That what I thought! But, you can't even imagine how beautiful will look our RTFACT design on LP cover. We just received color correction print out! I think it will be recognized in retail right away! But we have to wait till November because of pressing process.Originally Posted by interbellum
Here is the last part of the review from THE PROG MIND:
Favorite tracks here include the title track and its remix for being very clear in melody; “Gotika” for being a dark, almost steampunk experience; and “The King, the Master, and the Timekeeper” for being a fantastical, grandiose affair. All of the tracks, though, feel inspired and never lose your attention. Part of that might be the lack of “epics” on this album, which really creates a great flow from beginning to end.
Overall, I’m very impressed by this release. It is a great debut that is actually fun to hear. The vocalists are all tried and true (I’m partial to Nad Sylan, myself) and offer experienced and mature performances. Pairing this with inspired melodies and plenty of different styles and tones, and “Life is Good” is a winner. I do feel like the band needs to work on marketing somewhat, but I do hope that we get to hear a sophomore album soon.
"I do feel like the band needs some promotional work" the reviewer says. I agree this is a great record but also illustrates the conundrum this band and many others are dealing with in 2017. In the music biz today Spotify is the chief driver of sales. Spotify, Apple streaming, Tidal et al have replaced radio as the chief driver of sales. If bands like RTfact and my personal favorite Lifesigns don't "sell"their music through streaming for fear that their record will be "stolen" how are they supposed to compete? My understanding is that royalties on streamimg are so low unless you have a hit single that it just amounts to pennies, but if RTfact are not gonna exist where the majority of "ears" discover music in are they just farting in a wind storm??
Last edited by progmeister; 09-15-2017 at 12:45 AM.
First of all, we are not trying to fart in a wind storm...or piss vs the tropical rain!
Spotify, Apple...Amazon Music, etc. are SVOD platforms. Standing ovation to their business creators and executives!
They don't care who wins who loose...recall "Trading Places": ...our clients make money or lose money, Duke & Duke get the commissions!
All these platforms are paying pennies which most of the suppliers don't understand how platforms calculate...I love this formula of socialism, but this is not even socialism this is monopoly!
This is cockroach racing!
And about discovery - we all know: promotion and advertising reveals and sell the product to the end users.
But everyone knows, if you have a product it should have a price and exclusive release or all access marketplace release but still with some price!
SVOD service on all platforms kills price tag for individual products when they don't pay license fees, because they are paying for minutes of listening absolutely unreasonable rate.
We picked bandcamp.com as our base platform for digital, CD and LP release. We will also use Amazon.com for CDs/LPs as well as you can buy digital here:
http://www.gagsnetwork.com/music.php...0&search_text=
However, we are planning to release album on all major platforms at the end of November at the same time we release our LPs.
96/24 will be release by the end of November at the same time as RTFACT. Life is Good LP. We will send you reminder when it's avail for our fans! You could get it two weeks in advance it goes to general public if you pre-order Hi Rez version before October 15th, 2017. The option comes to bandcamp.com this Monday
Greetings from a latter 'growing season' Vermont!
That clip on page one deserves the nod of VERY INTERESTING. Perhaps a very early WOW??
Carry On
Chris Buckley
Please let us know when the 96/24 is up. This record sounds like it was meant to be listened to this way. Can't believe there isn't more chatter here about this record or the new Tangent, Lifesigns, or Unreal City albums. These along with RTfact's debut are amongst the finest records of the year.
Have the CD's arrived yet? Ordered this a month ago today. Trying to wait patiently.
Dear Dok,Have the CD's arrived yet? Ordered this a month ago today. Trying to wait patiently.
we are very sorry about delay of CDs shipment to all fans and lovers of RTACT. We expected shipment from the factory by Sept 15th as it was published on bandcamp.com, but the shipment from the factory was delayed for almost two weeks. We are getting the shipment this Friday and CDs will be shipped to everyone who ordered them right away. You will get the CD (which will be signed by producer/composer of RTFACT) in a few days. We will send you confirmation of shipment this weekend. Thank you again for your understanding and support of RTFACT project!
No issue with waiting awhile longer. Thanks for the reply!
Received the album today and had a quick listen. This is a very special project. It's very adventurous to listen how classic progressive rock, AOR, classical music, jazz-rock, some folk and vaudeville come together in eight songs.
The cover is indeed wonderful, very detailed, although I hoped for a digipack in stead of a single cardboard.
Maybe they're trying to persuade me to buy the LP this way
Dear Dok,
Just checking if you received RTFACT CD. Please let me know. We have great response from media on our album. I hope you had a chance to enjoy it to make your own opinion which I would like to hear.
Dear Interbellum,
Thank you for your warm words on our project! We will publish the day of LP release at the end of this week latest early next week. Please, stay by
Great News! NEWEARS selected RTFACT. Life is Good as Album of October 2017 http://www.newears.org/ Take a look!
Great News! NEWEARS selected RTFACT. Life is Good as Album of October 2017 http://www.newears.org/ Take a look!
Eugene,
How are we doing on editing "The King, The Master & The Timekeeper" Behind the Scene Videos?
Did you manage to listen the album?
We are getting a lot of good review which confirmed your option: FIRST RATE MUSIC!
Here is the review from REVIEW IN PROG ROCK MUSIC TALK by Keith Hannaleck
http://www.progrockmusictalk.com/201...ifeisgood.html
Here are couple of quotes from Keith review, such as:
“It was like listening to ELP on steroids. This is prog rock at its very best as far as I am concerned”…“notably Oz Noy rips off a few stellar guitar lines…”…”I ever glad I discovered this band”…”It all comes together to create a prog rock masterpiece!”
Xymphonia has voted it Album Of The Month November!
The new clip is coming! "The King, The Master and The Timekeeper" will be released by the end of November! Stay tuned!
There are some nice Behind The Scenes-interviews/fragments in this selection:
Here are more interviews. We called this playlist: RTFACT. Behind The Scenes -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...q00mVU-OpoUPLr
How RTFACT is doing on Xymphonia in November?
Thank you for selecting RTFACT for the list of the finest records of the year! I think this recent review from SEAOFTRANQUILITY is supporting your opinion: http://www.seaoftranquility.org/revi...ntent&id=20454 Also, I have a date for 96/24 Hi-Res release, which will be same date as LP: February 5, 2018.
Very good indeed.
In October the tracks "Life Is Good", "(I Got) Money In My Pocket" and the remix of the title-track were played.
This month so far it aired "Artifact", "The Kign, The Master, And The Timekeeper" and (quite daring I guess) "Hollywood Walk Of Fame".
The last Sunday this month will probably bring "Gotika", leaving the two parts "Hail TO The Winner" for the future (maybe present in the yearlists of 2017?).
See also http://xymphonia.aafm.nl/archive.html
Thank you for great news! I hope your audience enjoy RTFACT tracks!
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