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Post by RichardF on Mar 24, 2023 7:16:05 GMT -5
I think what's been happening with this website is very interesting! ๐ก๐ถ๐ช If you knew all of the shennigans that Go Daddy tries with unassigned domain names you'd find something more stimulating, like watching paint dry.
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Post by RichardF on Mar 24, 2023 8:23:06 GMT -5
I think what's been happening with this website is very interesting! ๐ก๐ถ๐ช If you knew all of the shennigans that Go Daddy tries with unassigned domain names you'd find something more stimulating, like watching paint dry. On the other hand I contacted Phil Callaghan and he COULDN'T tell me anything about what was going on.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Mar 24, 2023 8:26:14 GMT -5
I think what's been happening with this website is very interesting! ๐ก๐ถ๐ช If you knew all of the shennigans that Go Daddy tries with unassigned domain names you'd find something more stimulating, like watching paint dry. To be honest I quite like just sitting there doing almost nothing. I think it's the fact that there were all the random things like the Moto Tours template, the redirect to the site by @poetrypip and now more info about the current owner Damian that were somewhat intriguing. It could all be adding up to something new from Enya, in progress ๐ช Couldn't as in unsure of what was happening, or not allowed to reveal some secret happenings? ๐ก
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Post by RichardF on Mar 26, 2023 1:29:28 GMT -5
Damian Hatcher has said that Warner had been in touch and that the domain is going back to Enya. He further said that no payment was involved. Then, as has been observed, he deactivated the redirect from Enya.com to the fan site.
So looks like Warner is going to do something with Enya.com, hopefully something more than a re-released single in picture disc format.
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Post by Felipe Dรกrio on Mar 26, 2023 13:23:51 GMT -5
Yep, just got this email signaling that the domain is about to be transferred:
Long live Enya.com!
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Post by Felipe Dรกrio on Mar 26, 2023 15:33:35 GMT -5
Damian Hatcher has said that Warner had been in touch and that the domain is going back to Enya. He further said that no payment was involved. Then, as has been observed, he deactivated the redirect from Enya.com to the fan site.
So looks like Warner is going to do something with Enya.com, hopefully something more than a re-released single in picture disc format.
I don't know why you said "a re-released single in picture disc format", but Record Store Day is right around the corner so it may be just that!
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Mar 26, 2023 15:53:41 GMT -5
"a re-released single in picture disc format" Because Enya's song May It Be had this in 2021 (for the 20th anniversary) It's great news about Enya.com, and hopefully instead of just a re-release, a new album is also on the way!
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Post by RichardF on Mar 27, 2023 2:35:10 GMT -5
Damian Hatcher has said that Warner had been in touch and that the domain is going back to Enya. He further said that no payment was involved. Then, as has been observed, he deactivated the redirect from Enya.com to the fan site.
So looks like Warner is going to do something with Enya.com, hopefully something more than a re-released single in picture disc format.
I don't know why you said "a re-released single in picture disc format", but Record Store Day is right around the corner so it may be just that! The only release since DSI was a picture disc of May It Be, 6 years after.
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Post by smileyanna on Mar 28, 2023 13:14:07 GMT -5
When I started this poll, I didn't think enya.com would have such an adventurous future, haha! I really hope that the site will come back and that it may also bring some news about an upcoming album! I believe there is a good chance for that since I don't think the Trio/Warner would bring the abandoned website back after such a long time if they wouldn't have something new to share. Fingers crossed!!
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Post by greenmust on Mar 29, 2023 19:10:45 GMT -5
enya.com is now on Warner's hand, so now like enyamusic.com will stay on the freezer
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Post by Dolores on Mar 30, 2023 15:12:00 GMT -5
Oh, this is wonderful! I miss the site being a link to the trio's work, the endless checking of the website before DSI was like standing at the shore waiting for a long-awaited ship to come!
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Post by Dolores on Apr 3, 2023 15:47:04 GMT -5
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Post by Carbis Blue on Apr 4, 2023 16:15:28 GMT -5
I'm surprised Warner haven't proactively kept the Enya brand alive online - they'll own the copyright in the recordings that she made with them, so I can't understand why they wouldn't want to maximise their opportunity to monetise the Enya brand. Given her enduring popularity it would make sense for Warner to maintain a full artist page with discography, images, videos, merch, etc. I'd pay good money for an archive quality print of Enya if only there was even a way to get one! There are many stunning images, presumably taken by Simon Fowler, but even his online store doesn't offer any of them for sale.
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Post by RichardF on Apr 5, 2023 1:11:32 GMT -5
I'm surprised Warner haven't proactively kept the Enya brand alive online - they'll own the copyright in the recordings that she made with them, so I can't understand why they wouldn't want to maximise their opportunity to monetise the Enya brand. Given her enduring popularity it would make sense for Warner to maintain a full artist page with discography, images, videos, merch, etc. I'd pay good money for an archive quality print of Enya if only there was even a way to get one! There are many stunning images, presumably taken by Simon Fowler, but even his online store doesn't offer any of them for sale. I think we all are. 2 years ago they did a rather minor promotion on social media and made a significant uptake in streaming, but this stopped after a year.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Apr 5, 2023 7:26:55 GMT -5
I wouldn't say I am that surprised about the lack of marketing โบ๏ธ 2-3 years ago was the height of the coronavirus pandemic; lockdowns. There was more of an opportunity for the media team to try 'new' things including updating some music videos to 4K. More people would have been at home, so more likely to stream music. Enya got quite of extra streaming from Spotify, that's probably true ( see this) As someone who was meant to be busy studying for A-Level exams at the time, I probably wouldn't have discovered Enya as well as some other music artists, had there not been the 'free time' that lockdown had provided ๐ก๐ถ
They sort of stopped after things were seemingly getting 'back to normal' (lockdowns lifted, social distancing lessening, etc.) but also after Eithne's brother Leon, who was rather close in age to her, had sadly passed away. ๐ I think (on Twitter anyway) the Tweets stopped for the next two months, resuming in around February 2022. There have generally been less social media updates since, just this hamper competition, the banner/layout photo change, plus something around the Christmas season, St Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, but these mostly revolve around the existing Enya Essentials playlist. ๐ต I'm not sure how much Eithne herself is in control of the marketing these days, but she seemed to have been in the past If she is still quite involved, maybe she just doesn't want that much attention on the music just yet. Running out of money isn't really an issue for her (e.g. other celebrities do things like clothing lines, perfume, cosmetics on the side, but she doesn't need to.) Things are (hopefully) underway for a new album - before the marketing, the product (her music) ought to be tip-top, especially as Enya! ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐
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