Here’s the skinny:
Did you, like me, always end up missing Guild Weekends and wish that you could have been there? Now you can see what it was like. Scott took VHS recordings from Jeremy G and turned ‘em into DVDs, and you can now download the recording on indieriver.net. Please note that since this is 4+ GBs that it’s going to take you quite some time to grab it; I’ve been going for over a day and I’m just over one-third done.
Also, please take note of the fact that our recent firewall changes mean that your TCP port for IndieRiver has to be between 56000 and 56999. If you need help getting started with BitTorrent, Mark Smiley’s primer is on squarepegalliance.net. Worth doing, folks!
Rumor has it that the Guild 5 Membership Cards are headed your way soon, so be on the lookout for those if you’re one of the many folks who have signed up for guild 5. These cards will get you into the pre-show Guild Room to meet and greet with the band, but ONLY if there is a Guild Room. As we’ve said before, Guild Room availibility varies from show to show. We try to give you advance notice if possible, but sometimes it is out of the band’s hands.
You can always ensure yourself of some meet and greet time by hanging out by the stage after the show and shoutnig compliments up at the band members as they pack their gear. they love that. seriously.
Guild Rooms are not promised at every show in the Guild 5 Era, but we’re happy to announce that there will be Guild Rooms at the shows this weekend. Those would be in MacMurray, PA on Friday night the 27th and in Akron, OH on Saturday the 28th.
What’s the protocol for getting into a Guild 5 Room? Well, since you don’t have membership cards yet, bring along your proof of purchase that you’ve joined. your printed receipt showing that you paid $13.50 to be in Guild 5 will do the trick.
Here’s the rest of the info, as relayed to me by the band:
We have checked and we can do a guild room at both shows this weekend
BEFORE the concert.Please let the guilders know to be at the room 30 minutes prior to
the show. Once they purchase their tickets, they can let the ticket
takers know they are in the guild and that they are there for a meet and greet and they will be instructed where to go.
So there you have it. 30 minutes prior to showtime there should be an opportunity to meet some of the band. Not sure which bandmembers will make it to the room, but it should be a great chance to interact.
If you’re not a part of Guild 5, but want to join up, follow the instructions here, print out your receipt, and welcome to the club!
It’s been days, weeks, months, and years in the making, but the Guild is finally back. Are we better than ever? Not yet, but we’re headed in the right direction. I’ll try to recap where we stand, so forgive me if this material is old news.
Guild 5 is the latest iteration of the Guild. In the past, you’ve paid about $35 for the year and got a few goodies (and a few unkept promises…sorry). For Guild 5, you pay $13.50 for a LIFETIME membership ($10 for membership, $3.50 to mail you your membership card once we have them finished).
Your $10 will get you a membership card, access to the Guild Site, and some discounts on merch. When the Guild 5 CD is finished, which is still a ways away, you’ll be able to purchase it for a nominal fee (like $10 or so). We hope to also put out an online magazine for Guilders, called Thirsty Plants, at some point in the future.
How do you sign up? Head over to The Guild page at Caedmonscall.com. Click Register Now! to give us all your information. (Your personal info will only be used for our gain if the band breaks up and Cliff has to resort to selling timeshares to put bread on the table). Complete all of the registration information and ‘continue’ to submit.
Once you’ve submitted your registration info, you will be taken to the Guild Store. This is where you purchase your Lifetime Guild Membership. A lifetime Membership will automatically be placed in your shopping cart. I suggest you immediately Checkout so as not to combine this order with other orders. You can buy stuff in a few minutes.
When you go to check out, you’ll have to create an account at the Caedmon’s Store. This is different than your Guild Login. Go ahead and create the account so that you can come back and buy stuff whenever. Once you’ve created an account and logged in, finish your purchase. YOUR GUILD ACCOUNT WILL NOT BE ACTIVATED UNTIL PAYMENT IS RECEIVED.
So to recap, in order to activate your Guild Membership, you need to do 2 things:
If you do these two things together, you’ll be golden. If you registered and paid and do not have access to the Guild Site, email me at guild-at-caedmonscall.com and i’ll check into it and get you squared away.
DO NOT find the Guild Membership in the store without registering and purchase it. That will just give me a headache.
One cool perk to being an early Guild Member? You’ll be able to purchase Guild 2 and Guild 3 CDs for $5 each! We’ll be making these available to the public soon and raising the price, but for now we will be offering these to Guild members for a very discounted rate. The web store price still says $10 as of this moment, so hold off on those purchases until we can update the store to the $5 rate. And if you’re in Guild 5 and just paid $10 for either CD, prove it to me and i’ll discount you the $5.
Ok, this is way too long. If you’re on any type of CC mailing list, you’ll probably be getting a similar email to this from the band very shortly.
have a great weekend everyone!
bryan
ps…check the tour dates at caedmonscall.com for upcoming shows in TX, PA, OH, NC, OR, and VA.
I’ve been getting a few emails every week regarding the Guild and when it will kick up again. The short answer is that we don’t really know for sure. I can tell you, however, that it will be somewhat soon. We’ve identified a few major changes that need to be made to the Guild Website in order to go live, and that list has been communicated to the webmaster. So we are basically waiting on those changes to be done. At that point, we’ll make sure everything is in order to launch and then we’ll open things up.
The Guild will be different this time around. Your membership will be lifetime. It will cost only $10. You’ll get a Guild Membership card, access to the Guild website, discounts on Merch, access to our online version of the Thirsty Plants Webzine, access to Guild rooms at select concerts, discounted price on previous Guild CDs (except Guild 1, of course, which remains out of print), and the ability to purchase the future Guild CDs.
The plan for future Guild CDs is pretty basic. The money that we raise from this membership drive will finance the next Guild CD. Those will be available to Guild members only at a price of around $10. Proceeds from selling those CDs will go towards making the next CD and so forth.
We are not guaranteeing that there will ever be another Guild weekend/Guild Concert. We won’t rule it out, but it is hard for something like that to be coordinated these days. If it ever does happen, there will be a nominal fee involved to cover the cost.
All of this info is available by clicking the “Guild” link at caedmonscall.com. If you have any specific questions, shoot me an email at guildinfo@caedmonscall.com.
thanks,
bryan