Hosting donations accepted!

wheat's picture

I know what you've been wondering, as you sit at your computers, working on your BassIAB projects, thinking of something witty to say to Hazz in the forums. You're thinking, "How can I take money out of my pocket and put it in Wheat's pocket?" No doubt, this thought has kept you awake many nights. You might have thought, "Well, I'll buy a T-shirt if he'll ever get them finished, but who knows when that will be. I promised I'd buy a frickin T-shirt. Where are the T-shirts already?" Indeed, Wheat is a very busy man, especially now that his wife is expecting.

Well, fear not, loyal BP members and friends. I was taking a look at my hosting recently and realized that the hosting bill is coming due on 10/20/2007. My new host makes it easy to create little buttons like the one below that let you contribute toward the hosting costs without the legitimate fear that I'll just take the cash and order a pizza. In fact, I never see the money, it goes straight to my host. I just get an email letting me know that you contributed:

Donate towards my web hosting bill!

So, yeah, I've got my hand out. This is a free site. No one is under any obligation to pay in order to enjoy it. I'll continue to foot the bills. But if you have a few bucks to spare, I'd certainly appreciate it. And, hey, you'll feel all warm and fuzzy inside. So, I added the same little button at the bottom of the site.

Cheers,

Wheat

Just put ....

.... a donation in the coffer. Let the music play-own!

wheat's picture

Thanks, Barney. That was

Thanks, Barney. That was very cool of you, man.

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Hazz's picture

I just forked ot my extra

I just forked uut my extra cash for a new ME50B. If ya would have posted this a day or two ago I could have sent ya some cash. Now you will have to wait.

Also Wheat, do not forget to mention that if someone needs new strings, p/ups, music books/effects/DI Box etc etc etc they can get it through your BassPlaying.com store and you will see a few cents that way as well.

Hazz

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wheat's picture

That's true. I need to hype

That's true. I need to hype the store more. And I appreciate those of you who buy your strings and such through there. The site makes a percentage off those transactions and it does add up over time. The store and the revenue from Google AdSense are a real help.

Congrats on your ME50B! Those are supposed to be great. I look forward to your review of it.

Wheat

bassplaying.com

wheat's picture

And my lack of pimping the

And my lack of pimping the BOS really shows. I just checked my quarterly reports and, after two quarters of decent, if modest, growth, we're not doing at all well for 2007Q3. So, if anyone needs strings or anything else Amazon sells, dive in before the end of of September so my chart won't look so lame. :)

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Well this site has done

Well this site has done heaps for me so I have no prob at all with that Wheat.
So here comes a $15 donation, great if we can keep this thing going!

Keep it up Wheat! you doing a great job bro!!!!!!!!

GFNAJ

Oh yea, does this make me a

Oh yea, does this make me a part owner of BP.com now? hahaha, KIDDING!!

wheat's picture

Hey, thanks a lot Jaymie.

Hey, thanks a lot Jaymie. That new link hasn't been up 24 hours yet and we've already had three donations. I really appreciate it. That's very generous.

Wheat

bassplaying.com

aussiebassman's picture

Tossed a 5er into the kitty.

No Starbucks for me in the morning!!!!!

Geoff :-)

Well......Ya know......?????

Is the way you play is it G?

Is the way you play is it G? you know that foot stamping going on.

J

wheat's picture

Hey, Geoff, that's the

Hey, Geoff, that's the spirit! For the price of a Grande Latte, you've helped keep the doors open. Thank you very much.

(Be sure to warn your co-workers that you're running on empty this morning. I can't imagine a morning without my Diet Coke.)

Cheers,

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Hazz's picture

Haha, shall we form a band

Hey now, we could get an on-line band goin' with these things

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hey guess i shoudl add mine too.....

only problem with the band idea is we are all bass players


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Greg
*and it harm none,do what thou will*

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Greg
http://www.youtube.com/user/BroknDreamsBand
Http://www.facebook.com/brokendreamsband
http://www.reverbnation.com/brokendreamsband
*and it harm none,do what thou will*

wheat's picture

Oh, that's no

Oh, that's no problem:

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Hazz's picture

Damn Wheat!!! What happened

Damn Wheat!!! What happened to all yer hair. Haha ;)

Hazz

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wheat's picture

I dunno man, but it's long gone

bassplaying.com

Holy crap I'm a chick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I might try that again!

