a no brainer :)

You'll also be able to pick up tons of other great CDs at $5, and believe me, there is a lot of good independent music on that site you WON'T find anywhere else. :)

Mark your calendar!

I'm officially interested.

[Kholdstare]

baZING i'm there.

Bookmarked.

[danimal cannon]

Wow the vocals on Antigravity are amazing.

[The Pezman]

How badly do you need our money?

[zircon]

Bump since it's now August 1st. Enjoy it while you can.

ps. I actually lose money on this :P

[Skrypnyk]

ps. I actually lose money on this :P

QUICK!! Everyone buy 50 copies and sell them on ebay!!!

[Caster13]

Bump since it's now August 1st. Enjoy it while you can.

ps. I actually lose money on this :P

Aww, I feel guilty now.

[Steben]

I bought it?

I bought it!

[Kholdstare]

2 cds for me, awesome. THANK YOU ZIRCON!

Oh and Hai steben!

[Penfold]

Bump since it's now August 1st. Enjoy it while you can.

ps. I actually lose money on this :P

Wait, you lose money on this? Or is it that you're just not making as much per cd sold? I mean, if you're losing money on it, why adverstise the one-day price drop?

[Kholdstare]

he wants us to be happy?

[Fishy]

Well the site is the one offering the sale, not zircon, so I'm assuming zircon still gets the same amount from cdbaby per CD. It would be extremely crap of the site if he didn't get the normal amount.

I think I remember zircon saying he looses money selling them at full price anyway, or at least until hes sold enough albums to make up for it, but I can't remember the specifics.

[zircon]

Not exactly... I'm doing the sale because I want more people to have the CD. And, from a boring marketing perspective, I hope that if you like this CD you'll stay tuned for future works and perhaps buy those too. When I say I lose money I mean that the CD sells for $5 (a price that I set, temporarily), CD Baby takes $4, and I get the extra $1. However each disc took about $1.60 to make so I'm not turning a profit.

On normal sales - be they iTunes, Amazon, or the standard $12.99 on CD Baby - I do make a little bit of money. All things considered through I'm still in the red from my $1,800 investment :<

Anyway, the bottom line is, if you want the CD now is the best time to buy it. Or multiple copies. I guarantee you will not regret it!

[danimal cannon]

I'll pick one up.

Edit: Done and Done

[Airwalker]

That's a bit odd. I don't see your CD listed in the site's own $5 sale page.

In any case, I may have to pick it up along with a few others. :nicework: Nice work!

(Edit: Purchased.)

[Gollgagh]

Though I think zircon is a bit of an ass, he does make some damned good music.

This is totally worth it, guys.

[zircon]

That's a bit odd. I don't see your CD listed in the site's own $5 sale page.

In any case, I may have to pick it up along with a few others. :nicework: Nice work!

(Edit: Purchased.)

I decided not to list it in the "$5 sale" section because that forces you to buy 3 CDs at $5 to get the discount. I want everyone to get the discount :)

[Airwalker]

I decided not to list it in the "$5 sale" section because that forces you to buy 3 CDs at $5 to get the discount. I want everyone to get the discount :)

Yeah, I noticed that after I shopped around a little. Though a few CD's there were listed at $5 as the ordinary price. Luckily the other one I really liked from that site was just $5 too without any strings.

Sweet deal, though.

[screaming oranges]

Ordered! :mrgreen:

[WesPip]

I ordered it when it was new...but...I ordered a second copy, cause it was just so damned cheap.
I'll give it as a gift to someone probly, but I've not a clue who.

[Sole Signal]

Ordered....looking forward to hearing it. :)

[JTD121]

Mine! I finally have some money flowing! Woohoo!

Should be some good stuff!

-Josh

[The Lone Gunman]

Ordered with the $10 I almost forgot I had in PayPal. Best $7.24ish I'll spend this month I predict!

[linkspast]

Got mine... this is as good as Little Cesar 5$ hot-n-ready pizza.

[Crazyonr1]

Should last longer than a pizza too...

On topic though, I've sent everyone who I think would like it a link to CDbaby, and from there, there might be a few sales

[Baleshadow]

Ordered mine. This is pretty nice.

[The wingless]

I bought it. This CD better fucking give me head!

[Chaser-1]

Damn it, the minute I have time to order a copy, it goes out of stock!

[zircon]

It's still in stock as far as I can tell...

www.cdbaby.com/zircon3

Though they're going fast.

Edit: WOW I sold out? Awesome!

If you didn't get your copy, you STILL CAN on iTunes ($9.99) or my own website, a digital WAV copy ($11.99) - no shipping on either. $12.99 for the physical at Amazon isn't bad either, especially if you buy some other tunes, because you can get that free super saver discount.

