Holy Cow, Fox actually listened

POSTED BY: MrWright
UPDATED: Monday, September 26, 2005 23:12
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MRWRIGHT

Friday, September 23, 2005 1:42 PM

got this email last night:

Quote:
Firefly Fans,

Thank you to everyone who has purchased and downloaded the
Original Television Soundtrack to Firefly
(link to http://foxmusic.navio.com/firefly).

We would like to sincerely apologize for any technical
difficulties you may have experienced during this process.
We want you to know that we have heard you, and we
have some good news…

- .mp3 files -- We have made .mp3 files available
for download, so everyone, including Mac users, can now
enjoy the Firefly soundtrack.

- Redelivery available
(link to http://foxmusic.navio.com/firefly)-- If you have
already purchased the license rights to the soundtrack, you
can choose to “redeliver” the file in .mp3 format. Please
see instructions below.

We also want to assure you that Greg Edmonson and Joss Whedon
are receiving all of the record royalties due them for
each purchase. We all thank you for your support.

If you have any further feedback, please let us know.
(mailto: Foxmusic-support@navio.com)
It has been our pleasure to bring you the "Firefly" soundtrack
that you have asked for. We appreciate your excitement about
the release of this digital album, and on behalf of Fox Music,
we wish you the ultimate, shiny “Firefly” experience next week…

Redelivery Instructions:

1. Go to the Fox Music Site
(link to http://foxmusic.navio.com/firefly)

2. Click on the “AV” tab on the far right of your
browser window. Your Active Viewer will slide out.

3. Login to the Active Viewer. Enter your email address,
Check “Yes, I am a returning user”, and enter the password you
created when you first purchased your Firefly digital album.
Click NEXT.

4. Click on the “My Stuff” folder icon. Click on the
“Digital Album” link. DOUBLE-click on the “Firefly Original
Soundtrack” link. Scroll down the page to this link: Download
the entire ‘Firefly Original Television Soundtrack Album’
and click on it.

5. Download the file, and you will automatically receive
the .mp3 format.

SERENITYVALLEY

Friday, September 23, 2005 3:32 PM

Erm, did Fox just use the word, "shiny"? It's like those fifth graders using "whaz up dawg." They're trying so hard to be cool, with the in-crowd, but they're just not cutting it.

It is a very nice letter though.

http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm

CANTTAKESKY

Friday, September 23, 2005 6:30 PM

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Erm, did Fox just use the word, "shiny"?

LOL.
Maybe next week, they'll send out letter using Chinese and "gorram," as in:

"Holy Go-se! Serenity made so much gorram money we've decided to fire the fei-yoo who cancelled your show and beg Joss to bring Firefly back to FOX. However, Joss told us to go *%@!$% ourselves. We know no power in the verse can stop you Firefly fans, so would you please beg him to come back for us?"

Well, one can dream.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

URIAH

Friday, September 23, 2005 6:42 PM

Lets just think positive about it, SOMEBODY at Fox gets it. It may not be somebody at the top but somebody at least.

Quote:
Originally posted by SerenityValley:
Erm, did Fox just use the word, "shiny"? It's like those fifth graders using "whaz up dawg." They're trying so hard to be cool, with the in-crowd, but they're just not cutting it.

It is a very nice letter though.

http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:11 AM

Now, how 'bout a ing CD, F*X?

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The real-life box droppin', man-ape gone wrong thing, now without the pesky falling boxes

GRANITE

Saturday, September 24, 2005 5:42 AM

Is there a proper order for the music?

From the looks of the track list, it's a bit jumbled among episodes.

RIMCAT

Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:30 AM

*Thank* you! Just went back and snagged the mp3's. Life's better.

PURPLEBELLY

Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:54 AM

Yet another playing order controversy. I love this community.

WIBBLEDTODEATH

Saturday, September 24, 2005 6:57 AM

Well...I think thats great!

It costs a lot of up front money to make a CD prod run, get it distributed and into stores. The service FOX music provides is one that gets us music from our fav shows which we would otherwise not be able to get....and nets them a lil money as well.

But really, it is a service in recognition of their diehard fans...and the fact that they are willing to listen to us is a good sign! Heck..its a great one. It isnt easy to get things done in a corporate env...so someone up there really cares to go to the effort of getting those files in order, and get the permissions required to do so.

Not only does this mean that FOX is listening...maybe its a sign that we browncoats are mighty enough to make them listen.

By giving us MP3 instead of wmv protected files...they are trusting us browncoats to support their product and our fav TV show. It is a foreward thinking attitude that would have been nice to see earlier...but one that we should welcome and support now.

So thank U FOX music....

I just hope this service is available to us ppl in Australia.........

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EMBASSY

Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:40 AM

I'm curious about the ID3 tags.

I notice that the music, in MP3 form at least, imports into iTunes as "track x of 23".. but there are only 17 tracks in the download. Are there missing tracks somewhere? River's Dance? The Hero of Canton? The wedding dance in OMR?

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