Hi Guys,

Just a quick one. Some thanks to give out !

Thank you thank you thank you for the recent upgrades. To those of you that took the plunge, I know how hard times are rn, and knowing this makes your support super super important to me.. dont worry.. wont let cha down !

Thanks also for the feedback from lots of you in regards to the upping of the entry level for the entire 70`s & 80`s page tier. Surprisingly, by about 2-1 ish, the overall feeback is that locking things up for the page is probably for the best.

Personally, I`m still on the fence because it still is messing with the ethos for the site I had in my head from early on.. which is and always will be, tons of great stuff at a smiley ticket and get more people into multitracks via NOT locking them away too much which was the case about a year ago with the traders.. and as you now know, the smiley ticket thing in general does not pay for the rare and even rarer stuff. Doesn`t take a genius to work out its the “even rarer” stuff that is causing the issues now lol. FYI, the “even rarer” stuff cost 2x/3x (& upwards) more than the earlier files we bought.

Obvs the site has grown since I first thought that the smiley ticket was the way to go, but there is also the fact to consider now that as we have grown, and the rare/not on the internet files are now coming along quickly.. there is still some work in progress stuff going on to keep everone happy as much as possible, while at the same time I`m trying to find ways to tighten things up a little, in regards to the security of stuff and leaking ect. Hopefully you too see the dilema.

Hope that made sense..

Good news is though, this little burst of fundraising has gone really well so far and we are just about there to financially cover what I have my beady eyes on for next months group purchase. I`ve even had offers of extra donations to keep things running smooth, which was nice and unexpected.. so thanks for that guys, and for letting me know how full on some of you guys are behind me.. Really great to know I`ve got some proper deep support.

To keep this short, the upshot of all this is that I have now repurposed the 5.1 page and added that content to the Samples page (which has a few new updates on too), and created a new page called “rare” into which I have moved all the more recent rare stuff from the 70`s & 80`s page. There will be notifications on the 70`s & 80`s page of the stuff that is similar, but hosted on the “Rare” page. The 70`s & 80`s page itself has gone back down to mid tier and obvs the new rare page has had to be made at top tier.. so you guys at least have a choice now, which was the main flaw in the slightly rushed out fundraising idea. tbh, I was a bit worried about finances which some of you picked up on and behind the scenes its not a secret I actually spent more than the site brought in on multis last month.. and its not cos were struggling on member numbers, theyre steady and exactly the same.. but there`s soooo much more I want to get on the site. (small sigh). Think I need to teach myself some patience !

So I`m going to leave the decision to upgrade in your hands now if you havent already.. just bear in mind this is the equation we have to work round: Plenty of folk joining the top tier = more files for the site. Keeping everybody happy (lowering the threshold on the 70`s & 80`s page for mid tier members & off site folk) basically means less new files. All I aim to do now, somehow, is find that happy medium.. we`ll see how it goes. It is a difficult situation all round.. You want to (understandably) spend as little as poss for as much as poss (as would I) VS me wanting to buy as much stuff as possible, in bulk cos its cheaper, as quick as I can while it is actually available . It is a lot of decisions & responsibility for a crazy old DJ, so do bear with him 🙂

Have a great weekend guys

all the best 🙂