[Bahamut]

Shit...think of a friend of mine who will want this CD.

[Chaser-1]

This is what the site says:


Coming back in stock soon.
If you want us to email you the minute this CD arrives, enter your name and email address here. We will NOT give or sell your info to ANYone ever, and will not use it for ANY other reason than to tell you when this CD arrives.

[Bahamut]

Damnit.......

[Chaser-1]

Damnit.......

That was my first thought as well.

[Airwalker]

And I was just pitching this CD to a friend too. :<

[Kholdstare]

I bought it. This CD better fucking give me head!

OH wingless, not everything has to give you head does it?

and yea congrats zircon on being sold out.

[Bahamut]

OH wingless, not everything has to give you head does it?

and yea congrats zircon on being sold out.

Since it involves Jill, it does.

[zircon]

Hey, like I said, it's not like it's gone forever :) $9.99 on iTunes, $11.99 for a digital on my website, and $11.99 (by next week) for a physical on CD Baby. I might drop the digital to $10.99 too, but we'll see... either way I think it's reasonable compared to most $15+ commercial CDs out there.

BTW don't forget to sign up for my mailing list - send a letter with the subject "subscribe" to list@zirconstudios.com. I send previews, prerelease info, special deals, and other cool stuff to everyone on it every month or so. Considering I'm already over half done with a NEW album (a side project) you should check it out :)

[sgx]

I decided not to list it in the "$5 sale" section because that forces you to buy 3 CDs at $5 to get the discount. I want everyone to get the discount :)

You could have had the main price be $5 and still run it in the 3x$5 program, couldn't you?

That way people could buy Antigravity and my BTSB (http://cdbaby.com/cd/sgx) and Chroma (http://cdbaby.com/cd/sgx2) all for $15 :D. And you would have made $2 on the sale, not $1.

Oh wells.

[zircon]

You could have had the main price be $5 and still run it in the 3x$5 program, couldn't you?

That way people could buy Antigravity and my BTSB (http://cdbaby.com/cd/sgx) and Chroma (http://cdbaby.com/cd/sgx2) all for $15 :D. And you would have made $2 on the sale, not $1.

Oh wells.

Hey, we could still run this promotion...

[The wingless]

Since it involves Jill, it does.

GOD-VISHNU-DAMMIT! Who started this insane rumor that I want Jill wrapped around me like an inflatable inner tube?!?!

Decorum people, DECORUM!!!!!

[Escariot]

I would probably pick up another copy just to 1: Support, 2: Have a gift to give, 3: Get SGX's shit...

[The wingless]

So I order that shit last night, and CD baby happily takes my money.


Then the motherfucker emails me THIS MORNING telling me that shit is OUT OF STOCK!!!

MOTHERFUCKING NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!

[danimal cannon]

Woo, nick of time.

Zircon is a sellout. It used to be about the music man.

[Dhsu]

So I order that shit last night, and CD baby happily takes my money.


Then the motherfucker emails me THIS MORNING telling me that shit is OUT OF STOCK!!!

MOTHERFUCKING NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!
This is what I got this morning:

Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with
sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure
it was in the best possible condition before mailing.

Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over
the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money
can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party
marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of
Portland waved "Bon Voyage!" to your package, on its way to you, in
our private CD Baby jet on this day, Wednesday, August 1st.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did.
Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all
exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Sigh...

--
Derek Sivers, president, CD Baby
I'm just gonna go ahead and say PWNT.

[zircon]

So I order that shit last night, and CD baby happily takes my money.


Then the motherfucker emails me THIS MORNING telling me that shit is OUT OF STOCK!!!

MOTHERFUCKING NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!

That's what you get for trying to woo Jill away. ;)

[Dhsu]

That's what you get for being an Afro-Negro. ;)
fixed lol

[The wingless]

I had to hear it from Dshu...

:(

[Jillian Aversa]

Naughty wingless, with your naughty comments on my Facebook album. *slaps wrist*

[Miletus]

Sold! I already bought one of the tracks off itunes store but this offer seemed worth dabbling with the rest of them. Besides, on the UK itunes store buying four individual tracks from the album is about the same price as the entire album at $5. Grats on the selling out.

[Escariot]

zirc and SGX - Run that second promotion lawl

[sgx]

Hey, we could still run this promotion...

Sounds good. Let me know when you're back in stock.

[Dhsu]

Way to punish the early adopters. :(

[Airwalker]

This is what I got this morning:


...
Your picture is on our wall as "Customer of the Year." We're all
exhausted but can't wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!
...

