So if you’ve been keeping score, we’re taking orders on Positive (2010) and the discs should be in the warehouse, or in your hands, within the next few days.

In the meantime, I want to mention three logistical details.

1. There are still about 100 copies of the original Positive. If you are a completist, or are one of those who takes pleasure in getting ‘a steal’, even if it means the odd button is missing or the paint is just a bit faded, well then, have we got a deal for you!

Remastering any album is a challenge quite different from actually making the original duh), but working on something you haven’t touched in many years is also quite the slice. A slice of about, oh…, three months of my life.

I approached this work with much the same tack I take on colonoscopies: I know it needs to be done. I’m thankful for the good result. I ‘m glad it only needs to be done once in a great while. Come to think of it, I was unconscious for my last colonoscopy; so perhaps I enjoyed that procedure even more. (Sorry, younger readers, even Mick Jagger has a colonoscopy. Lady Gaga probably has one every weekend just…well…just for kicks?)

Alas, I digress.

The point is–it ain’t the most fun thing in the world. Remember: ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’? You have to re-live every mistake you ever made. Many times over. And in the case of Positive, the original tracks were recorded loooong before the release. […]

Some of you have complained that the ringtones are nice, but not loud enough. Well…I fixed that little problem. 😀 These things now generate enough oomph to make your Android or iPhone scream with… er… well… something.

Additionally, the new versions should be compatible with more brands of phones. (Some didn’t seem to want to play well with the high res audio we try to provide.) Again; should be better now.

So if you haven’t already done so, please show your support and try out one of our snazzy ringtones.

Next time your phone rings, bystanders will hear those sounds and surely think something very special is going on in your pocket.

I’m wondering today when the Latin/Greek apologia

As I survey the rack and ruin of yesterday’s election, I am struck by many speeches trying to toe the line between both forms of ‘apology’. How to say ‘I accept responsibility’ while at the same time defending the path one has chosen.

Today’s ‘apology’, in the classic sense, has to do with the running order of Positive 2010. It differs from the original. Which is a sell-out; a total artistic cave, and here’s why I done it, Ma. It was for the good of the country. Or rather for the good of my particular piece of the country.

The re-mastered Positive will be available for order on November 15th, 2010. Just in time for holiday shopping. 😀

New Features!

New full-on versions of two songs! (Not telling which yet. 🙂 ) These will not be on the CD. They will be available as a download for all registered purchasers.
A teaser solo song arrangement of yet a third song!

The Terms

Current owners of Positive will be able to purchase the new version for a measly $5 which includes shipping! (throughout the lower 48, that is.)
Current owners of any JCHMusic title will be able to get Positive for $7… and again, that includes shipping.

Remember, remember, the…er… ides of…uhm… November? (Sorry; too much Netflix. I keep mixing up quotes from all these posh brit shows. Shakespeare, ‘V’… what-ehver.)