Hazz's picture

AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU

AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!!!

hAHA

Hazz

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wheat's picture

I think the chick has a more

I think the chick has a more metal rock out dance than the male characters (who have more of a groove thing going on).

bassplaying.com

Great Idea

As soon as I get up and about I will help defray BP's costs too.

Pete

wheat's picture

You rest up, Pete. Put that

You rest up, Pete. Put that toward some new saddle bags for your bike!

Wheat

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Paul Warren's picture

Tried to make a donation

Tried to make a donation Wheat. The PayPal form doesn't let me add a province or postal code but it also won't process without them. Any ideas?

wheat's picture

Not sure what's up with

Not sure what's up with that, but I'll let Dreamhost know about it. If there's a service link for PayPal, you might let them know as well. I forget that you're in BC.

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Paul Warren's picture

Yeah, it's weird, there's a

Yeah, it's weird, there's a selection for Country but the boxes for State and Zip don't change and they don't have Provinces and don't accept Canadian postal codes. And yet when you try to process the donation you get a message that you information is incomplete and you need to enter a Province and postal code. They obviously intend to accept payment from outside the US but I guess they haven't de-bugged the page.

wheat's picture

I filed a trouble-ticket

I filed a trouble-ticket with Dreamhost, Paul. I'll post the update here when I find something out. Thanks for tying and sorry for the trouble!

Wheat

bassplaying.com

glad to help....

always glad to help out such a wonderful thing.........donation made.....

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Greg
*and it harm none,do what thou will*

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Greg
http://www.youtube.com/user/BroknDreamsBand
Http://www.facebook.com/brokendreamsband
http://www.reverbnation.com/brokendreamsband
*and it harm none,do what thou will*

wheat's picture

Thanks a bunch, Greg. It's

Thanks a bunch, Greg. It's very helpful

Wheat

bassplaying.com

Brian Sharpe's picture

My pleasure....B #

My pleasure....

I must have borrowed Paul's ric! LOL

B #

B #

BoH's picture

I'll get a bit of mullah out

I'll get a bit of mullah out to you as soon as I can afford to. Believe me when I say it is that tight with a new baby! Haha!!

Until then, might I play a bass solo for you...?

Bo


You don't love me, you just love my FINGERSTYLE!
Peavey T40; SX/Squier P-bass; Spector Legend 5
Roland Bass 30 Cube

Bo


You don't love me, you just love my FINGERSTYLE!
Peavey T40; SX/Squier P-bass; Spector Legend 5
Roland Bass 30 Cube

Dave Magaro's picture

Done! If our paths ever

Done! If our paths ever cross you owe me a Damn Heineken Wheat.

; )

Dave

haha, you know Dave if you

haha, you know Dave if you only gave $5 then a Heineken might be worth more, actually that's quite a good plan! :D

Dave Magaro's picture

LOL! Well that may be a good

LOL! Well that may be a good plan, but I kicked in $15! So, Wheat would STILL be $10 to the good.

; )

Dave

Maybe you should askhim for

Maybe you should ask him for 3 Heineys.

wheat's picture

Done, Dave. Thanks very

Done, Dave. Thanks very much for the donation.

I've been out of pocket for a few days, visiting family in Fayetteville, Arkansas (my adopted home town). I'm here right now, in fact, posting from a great local coffee joint called Arsaga's.

Hope all is well around the site. I'll be back tomorrow evening and will get caught up. Right now, I have to deal with my online class. :)

Wheat

bassplaying.com

wheat's picture

I'd like to thank everyone

I'd like to thank everyone again who has contributed to the hosting expenses. So far, you have covered just over half of the cost of hosting BP for another year. There's still time to donate! The man gets his money October 20th, 2007. So, if you're feeling froggy, leap.

Cheers,

Wheat

bassplaying.com