[Dreamboat] Fan Club

[Philly Kid]

Hey Randy...

Yup, Brad has THE definitive early Heart collection, bar none.  I've
never heard any of the stuff he has....that's so cool he played some
of it for you on the phone.


pk

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 01:23:04 -0500, you wrote:

>Hey Philly Kid!!
>
>You struck a chord with Brad Davis' name!  He has the most complete 
>collection of 70's vintage Heart stiff of ANYONE I  KNOW!!  I recall talking 
>to him years ago on the phone and he was playing me all these cool Heart 
>rarities that he had transferred to DAT>  Needless to say I was simply 
>stunned by the things he has....  (songs, poems that Ann wrote to Mike 
>Fisher, rare photos and awards.... the list goes on and  on). Of course it 
>helps to be friends with Roger and Mike Fisher as well!!!!
>
>If anyone has not heard of Brad Davis name on this list you don't know what 
>you are missing.  It is too bad he is not active on this list.....We could 
>pick his brain for months.....
>
>Randy
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Philly Kid" <guitarshop at guitarshopradio.com>
>To: <DRMFRIEND at aol.com>
>Cc: <Dreamboat at monger.net>
>Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dreamboat] Fan Club
>
>
>On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:48:59 EST, Vik said:
>
>>In a message dated 2/3/2006 3:42:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>swimfishie at hotmail.com writes:
>>I'm stating this this because I feel very strong about the Heart Fan Club.
>>
>><Here we go. lol...>
>>
>>
>>$30 per year is not asking much to join a fan club.  It pays for the band's
>>website and staff which gets those excellent tickets for the shows, plus 
>>the
>>"other" goodies.
>>
>>practical.  [NOTE: At the DC show in '04, I went to the 'last show of the 
>>tour'
>>in my own home town... so all these mongers came from all over and because 
>>they
>>were able to travel, my 'special seat' got pushed back several rows. 
>>The
>>thing that made it most special to me was getting to hang with my bud's 
>>Lynn,
>>AJ, Tom, Rich, etc.]  As for the other goodies, the once or twice a year 
>>token
>>chats?  Guess I'm old fashioned.  I think back to the old AOL days.  It's 
>>an
>>old arguement and I guess I just shouldn't even make comparisons.  Those 
>>who
>>remember know what I mean. And that didn't cost us a dime.  >
>
>I guess it's what people feel is important.  I don't personally feel
>like it's worth it to join the Heart fan club, either; but then, I
>haven't joined any other fan club in ages so there you have it.
>
>>Styx, Prince and other fan clubs  - especially Fleetwood
>>Mac - charge a PREMIUM to belong to their fan clubs.  Melissa Etheridge's
>>fan club just raise their price from $35 to $45.  When her fan club 
>>started,
>>it was $25 in 1993-94.
>>
>><Outrageous.    Melissa should take the extra kickback she's getting from 
>>the
>>sale of her signature Adamas 12 string and reinvest that in financing her
>>fanclub so her fan's don't have to feel insulted to 'like her'.   Other 
>>bands
>>should consider investing a portion of the initial fee in stock funds, so 
>>it'll
>>pay itself  back...and future fees might not have to be as much.  There are
>>ways and resources to make a fanclub inexpensive to belong.   There are 
>>many fans
>>who would and DO things for free to help out...even moderating and passing 
>>on
>>info. >
>
>
>Excellent suggestions.
>
>I guess, for me, I saw all these fan clubs popping up, so if you paid
>x amount of dollars you got the better seats (wasn't it Sarah
>Brightman or whatever her name is that had some package deal where you
>paid like $750.00 for a box seat, and a chance to hang backstage and a
>free glass of champagne?)
>
>
>
>><Perhaps this really just comes down to 'how much of a die hard fan are ya'
>>or 'what's important to you today?'  :)   I spent probably a few thousand 
>>on
>>Heart over the many years that I used to collect stuff.   I spent 300.00 at 
>>a
>>convention just on photographs alone before there was an online fan site. 
>>That
>>was just one little 'expenditure'.  Money used to 'not be an object' where
>>Heart was concerned.  I emptied my pockets left and right.  I wasn't 
>>'cheap' when
>>it came to Heart and my fanship.  I'd eat P&J for a few weeks to afford
>>something.  I'd say I was 'diehard'.   I've spent all the money on them 
>>and/or
>>bootleggers(excluding CD releases and concerts in my home town) that I'm 
>>personally
>>interested in spending anymore.  As some people here are aware, I will
>>shortly begin to sell off my entire Heart collection.  I don't hate them... 
>>I just
>>need to start investing in myself.  I've gotten over "it".  >
>
>Hoo boy.  I could definitely also go on about a lot of money I've
>spent - not only on Heart products, but for organizing the monger
>meets (and yes, I KNOW others spent a lot on that too, like Jack and
>Scott for instance) and I didn't mind..  I was happy to do it at the
>time.  But things change.
>
>However, having said that, and you also brought up a point about
>rarities and such:  the only collectables I'd still be interested in
>would be early Heart bootlegs, and I'm thinking in particular here
>about Brad Davis's amazing collection.  I'd loveto hear a couple of
>those old tapes from the early to mid 70's before they hit it big. But
>I rarely look for that stuff anymore, I guess if something came up I'd
>consider it, depending on what it was and so forth.
>
>
>><I agree that the communication of info is more effecient with the current
>>volume of the fanbase...than in the past.  However, this is at the expense 
>>of
>>putting  up with certain 'Drama Queen' postings and editorials.  That is 
>>the
>>main reason I stopped going over there.  I'm really tired of it.  Kinda
>>unfortunate, not to mention ..embarassing. >
>
>
>I think the whole fan club site and all that seems to be running
>pretty good, much better than (overall) in the past.  I think there's
>a lot of hard work put into it by a number of folks, and I respect
>that.    I do drop in over there from time to time, the Blue Guitar
>section is cool and I usually look for a few folks over there (Joma
>being one of them).
>
>
>Pk
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