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tfabris ([personal profile] tfabris) wrote2008-04-06 11:17 pm

Wish You Were Here


FilKONtario has been awesome. The very last event, the dead dog, is happening as I write this. We're here in a huge room with a balcony around the edges in a giant multi-layered circle of chairs trading songs, and we'll be this way pretty much all night. Just a moment ago, Daniel started playing Wish You Were Here, and I hurriedly put down the laptop, grabbed my guitar and joined in with the solos.

The FilKONtario concom and staff have been amazing and wonderful, and Vixy and I have felt welcomed, at home, catered to, pampered, and treated like royalty. We are so very grateful for this wonderful weekend they've made for us.

Our concert went flawlessly. (I know this because Rand told us so.) The whole convention was there, and the energy was electric. The feedback loop was tangible. It was probably the most fun we've had onstage, ever. Vixy arranged some great Urban Tapestry-style signage gags that came off perfectly, probably due to the fact that we had Urban Tapestry doing the signage for us. Vixy even managed to bamboozle me in French, with the entire con's help, something that you just had to be there to understand.

We brought 100 copies of Thirteen, mostly because we thought that Canadian customs might hassle us if we'd brought any more than that. Whether we'd done the right thing, or whether we'd just been lucky, I'm not sure, but the customs agent just waved us on through when we declared them.

At first we were worried we'd brought too many discs. Then, as the stash began to dwindle, we were worried we'd brought too few. As it turns out, now, in the final hours of the con as I write this, we're down to six copies. In other words, we brought just the right amount. And wow... we just sold over 90 copies of our new album. With a con attendance of about 140, that means we sold a copy to more than half of the people at the con. Wow. We're so flattered.

It was also wonderful to finally reunite with the Bedlam Bards, and we can't wait until we can do another Wayward gig together again.

Status of various things: The official Vixy and Tony Web Site is up, though unfinished and still in beta. Our MySpace page is up and has six songs from Thirteen for your listening pleasure. CDBaby has received our albums, but it takes them some time before they can get the song samples ripped and the artwork scanned, so the CDBaby page isn't up just yet. When that's done, you'll be able to order the CD online, in physical form via CDBaby and in electronic form at the iTunes store. Hopefully this week.

PS: Blind Lemming Chiffon just broke our brains by doing "I Am The Carpenter". You should be able to work it out from the title alone. "Eat one, eat one, everybody eat one..."

The complete list of upcoming Vixy and Tony appearances is:

Wayward Coffee House, Saturday, April 19, 2008, 8-10pm, Seattle, WA. How many copies should we bring?
BayCon, Weekend of May 23, 2008, San Jose, CA.
SpoCon, Weekend of August 1st, 2008, Spokane, WA.
Consonance, Early March, 2009, San Jose, CA. We are the Guests of Honor!

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[personal profile] maribou 2008-04-07 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, so many shiny links! Glad the con went well & happy to have MySpace as a temporary Thirteen fix.

[identity profile] bluesmancd.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like a you had a great con. Congrats on the CD sales.

[identity profile] s00j.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
you deserve to be treated kindly and with love and as rockstars, because of the light and laughter and chills you bring. :D travel safe.

[identity profile] s00j.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
also, met Hawk of Bedlam Bards and finally got to hear them in TX last month. poor guys had to sing over bagpipes, but they did a fine job.

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! Looking forward to seeing you in July!

[identity profile] it-aint-easy.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
They came, they saw, they rocked le chateau! :{)} Congrats to you both, and I look forward to picking up a CD at BayCon.
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
To Wayward? Bring a freakin' buttload of CD's. I know I want five (if I don't manage to get'em next weekend some way)... how many does Wayward hold, 50? You're gonna run the same kind of demand...

(I'm not *too* surprised you sold 94 alreddie at FKO. That's sure gonna help your luggage allowance going back! :)

[identity profile] ldwheeler.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Heh: I keep meaning to write a Tim Hardin filk: "If I were a carpenter/and you were a walrus ..."

Unfortunately, that's as far as I get.

[identity profile] moshez.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all, happy birthday again (again, because I already sang it loudly in FKO like everyone else).

For anyone wondering: the concert was indeed awesome :)

Looking forward to listening to the songs on "Thirteeen"...

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Veni vidi volcano? :-)

Looking forward to Baycon, too!

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks so much! Enjoy the album!

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Final toll as we sit at the airport waiting for our flight: 96 sold.

YAY!
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[identity profile] technoshaman.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] cflute echos that sentiment.... and the idea of bringing a big stash of'em to Wayward. You wouldn't even have to bring them all in, just a couple boxes and if you run out, come find me and I'll help fetch more ('cause, well, that's what I do, is help schlepp things. :)

[identity profile] tfabris.livejournal.com 2008-04-07 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, we'll bring about 50 or so into the gig in the nice carrying case with the handle, and then have another box of 100 in the trunk in case we run out. :-)

Darn it I wish CDBaby would get their act in gear...

[identity profile] ladymondegreen.livejournal.com 2008-04-08 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the rhyme would be problematic ...