I'm just gonna go ahead and say PWNT.

Wait... I thought I was the "Customer of the Year". They... lied to me. I will never forgive CDBaby!

[WesPip]

Naughty wingless, with your naughty comments on my Facebook album. *slaps wrist*
Wingless, naughty?
YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.

So this isn't entirely on topic, but are you planning on restocking Impulse Prime any time soon? I didn't pick up a copy on the first few runs, but I'd like to get one now...

[Kholdstare]

I just got impulse prime with a free gift card on itunes, stupid acc format. thankfully, i beat steve jobs by line in recording to my mp3 player as wma's.

[zircon]

Wingless, naughty?
YOU MUST BE MISTAKEN.

So this isn't entirely on topic, but are you planning on restocking Impulse Prime any time soon? I didn't pick up a copy on the first few runs, but I'd like to get one now...

Not unless I know there's a lot of demand for it, since it would cost over $200 to print 50 copies (and that is about the minimum that would make sense). You can always get the iTunes or digital WAV version though.

[WesPip]

Not unless I know there's a lot of demand for it, since it would cost over $200 to print 50 copies (and that is about the minimum that would make sense). You can always get the iTunes or digital WAV version though.
Well I'm pretty sure I have most or all of the tracks digitally already...but I wanted a hard copy. :(

[danimal cannon]

Copy came in the mail today... oooo

[Airwalker]

Copy came in the mail today... oooo

:razz: Same here. Listening to it now!

:puppyeyes: I'm not worthy...


In any case, nice packaging. Though, they kinda skimped on shrinkwrap. I could open it up without using any tools of any kind. And I just cut my fingernails to the bone last night! Now, the kind where you need a knife and plyers? That's how you can tell it's high quality shrinkwrap. Shrinkwrap aside, sounds great, Zircon.

[Gollgagh]

Just received my copy.

Awesome.

edit: Standpipe Valve is epic

[zircon]

Thanks for the positive comments guys! If you liked it...

(1) I suggest signing up on my mailing list - send a letter with "subscribe" in the subject to list@zirconstudios.com - you will get updates on my music, previews, deals (etc) before anyone else, including exclusives.

(2) Tell your friends! Word of mouth is awesome and I really appreciate it.

(3) Drop a review at www.cdbaby.com/zircon3 - it'll only take a minute.

:)

[danimal cannon]

Thanks for the positive comments guys! If you liked it...

(1) I suggest signing up on my mailing list - send a letter with "subscribe" in the subject to list@zirconstudios.com - you will get updates on my music, previews, deals (etc) before anyone else, including exclusives.

(2) Tell your friends! Word of mouth is awesome and I really appreciate it.

(3) Drop a review at www.cdbaby.com/zircon3 (http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3) - it'll only take a minute.

:)

Haha, you remind me of myself.

[Kholdstare]

I just finished listening to the disc. I absolutely loved it. Great work zircon, I wish you continued success in all your future musicality.

~Kholdstare

[Escariot]

Mine hasn't come yet... Though I ordered it a little later in the day

[danimal cannon]

Wow Zircon, you really love that one progression. When in a minor scale Root- 6th- 7th- Root

I think I counted that or a variation of it about 5 different times.

That's alright, I think I have that sort of progression in like 11 of my songs.

[Sole Signal]

Wow Zircon, you really love that one progression. When in a minor scale Root- 6th- 7th- Root

I think I counted that or a variation of it about 5 different times.


...so? :p

I just got mine yesterday; great work all around, with my fav probably being Nitronic with bgc's solo awesomeness. :) Really like Speed of Light too.

[Escariot]

Finally got mine today and recently finished listening to it... I STILL love Art of Zen

[zircon]

Wow Zircon, you really love that one progression. When in a minor scale Root- 6th- 7th- Root

I think I counted that or a variation of it about 5 different times.

That's alright, I think I have that sort of progression in like 11 of my songs.

Yeah, guilty as charged. It's unavoidable in electronic music, especially in trance... I think at least 75% of trance songs I've heard have it. It's just tough to make something serious/epic in a minor key, with a dance beat, w/o using it.

[Kizyr]

...so? :p

I just got mine yesterday; great work all around, with my fav probably being Nitronic with bgc's solo awesomeness. :) Really like Speed of Light too.

Yeah, Speed of Light is my favorite non-vocal track; that and Antigravity are the two tracks I'll usually replay several times. Although I really like the entire album from start to finish.

