I like to think of it as home...
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Speaking of naivety, their tours mostly sell because of their Greatest Hits. It's their earlier career that gets people in, with a fresh mix and concept from a recent album.BlackPanther wrote: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 2:19 pmYou seriously think so? So if no-one would be buying this stuff at all, they would continue to release it just because it makes themselves happy?NotInvisible wrote: Mon 20 Apr 2020, 7:03 pm They continue to record music to make themselves happy. Anyone who thinks they're raking in dough from a website exclusive needs their head checked. The print run on these things is ridiculously small.
I'm sure that they do like to make music. But releasing stuff in one form or the other is all about a bigger marketing plan. Up until the late 90s, releasing singles was a way to get an album in the picture and sold. Nowadays it's all about concerts, because artists make more money from that than from releasing an album. An album release is a way to get people's attention for a tour and to get concert tickets sold.
Everything that is being released in the end is a way to create or maintain a certain form of hype that results in people wanting to buy concert tickets. And yes, there will be releases that in ITSELF are not profitabele, but if in the end such release increases the amount of tickets sold, it was worth the investment.
Now once more, I stated this before, don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. I like most of their music, I buy their stuff. But people should stop acting like they're some kind of charity organization with the sole purpose of makeing a few thousand remaining fans happy by releasing "free" CDs. Because they're not. And no artist is.
And there's NOTHING wrong with that, but please stop being naive.
jasonjohn wrote: Sun 26 Apr 2020, 1:05 pmSpeaking of naivety, their tours mostly sell because of their Greatest Hits. It's their earlier career that gets people in, with a fresh mix and concept from a recent album.BlackPanther wrote: Sat 25 Apr 2020, 2:19 pmYou seriously think so? So if no-one would be buying this stuff at all, they would continue to release it just because it makes themselves happy?NotInvisible wrote: Mon 20 Apr 2020, 7:03 pm They continue to record music to make themselves happy. Anyone who thinks they're raking in dough from a website exclusive needs their head checked. The print run on these things is ridiculously small.
I'm sure that they do like to make music. But releasing stuff in one form or the other is all about a bigger marketing plan. Up until the late 90s, releasing singles was a way to get an album in the picture and sold. Nowadays it's all about concerts, because artists make more money from that than from releasing an album. An album release is a way to get people's attention for a tour and to get concert tickets sold.
Everything that is being released in the end is a way to create or maintain a certain form of hype that results in people wanting to buy concert tickets. And yes, there will be releases that in ITSELF are not profitabele, but if in the end such release increases the amount of tickets sold, it was worth the investment.
Now once more, I stated this before, don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. I like most of their music, I buy their stuff. But people should stop acting like they're some kind of charity organization with the sole purpose of makeing a few thousand remaining fans happy by releasing "free" CDs. Because they're not. And no artist is.
And there's NOTHING wrong with that, but please stop being naive.
They've always enjoyed making albums.
I reckon they LOVE building up their catalog. They've earned the right to do it at their own pace and direction.
In years to come, it will be a pleasure for some kid to stumble on Being Boring, and then discover Behaviour, then randomly pick up Electric or Fundamental, and just be blasted by those little packages of idea and colour.
What a terrific catalog it is. The past decade has been completely worth while, on top of everything else. Loved it.
Fair enough, you obviously didn't read it the first time, either.
Mine is still showing that they received the shipping notification but nothing beyond...no in transit or anything. I'm thinking 10-14 days could end up 10-14 weeks
Glad to hear that!!Oznerol wrote: Tue 28 Apr 2020, 10:12 pm Completely amazed that my package arrived today, at home in Argentina..altough I paid originally for normal shipping (pre-Covid times...) they send it via DHL..so I went into the situation to pay some extra taxes and import fees, but it´s better anyway than losing an out-of-stock item in the limbo maybe forever, as the normal international shipping delivery is mostly suspended here on this days...
A nice surprice on this quarrantine times...(and I was needing one...)
Yes I’m waiting in Brooklyn, NYC!! x
Yep. The tracking says it's now in transit but not in the country. I'm guessing it's still a week before I receive. I'm in Southern California.
Even in the Netherlands still waiting.
Really? Got mine last week (Netherlands too)