My hard drive is officially dead. The guy I hired to try to fix it called me today and said his attempts had failed. He could try to recover the data, but that would cost at least $600. Eh, no.
There goes the Cinder Bridge mailing list. Poof.
And yet, I am not hating technology this week. Technology was my friend at Saturday's FireFest gig. Technology enabled a listener to record a couple of our songs with a small, presumably affordable camera; now the videos are on YouTube, Facebook, and the blog.
After we played, a new fan wanted to sign up for the mailing list. I didn't have pen and paper on me. He got onto Cinder Bridge's Facebook page from his smartphone and hit the "Like" button so he'd get updates that way.
He probably wouldn't have had the ability to do that just eight years ago, when the band was getting started.
So all in all, tech remains on my good side. For now.
On another note, if you were on our mailing list, or you would like to be on our mailing list, send me e-mail at susan (at) cinderbridge.com. We'll set you up.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
The gig you may not have heard about
My "work" computer's hard drive died a week and a half ago. Since then, I've been running around, dealing with the fallout. I got the drive diagnosed, bought a new computer, set up the new computer, and stumbled through Windows 7 after clinging for many years to XP, an older and much less annoying operating system.
Fortunately, I had all my freelance work backed up elsewhere.
Unfortunately, I hadn't thought to back up anything else. Like Cinder Bridge files.
Like the Cinder Bridge mailing list.
We have a gig tomorrow night. I've sent out invitations to local Facebook friends, and we've contacted a handful of people outside of Facebook, but there are quite a few fans whose contact information we don't have anywhere else.
Ugh.
There's still a chance the old hard drive can be saved. I'll find out one way or another next week. In the meantime, if you're on our mailing list and haven't heard from us, we're not ignoring you.
Oh, and if you're in the vicinity and would like to hear us Saturday night, here's the pertinent info:
What
FireFest
When
Saturday, August 20, 7 p.m., to Sunday, August 21, 2 a.m. Cinder Bridge plays from 9 to 10 p.m.
Where
People's Imports/Party to the People
276 S. Park Ave.
Tucson, AZ
Other info
Other bands include One Heartbeat, Lunasong, and 8 Minutes to Burn. In addition to live music, FireFest offers organic food, healthy drinks, and belly dancers. BYOB.
Hope to see you there. If you sign up for our mailing list, I'll try not to lose you this time.
Fortunately, I had all my freelance work backed up elsewhere.
Unfortunately, I hadn't thought to back up anything else. Like Cinder Bridge files.
Like the Cinder Bridge mailing list.
We have a gig tomorrow night. I've sent out invitations to local Facebook friends, and we've contacted a handful of people outside of Facebook, but there are quite a few fans whose contact information we don't have anywhere else.
Ugh.
There's still a chance the old hard drive can be saved. I'll find out one way or another next week. In the meantime, if you're on our mailing list and haven't heard from us, we're not ignoring you.
Oh, and if you're in the vicinity and would like to hear us Saturday night, here's the pertinent info:
What
FireFest
When
Saturday, August 20, 7 p.m., to Sunday, August 21, 2 a.m. Cinder Bridge plays from 9 to 10 p.m.
Where
People's Imports/Party to the People
276 S. Park Ave.
Tucson, AZ
Other info
Other bands include One Heartbeat, Lunasong, and 8 Minutes to Burn. In addition to live music, FireFest offers organic food, healthy drinks, and belly dancers. BYOB.
Hope to see you there. If you sign up for our mailing list, I'll try not to lose you this time.
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