EDIT: You mentioned Geoffrey Taucer, Fishy, and bgc collaborating on it, right? Out of curiosity, which tracks did they do work on? I recognize GT's guitar on a few of them, just from having listened to his other stuff on OCR in the past, but that's it. KF

[zircon]

GT did the acoustic guitars on "Breathing You In", Fishy did the electric guitars (layered w/ mine) on "Depth Charge", and bgc did the synth solo towards the end of "Nitronic". :)

[zircon]

Hate to double post, but the CD just restocked, so anyone who is waiting on a copy will be able to pick one up now (or if you already ordered one but it went out of stock, yours should ship today or tomorrow)

www.cdbaby.com/zircon3

Price dropped to $11.99 you may have noticed :) It'll stay like that for a long time.

sgx + I are also going to be running our promo soon... we technically are now, but we'll make an official announcement later.

[danimal cannon]

Yeah, guilty as charged. It's unavoidable in electronic music, especially in trance... I think at least 75% of trance songs I've heard have it. It's just tough to make something serious/epic in a minor key, with a dance beat, w/o using it.

Replace electronic music with metal music and I'm totally on your wavelength.

I only noticed because I've done it MANY times.

[Deathtank]

I HATE YOU ALL!!!! y'all can buy the cd and I can´t!!!! :'(

PD: how the fuck do you put smilies in your posts?????

[Escariot]

I got my copy today! Will post pictures later

[Bahamut]

I HATE YOU ALL!!!! y'all can buy the cd and I can´t!!!! :'(

PD: how the fuck do you put smilies in your posts?????

Why not ask someone to ship you a copy? No paypal?

[WesPip]

sgx + I are also going to be running our promo soon...
what what what?

I demand impulse prime plus...er...some sgx album I don't have.
Though I think I have all of them. :(

[screaming oranges]

Hey Zircon, how do you choose your album art, and who does it? Self-made or you hire somebody?

[zircon]

My first CD had art done by Moose, some guy in the #soundtempest IRC, at the last minute. Nothing special. Impulse Prime was done by Global Trance and jmr, from these forums. For Antigravity, I went with Cyan_Ide - who periodically lurks here - since he designed my website and is a pro graphic designer. I'm very happy with it.

[screaming oranges]

Interesting. I really liked the color scheme for "Antigravity." Anyhow, as for the music itself, I received my copy on Tuesday and had a chance to listen to it yesterday. Very very nice. I am not a musician, so I don't know the terminology used to describe this or that, but I have to say that it is a very enjoyable listen (especially when on the road).

Though I am not a musician, sound is very important to me, and thus I have spent lots of money on headphones and the like to get as faithful a reproduction as my wallet allows. Anyhow, that said, this album is very peculiar in that it can serve to entertain OR to provide a nice background music while working. This is not to say that the tracks are boring, by all means no! What I'm trying to say is that the tracks aren't so overpowering that they distract from whatever one may be doing, but if one stops and actually listens to it while working, one can only think "wow, this is some groovy stuff!"

Anyhow, congratulations on your achievements. Also, I had never heard Jillian sing before... I was pleased.

[zircon]

Interesting. I really liked the color scheme for "Antigravity." Anyhow, as for the music itself, I received my copy on Tuesday and had a chance to listen to it yesterday. Very very nice. I am not a musician, so I don't know the terminology used to describe this or that, but I have to say that it is a very enjoyable listen (especially when on the road).

Though I am not a musician, sound is very important to me, and thus I have spent lots of money on headphones and the like to get as faithful a reproduction as my wallet allows. Anyhow, that said, this album is very peculiar in that it can serve to entertain OR to provide a nice background music while working. This is not to say that the tracks are boring, by all means no! What I'm trying to say is that the tracks aren't so overpowering that they distract from whatever one may be doing, but if one stops and actually listens to it while working, one can only think "wow, this is some groovy stuff!"

Anyhow, congratulations on your achievements. Also, I had never heard Jillian sing before... I was pleased.

Thank you very much!!! You actually touched on exactly what I was trying to do, make an album where the music can be played in the background w/o being too obnoxious (or in a club/dance setting), BUT if you just listen to it, there's enough happening to keep you interested. So I've accomplished my goal :)

If you like Jill's voice, check out her thread in this very forum. She just posted a few previews from HER upcoming album, which we are collaborating on for some of the tracks.

[Palpable]

You actually touched on exactly what I was trying to do, make an album where the music can be played in the background w/o being too obnoxious (or in a club/dance setting), BUT if you just listen to it, there's enough happening to keep you interested.

I think you just sold me on this album, and I was already considering getting it cause of how much I like your stuff on the site. :-) This description fits Way Out West, one of my favorite acts, to a T. Their albums reward attention but permit inattention.

[linkspast]

Man this is amazing. This was worth paying for