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Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:04 pm
by crazygurl14
Does Al or the record company pay for them? That seems like a lot of cd's to just give away.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:22 pm
by Teh Dingo
ludovica64 wrote:Yeah, for friends and family I know he gave away lots of Essential WAY cos I saw lots of ppl eg Hal sparks & others tweet pics of autographed personalized copies
Ben Folds got ripped off. He had to pre-order like the rest of us schlubs
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:30 pm
by CatraDhtem
crazygurl14 wrote:Does Al or the record company pay for them?
Typically an artist will have it in their contract that they get a supply of promotional copies (that is, copies that have the barcode scratched out to prevent it from being sold) of each release.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:21 pm
by Big Spoon
I'm pretty sure that when Al sent me a signed copy of Poodle Hat when I was in the hospital (along with some other stuff), it was promotional. The barcode on the CD had a hole in in.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:46 pm
by Way_Moby
Big Spoon wrote:I'm pretty sure Al sent me a signed promotional copy of Poodle Hat when I was in the hospital (along with some other stuff). The barcode on the CD had a hole in in.
That's awesome! Further proof that he is such an awesomely nice dude.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:44 am
by oddaustin
Big Spoon wrote:I'm pretty sure that when Al sent me a signed copy of Poodle Hat when I was in the hospital (along with some other stuff), it was promotional. The barcode on the CD had a hole in in.
Neat! Actually, if it weren't for a certain severe medical incident when I was thirteen, I probably wouldn't be as madly into Al as I am now. When I was sick, I made my family buy me all his records while I lie in the hospital bed. Had I known I could've gotten a free signed copy out of my suffering, I might have looked into that.
Hey, so, um.... it might just be the stupid musician album release nerd in me talking but, based on the Twitter image, is that a digi-pak that his album is in? There's something about that package that I really, really dig. It'd make the CD even cooler if it was contained within that slick, unbreakable format.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:03 am
by weirdojace
Yeah it looks like a digipak.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:05 am
by crazygurl14
What is the difference between a digipak and a normal cd case?
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:42 am
by TMBJon
crazygurl14 wrote:What is the difference between a digipak and a normal cd case?
Let me Google that for you...
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet! 2.0
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:22 am
by Elvis
Yeah, it's a digipak, or whatever they call those things. Did I forget to mention that? Oopsie!
Dave