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Reply #480 posted 07/04/06 8:32pm

origmnd

How will Tamar's CD be promoted ??

8/29/06 doesnt have 3121 in it.....
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Reply #481 posted 07/04/06 8:37pm

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origmnd said:

How will Tamar's CD be promoted ??

8/29/06 doesnt have 3121 in it.....


I believe on that date, the NPGMC will be running again, which will kick off a series of shows or tour.
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Reply #482 posted 07/04/06 8:53pm

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npgfreak said:

Moonbeam woot! As in the infamous singer of Peach at the vegas show? Or a different moonbeam???


woot! Experience of a lifetime it was!
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Reply #483 posted 07/04/06 9:08pm

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Hands -
Were you at that show too? Don't tell me you were dancing to the Ohio Players and doin cartwheels?
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Reply #484 posted 07/04/06 9:23pm

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Hands -
Were you at that show too? Don't tell me you were dancing to the Ohio Players and doin cartwheels?


falloff That was great! Unfortunately, Handclaps wasn't able to be in Vegas. sad
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Reply #485 posted 07/04/06 9:42pm

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That Lady was throwin down!!! clapping
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Reply #486 posted 07/04/06 10:06pm

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Without naming names....a good friend of mine talked to someone on the very inside of the website a couple of months back and he was told that while there were plenty of members they were having a real hard time turning them into "customers". Apparantly the club was bleeding money. I had a feeling something like this would happen although it wasn't even hinted at to my friend.


I can believe that. I always wondered how they could keep running after members only paid a one-time fee of $20. Sting charges $40 A YEAR for membership to sting.com. At least that's what I was paying about five years ago before I cancelled my membership.

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Reply #487 posted 07/04/06 10:12pm

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WHAT THE HECK!!!!! I got no notice of the NPGmusicclub shutting down and I have been a member for a while sad . I just found out today when I signed into here. mad
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Reply #488 posted 07/04/06 10:23pm

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CandaceS said:

ReturnofDOOK said:

Did any other members NOT get this email yet? confuse


Judging by what I've read here and on HQ, a lot of people haven't received it. But NPGMC's email track record had become crap, lots of people getting them either late or not at all. rolleyes


It's 1:22am on July 5 and I have yet to receive the announcement. Let you know when I get it, if I get it.
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Reply #489 posted 07/04/06 10:34pm

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a2grafix said:

CandaceS said:



Judging by what I've read here and on HQ, a lot of people haven't received it. But NPGMC's email track record had become crap, lots of people getting them either late or not at all. rolleyes


It's 1:22am on July 5 and I have yet to receive the announcement. Let you know when I get it, if I get it.


Same here--I just checked my email *again* and nothing. mad

I got the email about the new demo last week, but so far nada about the hiatus. At least they were inconsistent with their emails to the very end. confused
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Reply #490 posted 07/04/06 10:38pm

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This blows. They should have carried the site until the new site was ready. I want the membership fees refunded for myself and my girl.
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Reply #491 posted 07/04/06 10:58pm

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txladykat said:

sorry, but i dont understand why everyone is getting upset over the "lifetime" deal....they have clearly stated for a long time that your membership is a "lifetime membership as long as the club is in existence". i am bummed that it is closed as well, but am not feeling slighted because it didnt last "my lifetime". the vibe has been for awhile now that the club would be closing.

if they open up something new..i will be there.



I'm with you! I'll be right there!! I don't remember the specific quote about lifetime membership, but I first joined when it was around $100 a year and when the $25 lifetime membership came up, I couldn't understand what that was about...still don't. I didn't think it would last. In fact, I'm surprised it lasted this long. It never made a lot of sense to me. It just kind of made it easy for many less serious fans when it came to concert tickets. Those people who are complaining about having paid $25 and wanting a refund are just seriously cheap. Sorry, that's how I see it! Anyone who paid it surely has gotten their money's worth by now. It just sounds silly!
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Reply #492 posted 07/04/06 11:05pm

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jone70 said:

a2grafix said:



It's 1:22am on July 5 and I have yet to receive the announcement. Let you know when I get it, if I get it.


Same here--I just checked my email *again* and nothing. mad

I got the email about the new demo last week, but so far nada about the hiatus. At least they were inconsistent with their emails to the very end. confused

I have asked all that I know from the club and no one has recieved an email about the club closing it's doors. neutral
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Reply #493 posted 07/04/06 11:22pm

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Moonbeam said:

npgfreak said:

Hands -
Were you at that show too? Don't tell me you were dancing to the Ohio Players and doin cartwheels?


falloff That was great! Unfortunately, Handclaps wasn't able to be in Vegas. sad


U were wonderful Moonbeam. I'm so sorry that Handclaps was not there. I so look 4ward 2 finally meeting her.

