Sad News...
Today, there is news of Ampcasts demise. I'm so sorry to see the only site I held in such high regard disappear like this.
To quote:
"
Ampcast Artists,
Today is a sad day for us at Ampcast.com. This is the day we have decided to announce that we will be shutting down our services. Although this may not surprise anyone, it comes with great remorse.
We started Ampcast.com in 1999 with a grand vision of how the Internet and digital music would change the music industry. Since 1999, our vision of the impact of Internet and digital music has become a reality and has dramatically changed the music industry for the benefit of all its constituents: music fans, musicians and associated corporations. Unfortunately, Ampcast.com has not been able to successfully capitalize on this opportunity despite the efforts of its dedicated employees, loyal customers and generous investors.
Soon after its inception, Ampcast.com raised capital in a private placement with friends and family to fund its operations. The Company raised enough capital to hire Chris Waskowich and me full time. After working on it for 3 years, in January 2002 we had to terminate ourselves in order to conserve the cash to extend operations. The intention was to continue developing Ampcast.com in our spare time, hoping that our business plan and the market would mature into a self-sustaining entity.  So, for the past 4 years Ampcast.com has continued to exist with our voluntary effort. It has become more of a hobby.
Ampcast.com will be completely out of cash by the end of February, as Ampcast.com cannot even afford its basic expenses. We are now forced to make the decision to close Ampcast.com. To begin, we have shut down the following features:
* New Artist Signup
* Creating CDs
* Purchasing UPCs
* Message Boards
We will also discontinue automatically charging credit cards for monthly and quarterly artists. Therefore, you can remain on the website and continue to use its limited services for free. We currently do not know when we will completely shut down Ampcast.com, but we are predicting that it will happen before the end of February.
We sincerely hope that you will continue your endeavors on the Internet because we strongly believe that the Internet will play a vital role in the success of your music and the music industry.
Best Wishes and Warm Regards,
Erik Briceno"
click this line of text to see the whole webpage...
The End of Audio Coffee as it is on ampcast doesn't necessarily rule out 'the end'...
Audio Coffee will seek a new home and of course... you're all free to follow Audio Coffee Productions as that will never end.
But do you think I'm gonna let ampcast just... go???? LIKE HELL I'LL LET THAT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this space!!!!!!!!!!
To quote:
"
Ampcast Artists,
Today is a sad day for us at Ampcast.com. This is the day we have decided to announce that we will be shutting down our services. Although this may not surprise anyone, it comes with great remorse.
We started Ampcast.com in 1999 with a grand vision of how the Internet and digital music would change the music industry. Since 1999, our vision of the impact of Internet and digital music has become a reality and has dramatically changed the music industry for the benefit of all its constituents: music fans, musicians and associated corporations. Unfortunately, Ampcast.com has not been able to successfully capitalize on this opportunity despite the efforts of its dedicated employees, loyal customers and generous investors.
Soon after its inception, Ampcast.com raised capital in a private placement with friends and family to fund its operations. The Company raised enough capital to hire Chris Waskowich and me full time. After working on it for 3 years, in January 2002 we had to terminate ourselves in order to conserve the cash to extend operations. The intention was to continue developing Ampcast.com in our spare time, hoping that our business plan and the market would mature into a self-sustaining entity.  So, for the past 4 years Ampcast.com has continued to exist with our voluntary effort. It has become more of a hobby.
Ampcast.com will be completely out of cash by the end of February, as Ampcast.com cannot even afford its basic expenses. We are now forced to make the decision to close Ampcast.com. To begin, we have shut down the following features:
* New Artist Signup
* Creating CDs
* Purchasing UPCs
* Message Boards
We will also discontinue automatically charging credit cards for monthly and quarterly artists. Therefore, you can remain on the website and continue to use its limited services for free. We currently do not know when we will completely shut down Ampcast.com, but we are predicting that it will happen before the end of February.
We sincerely hope that you will continue your endeavors on the Internet because we strongly believe that the Internet will play a vital role in the success of your music and the music industry.
Best Wishes and Warm Regards,
Erik Briceno"
click this line of text to see the whole webpage...
The End of Audio Coffee as it is on ampcast doesn't necessarily rule out 'the end'...
Audio Coffee will seek a new home and of course... you're all free to follow Audio Coffee Productions as that will never end.
But do you think I'm gonna let ampcast just... go???? LIKE HELL I'LL LET THAT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch this space!!!!!!!!!!
posted by Audio Coffee Productions at Wednesday, December 21, 2005
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