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#541 Re: Guns N' Roses » Twitter updates » 909 weeks ago
Just reading through here I saw my thoughts summed up on the whole mess in two thoughts that weren't my own. It all boils down to.
This
Pop culture didn't embrace it and that's why it dropped like ten tons of bricks off the charts. The ONLY reason this album can be deemed a moderate success is the Best Buy deal and first week sales.
Because of This
I just don't find anything that would attract younger music listeners, those who aren't fans of th old material. On the other hand I absolutely understand why a lot of old fans don't like it.
#542 Re: Guns N' Roses » Why didn't the label support Chinese Democracy? » 909 weeks ago
I think the record label put more effort into it than Axl did.
Think about how most albums are "supported". The artist makes public appearances/prformances/etc.
Unless it's someone you really give a shit about, how much do you ever even notice the label.
It doesn't seem like it was so much the label that dropped the ball to me.
#543 Re: The Garden » The Rant Thread » 909 weeks ago
Oh God Russ, that dinner argument drives me crazy.
"So what do you want for dinner?"
"I don't care, it's up to you"
"Okay, I want Mexican"
"No, I don't want that"
"Okay, what about Italian?"
"No, I don't want that either"
"I thought you said it was up to me?"
"Yeah, but I don't want that stuff"
"Okay, FINE, how about a burger or something?"
"Okay, where do you want to go?"
"I don't care, it's up to you"
"Here's McDonalds, i'm gonna pull in here"
"I don't like McDonalds"
And at that point, I see myself opening the car door, lifting my right leg, turning to the right, and following through at 70mph on the freeway.
Yeah, I'll even take that one a step further.
Every time I'm asked what I want, my answer is "I don't care". Because I don't. I'll find something I like pretty much everywhere. Then I hear, "You never pick, make a decision". Then the above happens
#544 Re: The Sunset Strip » Pre-Order for Cheap Trick's "The Latest" » 909 weeks ago
8-Track is funny... 8-Track for $30 is really funny.
I really like "The Latest" as an album title.
Evidently Cheap Trick re-did the Transformers theme song for the new movie too.
#545 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 910 weeks ago
^ Yeah, I think that's exactly what I was thinking of.
#546 Re: The Sunset Strip » CNN Should Have Asked Me... » 910 weeks ago
Of Tunescore's $32 million in sales, I wonder how much are from previously established artisits like Zeppelin, The Who, GnR, Metallica, U2, Aerosmith etc??? MP3's might be selling, but that doesn't mean new music is.
I don't think Tunescore is for established artists for the most part. I think it's all indie or smaller artists using it as a way to get their music onto the bigger music sites (itunes/amazon download etc). If I remember right, it's the company that Izzy uses rather than paying to press physical cds.
That said, if you take that 150-300 releases a day over much of an extended period of time, $30,000,000 isn't going to average out to that much for everybody.
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Edit: From the Tunescore site, for anybody that wanted to know how they work.
How does it work?
TuneCore has arrangements with leading digital music retailers that let us place your music in their online stores and subscription services. You get 100% of the money that your music earns from digital distribution. Sign up now for digital distribution.
What's it cost?
TuneCore charges $0.99 per track, $0.99 per store per album, and $19.98 per album per year storage and maintenance. Or, just put up one song as a single for a flat price of $9.99 per year, all stores included.
#547 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » New Izzy Album (in mixing stages) » 910 weeks ago
Izzy seems to work fast, hopefully we see this pretty soon.
If it comes out half as good as Concrete it'll still be pretty good.
#548 Re: Dust N' Bones & Cyborg Slunks » Slash Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter updates » 910 weeks ago
1. Steven hadn't done his drums yet, and it would be odd to track the guitars before drums, especially with a player like steven who is more of a 'live' player and less likely to use clicks etc.
Didn't he say vocals are done or close to it in another post though.
I'd bet Freese and whoever the Bass player was came in as session guys and laid down something for all the tracks, then he can bring anybody else he wants in and just replace their parts.
but if we wrote enough killer riffs with slash - it could be pretty interestuing.
Wasn't there was once an Izzy solo album recorded (or mostly recorded) that had Slash and Duff throughout, but it never saw the light of day.
There was at least rumour of it.
I'm sure Downliner can shed more light on that than me if he reads this
#549 Re: The Sunset Strip » Tonight Show with Conan » 910 weeks ago
Thanks to that show I've had "Get Out Of My Dreams, Get Into My Car" stuck in my head all day long.
#550 Re: Guns N' Roses » Trent Blasts Axl In New Interview » 910 weeks ago
I'm not a NiN fan at all, but everything he said is pretty accurate.
