A note on CDs, inspired by Hogswatch comments.: seanan

A note on CDs, inspired by Hogswatch comments.

As I've said a few times, I'm using simple questions ("name a favorite song" or "tell me which characters you're curious about," etc.) to try to filter out the "I'm just here because a free stuff blog linked to you" comments. Not that free stuff isn't keen no matter who you are, but since the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch are about getting things to my fans and readers, I want to have some sort of "please don't let me be completely overwhelmed" filtering scheme in place. Don't follow the instructions, which the gimme-gimme-gimme crowd usually won't, don't win a prize.

In the case of the copy of Pretty Little Dead Girl, I asked people to tell me why they wanted to win. A surprisingly large number have said that it's because they've never heard my music/didn't know I had CDs/wanted to start at the beginning. So...

I have CDs! Three albums, currently. Stars Fall Home (the reissue of my first studio album), Creature Feature, and Wicked Girls (currently out of stock at CD Baby, which means the link doesn't work). Two earlier albums, Pretty Little Dead Girl and Red Roses and Dead Things are out of print.

Many of the songs on Pretty Little Dead Girl appear on Stars Fall Home, including "Pretty Little Dead Girl," the girl-group doo-wop story of Rose Marshall. I will be re-stocking Wicked Girls within the next week.

This is not "please don't enter the drawing"; the drawings are there to be entered, and I am thrilled that so many of you are participating. But if you've been curious about my music, I actually consider Stars Fall Home the best place to start, and I would love it if you'd consider picking up my studio albums.

Thank you.

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seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:01:20 UTC 1 year ago

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Oh, it's a totally valid answer. Those replies are absolutely not disqualified. It's just that if people are trying to get an out-of-print album because they've never heard me and want to, there's an easy fix for that!

...one that gets CDs out of my house oh god so many CDs.

blueeowyn

December 12 2015, 21:21:55 UTC 1 year ago

I knew you sang (I know Gary) but hadn't heard your music until I got your CDs in the mail. So far, I've only listed to one (Wicked Girls) but that is because when I have a new CD, I put it on over and over and over until I learn some of the songs, then I move to the next. That way when it comes back into the player, it feels like an old friend. I've learned the hard way to NEVER play a new CD at certain times because invariably, something on that CD will link to whatever bad is stuck in my head and will forever be associated with that bad thing. So new CDs only get started at good times. I'm really enjoying it.

marziek

December 12 2015, 21:11:36 UTC 1 year ago

Somehow, I didn't know that Creature Feature was out already... I just fixed that void. :D

December 13 2015, 04:04:33 UTC 1 year ago

Hooray!

archangelbeth

December 12 2015, 21:42:53 UTC 1 year ago

For anyone reading this, who isn't already sold... Stars Fall Home is an awesome album. It and Wicked Girls are tied for "OH HAI, I REACH INTO UR HART NAO."

December 13 2015, 04:04:42 UTC 1 year ago

falnfenix

December 13 2015, 04:51:33 UTC 1 year ago

yes, this. a whole lot of this.

catlein

December 13 2015, 03:26:40 UTC 1 year ago

So I just started browsing your music and was HEARTBROKEN that Wicked Girls wasn't available. But there's more stock soon? SO EXCITING!

Thank you for giving the world so many awesome things :D

December 13 2015, 04:05:23 UTC 1 year ago

Mostly it went out of stock because I was in New York, and then it was the holiday mailing season, and I'm a wimp about going near the post office this time of year. I'll try to get CDs out in the next week, promise.

December 13 2015, 04:19:09 UTC 1 year ago

I think avoiding the post office at this time of year is a very respectable method of preserving one's mental health! It would be awesome if the CDs went back in stock before CD Baby's 1 cent shipping deal was over (which is the end of the month, I think), but I want your pretty music so that's just a thing that would be nice if it happened (plus I can grab the other two right now!). I will be getting a copy of Wicked Girls no matter when it reappears because I am in love with that song now and hope to fall in love with more songs!

guendolen_sama

December 13 2015, 04:17:44 UTC 1 year ago

Wicked Girls is being re-stocked? That's awesome! I need a copy of that so bad, if for nothing else than the title song, because that song is my anthem. I am a wicked girl determined to save myself and not get shunted aside.

December 13 2015, 04:20:42 UTC 1 year ago

Yeah, it's not out of print, it's just me being scared of the lines at the post office.

December 13 2015, 04:22:19 UTC 1 year ago

I understand that completely. Post office lines are always dreadful, especially this time of year.

December 13 2015, 04:52:13 UTC 1 year ago

hoping and praying that a random copy of Red Roses magically finds its way into my possession.

probably won't be that lucky, but a girl can wish.

December 13 2015, 18:39:46 UTC 1 year ago

I believe the last copy any filk dealer had was sold this past weekend at ChessieCon. But I could be wrong, and it's always worth checking around.

December 13 2015, 21:10:53 UTC 1 year ago

must have been before i got in the dealer's room - i asked. :( ah well. such is my luck!

groblek

December 13 2015, 06:06:41 UTC 1 year ago

Sarah and I actually found your music before your books. Stars Fall Home was the first CD we opened and played in the car on the way back from our first Consonance, having stumbled into this filk thing and come away from the dealer's room with a pile of recommended works for people unfamiliar with filk.

These days, the track Evil Laugh is our child's favorite song. Joshua sang it to me the other night as a lullaby. (For those reading this who aren't familiar with the song, it really isn't something most people would consider to be suited to that purpose. "My laugh is an evil laugh, ha ha ha die!")