~B
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Reply #494 posted 07/05/06 12:05am

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Moonbeam said:

npgfreak said:

Moonbeam woot! As in the infamous singer of Peach at the vegas show? Or a different moonbeam???

woot! Experience of a lifetime it was!

Prince was never the same again after that sigh
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Reply #495 posted 07/05/06 12:06am

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Here's a thought...and its probably already posted earlier in the thread...Today was independence day..perhaps after winning the award P thought it was time to gain his independence from the net...Thoughts?
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Reply #496 posted 07/05/06 12:08am

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largeroomnolight said:

Moonbeam said:



falloff That was great! Unfortunately, Handclaps wasn't able to be in Vegas. sad


U were wonderful Moonbeam. I'm so sorry that Handclaps was not there. I so look 4ward 2 finally meeting her.

~B

Oh snap! Were U and pandorito at the show on sat or sunday? excited
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Reply #497 posted 07/05/06 12:26am

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npgfreak said:

Oh snap! Were U and pandorito at the show on sat or sunday? excited

If by pandorito you mean me, I wasn't there no no no!
Las Vegas is quite far from Spain. Maybe next time.
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Reply #498 posted 07/05/06 12:42am

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Confundido...why did you write he wasn't the same after that?
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Reply #499 posted 07/05/06 12:48am

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Prince was never the same after that.
He closed down the npgmc.
Isn't that proof enough?


lol I was kidding
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Reply #500 posted 07/05/06 12:52am

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Well now that the NPGMC is shut down Prince can now watch Us here & over at Housequake 2 c what we're saying about this. So if ur reading this Prince PLEASE DON"T RECHARGE US 2 JOIN....AND hurry up & tour!! tease
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Reply #501 posted 07/05/06 1:13am

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HEY - WHAT IS GOING ON???

I got no e-mail either about the club shutting down.... What about tours, we will have to trawl through press to find out about them!

Hope it opens again soon.
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Reply #502 posted 07/05/06 1:25am

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I think its fucking excellent the NPGMC forums have gone. I never posted there because the ass lickers that were posting on it 5,000 times a day were scaring me shitless.

Shame about the club seating, but thats it, the merchandise was getting crap.
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Reply #503 posted 07/05/06 1:48am

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Aha, lo siento..Yes of course something is definetly up with him. Sorry I mispelled your name.
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Reply #504 posted 07/05/06 1:54am

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Aha, lo siento..Yes of course something is definetly up with him. Sorry I mispelled your name.

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Reply #505 posted 07/05/06 2:38am

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DavidSF said:

lovemachine said:

Without naming names....a good friend of mine talked to someone on the very inside of the website a couple of months back and he was told that while there were plenty of members they were having a real hard time turning them into "customers". Apparantly the club was bleeding money. I had a feeling something like this would happen although it wasn't even hinted at to my friend.


I can believe that. I always wondered how they could keep running after members only paid a one-time fee of $20. Sting charges $40 A YEAR for membership to sting.com. At least that's what I was paying about five years ago before I cancelled my membership.

David


Funny, probably the reason why they only charged $25 is so people didn't think it was too expensive. No point in charging $40 if everyone cancels their membership! That's hardly a way to make money and keep the website afloat!

If the club was bleeding money, they only have themselves to blame. Spending money creating boxes full of clothing and paraphenalia that not many fans bother buying. Other than that, a website doesn't need a lot of money to run it, you don't need a giant staff force unless it updates everyday, which the npgmc didn't. Okay, they need a mod or 2 to moderate the chat rooms, and someone to put new mp3s online for download - but as we all know, that didn't happen that often. I'm sure they could streamline the website if necessary and get it back to basics.

Certainly emails to members have got increasingly erratic, arriving at different times and days apart. The system must have been screwing up somewhere.

But surely, to pay for itself all the club had to do was offer more new mp3s for download more regularly? Prince had got so much material, live and otherwise, it's time he started using it to pay for the club. I mean, with the $50 million he earned from the Musicology tour and after paying $60,000 a month rental on his LA home, surely he could afford to keep the club open out of his own money as a vanity project?

I'm wondering whether it's a case of he's fallen out with the company designing and controlling the website.
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Reply #506 posted 07/05/06 2:43am

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Feliz Cumpleanos Pandurito!
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Reply #507 posted 07/05/06 3:03am

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Gracias!
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Reply #508 posted 07/05/06 3:59am

sacredwarrior

wonder505 said:

origmnd said:

How will Tamar's CD be promoted ??

8/29/06 doesnt have 3121 in it.....


I believe on that date, the NPGMC will be running again, which will kick off a series of shows or tour.


29th of August?

hmm

file check

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Michael Jackson's birthday???


lol

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Reply #509 posted 07/05/06 4:50am

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I just hope that the new site will incorporate an iTunes selling feature, so that those who CHOOSE to buy AAC files can do so. (See Pearl Jam's site).

I also hope that the "mansion" look of the old site will go away and be more user-friendly.
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