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September 13, 2005 - Benefit Show at House of Blues in Chicago:
There will not be a fan club pre-sale for this show...and since it is a benefit show, there will not be any Ten Club privileges. This general admission performance is open to the public ages 21 and over. Individual tickets are $1,000. Remember, although this is a higher-end benefit, Pearl Jam has agreed to help in this relief effort and therefore ticket prices reflect the dire need for financial assistance in New Orleans.
Tickets are on sale now, online only, at www.ticketmaster.com. Phone (312)
559-1212 and outlet sales will begin at 10:00am Central time this Saturday,
Sept. 17, 2005.
Show your support and make it happen! If you can't, check out other ways to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina in the
"Activism & Info" section of www.tenclub.net.
September 13, 2005 - Download For Hurricane Relief:
All proceeds from the download sales associated with the ReAct Now event will be donated to The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and America's Second Harvest. Pearl Jam's live performance of "Given To Fly" filmed during their 2005 Canadian tour in Saskatoon, Sask, will be available for download, along with many other artists.
To view a full-track listing or to download the live performances, visit the Sony Connect Music Store.
September 1, 2005 - Pssst...want some bootlegs?:
August 31, 2005 - Digital Bootleg Program FAQ: What is the reason for choosing MP3 files as opposed to a LOSSLESS format? For the audioheads among you, we are also looking at the possibility of making LOSSLESS files available – we'll keep you posted on this.
How long will it take to download a 2 hour Pearl Jam show? Connection Speed Time to download Will Pearl Jam release CDs of their live shows through their official bootleg program, too, or are the digital bootlegs replacing that? If I don't have DSL or a high speed internet connection in my area, how can I get a live bootleg? What methods of payment do you accept for the bootlegs? Will individual songs from each show be available for download or will the only option be to download the entire set? Who will create the downloadable artwork for the shows? What is Basecamp Productions? If I have ideas about the Pearl Jam bootleg program, how can I get them to you? August 24, 2005 - Pearl Jam's Digital Bootlegs:
High-Quality, DRM-Free,
Digital Recordings Available Just
Hours After the Band's Live Shows at
SEATTLE -Beginning with Pearl Jam's sold out concert at the Gorge in George, Washington on September 1, the band will begin releasing high quality digital downloads of their live shows exclusively at pearljam.com. The digital downloads will be available for most of the band's 2005 Canadian and US dates just hours after each show has ended; they will include special downloadable artwork and a slideshow specific to each night's show.
Pearl Jam's "digital bootlegs" will be professionally mixed in real-time at each show by Pearl Jam's longtime studio and live engineer, Brett Eliason. Eliason's company, Basecamp Productions, developed the software application that delivers and manages digital downloads. Pearl Jam has opted to encode the digital files at a higher than standard bit rate (192k) in an effort to balance manageable file sizes with very good sound quality. The cost is $9.99 per show.
The "digital bootlegs" are an extension of Pearl Jam's official bootleg CD program which was launched on the band's 2000 world tour; over three million bootlegs have been sold since the program's inception. "The concept for the bootlegs has always been about providing high quality recordings of our shows at an affordable price for the fans who collect them. A lot of the band's fans want to own a copy of the live show they saw in their hometown, or a particularly standout show they hear about from other fans. Making the bootlegs available in digital form is just a natural evolution for the bootleg CD program, and a response to more and more fans turning to the web to buy their music," said the band's manager, Kelly Curtis.
Pearl Jam's "digital bootlegs" are high resolution digital files that will be released without DRM (Digital Rights Management) so that fans can burn them to disc, transfer to them to MP3 players or an iPod, or play them from their hard drives. "The decision to exclude the DRM is unprecedented for a band of this size, but it's consistent with the band's sensibilities," says Tim Bierman, manager of the Pearl Jam Ten Club, which will oversee the digital bootleg program. "We want to make it as hassle-free as possible for someone to listen to a show they've downloaded regardless of what music-playing device they use," Bierman adds.
The technology supporting the "digital bootlegs" is provided by Basecamp Productions (www.basecampproductions.com). Basecamp Productions was founded by long-time Pearl Jam sound engineer Brett Eliason, and his business partner Joshua James. The company combines the expertise of Eliason - who was the technical architect of the Pearl Jam bootleg series from the 2000 and 2003 world tours - with Basecamp Production's proprietary software that delivers and manages digital downloads.
"The mission of Basecamp Productions is to provide artists with the ability to create their own branded online download systems so that they can sell high quality digital files through their websites, rather than re-directing traffic to a 3rd party website, explains Basecamp Productions' co-founder, Brett Eliason. He adds, "The Basecamp system integrates with the artists' existing website, allowing fans to download music direct from the artist."
August 24, 2005 - U.S. and Canadian Tour Dates:
The Ten Club: Please send your questions about fan club issues to the Ten Club only at info@tenclub.net. We just have to forward the fan club mail if it's sent to us and that's a slight delay. Thanks!
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