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kiwiguns

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  1. Again. The band aren't behind the release of this information. The band have not publicly promoted any release of any music via any platform. Universal Music are the creaters of this platform and we're responsible for the release of the information. Is it that hard to understand... I suppose when you cannot put a name or face to Universal Music, its easier to point the finger and blame others....
  2. TB handles the bands business affairs. An A & R representative would handle the release of music on behalf of the band. Tom Zutaut was this person in the past. TB have never indicated they are promotors, A & R representatives or booking agents. In the music industry these roles are very separate and different... Given the experience of Axl, Slash and Duff, collectively they might be dealing with the record label directly or indirectly themselves.
  3. It's not the band. The record label are the ones behind this... It might be that the band have no interest and this is being done to meet contractual obligations. This has happened in the past with previous releases including the Greatest Hits and if you connect the dots, the release and lack of interest from the band would suggest Hard Skool was released under the same circumstances.
  4. You clearly don't understand how the live music industry operates. The band get paid regardless of how many tickets are sold or not sold. The promotor is the entity that takes the hit financially if less tickets are sold or makes a profit if more tickets are sold. The promotor is the one covering the cost of the show including paying the band up front. The band has the money in the bank before they step on the stage. That's why all artists are touring and playing live compared to relying on album sells. Its guaranteed revenue playing live as the artists aren't the ones taking the risk, unlike taking a percentage of your album selling that means nothing in today's music industry. Promotors are the new power brokers of the music industry as there is a demand by the artists to make money via playing live. Artists aren't making money via selling albums anymore. The record labels aren't controlling the music industry, Live Nation and the likes of Danny Wimmer are the ones who hold the power. In relation to the title thread. The band is more popular overseas because other countries and people don't get to see the band often and we don't take that for granted..We understand that the last time we saw the band live, might be the last time we ever get to do so.
  5. There are a number of things that could be preventing the band from releasing anything. It's not as simple as writing lyrics and recording the music. We don't even know if the band has a current record label deal nor who would finance the cost of new music being created and released. No record label is going to throw millions of dollars at this band to hole up in a recording studio for a year or more. The days of multi million dollar record label contracts ended when record sales declined. If you take a step back and be open minded, you might see that the band are creating revenue from touring for a reason.. That reason could be to pay there own way and be independent and free taking control over there own music and how it's released. Did you ever stop to think, it could actually be a legal issue or a contractual issue preventing new music from being released by the band..
  6. It's common for promotors to lock artists in 360 deals were the promotor covers all touring costs up front with the promotor taking percentages of merchandise and any of the artists external commercial business dealings in return. A number of high profile artists like Billy Corgan and Shirley Manson have spoken about these deals as often the artist walks away with nothing financially in the hand on the back end. If the alcohol sales story is true, it further highlights the current state of how the music industry has changed in relation to revenue generated from album sales of the past versus live touring of today. There is a great interview with Josh Freese on how he would get up in the mornings and go to work each day to a different recording studio to record music as a studio musician. Those days are long gone, and he had to change to touring on the road with artists to make a living. There is also a great interview with Nicole Row on the reasons why she took the job as the touring bass player for Incubus after Panic and the Disco desolved. Simply, she needed to pay the bills and that was via touring not recoding music in a studio.
  7. It seems like he has changed to using a Fractal Axe - Fx and his tone is now being controlled off stage or pre programmed. He doesn't seem to use his knobs like he use to, making adjustments. I also think the change to using in ear monitors (I think he concentrates on listening to what the mix is in his ear) and the cabinets now being located under the stage have made a big difference to his live sound more so the tone.. Slash always preferred hearing himself live via the stage monitors.
  8. For a band to use pyrotechnics, you need pyrotechnic experts. There aren't alot of those experts available to commit to having people travel the world with an artist or a band as part of the traveling crew. The other issue is having access to the pyrotechnics explosives themselves. You don't travel the world with explosives in the luggage hold of the plane you are traveling around the world on or on the tour bus. Commonly the company responsibile for pyrotechnics services will be responsible for sourcing the pyro and it's transportation locally or internationally. With high transport costs and inflation, it's not cost effective to have pyro as part of your stage production. The tour promotor is responsible for those costs, not the band or artist and that expensive is factored in when the booking agent is dealing with the promotor. A band will have a small group of experts traveling with them as lightning, stage techs, FOH techs, monitor techs etc. Those people are joined by local contractors to rig the stage, the lights and PA etc. Those costs are all covered by the tour promotor who factors those costs into ticket prices to recover the cost of the investment. Taylor Swifts ticket prices are so high, because each promotor is looking to recover the cost or paying for her production and the entourage she travels with.
  9. Why would TB fuck it up?. They are the bands management team. They seem to be doing there job, even though many on this forum cannot seem understand the difference between a producer, a mixing or audio engineer, a A & R representative or a booking agent. TB is none of those. The bands management team have keep this band together since 2016 and the band environment seems happy, positive and healthy. That's a good thing...
  10. I don't think you understand the music industry of today, compared to the past. Touring is were the money is made today by all musical artists, not selling albums. Musical artists today, don't require a major recod label for financial support nor to release there material. They can do it all themselevss and control the publishing, distribution etc. Live Nation are the power brokers of the music industry today, not Universal Music via Interscope or Geffen. No record label is going to pay Axl to hire out a studio or studios for years on end, and pay the band members to sit around and record an album. Those days are long gone... If you look at the Foo fighters and Metallica as examples. Both have there own in house record label and both have released there albums via this method. They also have there own in house recording studios (studio 66 and the HQ) The foo fighters even had control over Foo Fighters: Preparing Music For Concerts to announce their retun and their new drummer. No major record label involvement at all and the band even sold merchandise via this marketing tool. You may have even noticed the style of official music vidoes being released by both Metallica and the Foo fighters. Lots of animation and lyric videos or a live performance. There is no money in the bank to create expensive music vidoes via record labels anymore. So the artists themselves are creating cost effective alternatives. There any many reasons why this band hasn't released a new album and it could simply be, the band taking control of its own product, compared to the past when the music industry was very different.. Every artist tours more regularly and longer now compared to the past. The demand and financial revenue is to good to pass up, between a promotor like Live Nation promoting your own standalone shows, to what Danny Wimmer can offer for a one off festival appreance. That's the music industry of today..
  11. Life is complicated and not everyones circumstances are the same including trying to compare how one band does things to another band. Bands these days have created there own in house record labels to control their product. Both the Foo Fighters and Metallica currently release music via this method. There are a number of factors that might be preventing the band from releasing any material.. and those factors might be outside of the bands control. It's possible that the band don't actually have a record label agreement or are waiting for the current agreement to expire, to look elsewhere or renegotiate. That would explain the box sets being released and the continued touring, killing time... The band might be playing lip service to Geffen/interscope until the band gets what it wants... Geffen/interscope don't make any profits out of the band touring. The band currently has leverage over any record label and is in total control of its own circumstances due to touring successfully around the world. That's a powerfull position to be in to negotiate or take control of your own product and how it's released. I don't think the situation is as simple as people think it is...
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