Nick85 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Radiohead just announced that they will be releasing their next album digitally on Feb 19, with physical editions to follow later in the year.Seeing bands get creative about releasing their music makes me realize just how much Axl is robbing the fans of the next album by sitting on it, probably waiting for a big fat pay off that will most likely never come. If bands like NIN and Radiohead can do this, why can't GNR?http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41580233/ns/today-entertainment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 For Guns N' Roses it wouldn't work. People don't respect Guns N' Roses (Axl Rose) like they do Reznor or Radiohead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbominableHoman Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 "lay some tracks on facebook" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chinese Democracy was the first fully digital recorded album, does that not count as a digital release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfan2008 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 A digital release would be a nice way to speed up the timeline of getting the music out to the fans. None of the BS with having to turn it into the label 10 weeks in advance or whatever. Then again, the 10 week thing gives Axl an excuse to back out of releasing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bax Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chinese Democracy was the first fully digital recorded album, does that not count as a digital release?Who the hell told you that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skulls Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 lazy, stingy, stupid, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR123GNR456 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 "lay some tracks on facebook" Yeah, what happened to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansidhe Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 MP3 releases sound like shite. It's a good thing for EPs or bonus tracks but too compressed for a whole record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chinese Democracy was the first fully digital recorded album, does that not count as a digital release?Who the hell told you that?I'd be interested in the source on that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl8302 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) Chinese Democracy was the first fully digital recorded album, does that not count as a digital release?Nonsense, the first fully digitally recorded album was way back in 1979, and by "fully" we're talking about digital recording, digital mixing and digital mastering. Edited February 14, 2011 by axl8302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 55 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Chinese Democracy was the first fully digital recorded album, does that not count as a digital release?Pulling "facts" out of our asses now eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl8302 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) The great thing about these Radiohead releases is that they're often a surprise, the fans only find out a few days before the release, it would be awesome if GN'R did something like that. How hard would it be to give us one track? Edited February 14, 2011 by axl8302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkuk04 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Im trying to look for some evidence on that statement i made earlier. But i can't find a link, sorry. I heard it was the first fully computer recorded album??? Oh well here the digital booklet http://www.scribd.com/doc/8488419/Chinese-Democracys-Digital-Booklet- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ben9785 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) Yes I have always wondered about this also. CD production delays are one thing but that is completely irrelevant when you have the music in digital format ready to go and it becomes almost instantly available to the world. A simple idea is 're-releasing' "Chinese Democracy" - before a major US tour, they can offer one or two extra tracks through iTunes and the iTunes Music Store would take care of the promotion - "Guns N' Roses touring ..... .. / .. / .. new album now available with bonus exclusive tracks" or something like that. Edited February 14, 2011 by ben9785 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy_Stradlin_XX Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 By this time i don't care if i had to pay 100$ for a track.I just want more Guns n FcknRoses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNR123GNR456 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 By this time i don't care if i had to pay 100$ for a track.I just want more Guns n FcknRoses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITW 2012 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Only pirates release GNR material online. That's probably what Blood In The Water is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRfan2008 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 By this time i don't care if i had to pay 100$ for a track.I just want more Guns n FcknRoses.You have Izzy Stradlin in your user name, so you should know that Guns N' Roses died in 1991 when he left the band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saber_ Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Radiohead just announced that they will be releasing their next album digitally on Feb 19, with physical editions to follow later in the year.Seeing bands get creative about releasing their music makes me realize just how much Axl is robbing the fans of the next album by sitting on it, probably waiting for a big fat pay off that will most likely never come. If bands like NIN and Radiohead can do this, why can't GNR?http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41580233/ns/today-entertainment/Hey! You copied my question from the Axl question forum! ; ) /jk I think it'd be cool if GNR used digital downloads for vault stuff and demos.Hell, I'd pay money to get a pristine audio copy of GNRs appearance on the late show in 88. But I'd also buy songs of interest from any era of GNR. Anything that was scrapped or not included on Chi Dem would be cool too. 99cents a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The fact that Rush put out two new songs on their website for sale is a sign established bands are changing how they put music out. They just have to block You Tube for a time period on the studio versions so they're not just freely giving out the songs and no one buys them. To me, Chinese Democracy lost a million customers because of what MySpace did, they had it up for longer than they should have. Listening parties should be a week at the most. But by far, when Kate Bush put out "Aerial". she made one video and did no promotion for it, no interviews. Just put it out there and let the record company advertise it. Axl at least did some interviews and answered questions for a bit. I don't see why GNR couldn't put out batches of songs for sale, like they were putting EPs out. Most artists now are trying to find all sorts of ways to promote their music, and by far, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga have figured it out. Appear on every TV show possible, touch base with your fans, and get out on the road and tour. And put it out on DVD. U2 put their 360 DVD out on a tour they were still in the middle of. They don't even wait until the tour's over. The Big 4 DVD is out, and now they're doing a US show. I'm sure some people are holding off on seeing it until they see the show live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitstorm Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Most artists now are trying to find all sorts of ways to promote their music, and by far, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Lady Gaga have figured it out. Appear on every TV show possibleThat can backfire (see: Superbowl Half Time Show). Edited February 15, 2011 by bitstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 MP3 releases sound like shite. It's a good thing for EPs or bonus tracks but too compressed for a whole record.You shouldn't talk shit about things you know nothing about.NIN released The Slip with plenty of options, high-quality lossless .M4A and even the 'gold-standard' .FLAC. There's absolutely no quality limit when it comes to online releases. If you're a retard and download MP3s - that's your own fault. It's bullshit like this post that excuse people's laziness. And don't say "it won't work because it's not GNR" that is the most stupid statement I've heard in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcountry Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) CD first full digitally recorded album.... don't think so.Hell I remember back in the late 80's early 90's when LA Guns released hollywood vampires and it was fully recorded digitally and stayed digital as long as you bought in CD format. It was a DDD format which means it was recorded digital and stay that way all the way to the CD format. It was only converted to analog for cass tapes and records.I know thing have come a long way since then and I am sure LA Guns where not the first to do this but they where the first i remember doing it. Edited February 15, 2011 by bigcountry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Gun Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The reason Guns can't just "put out a song/album digitally" is because they are still tied to a old fashioned record contract. You know, the whole "8 albums then you're free of your obligation to us" that big labels put on artists in the 80s and 90s in order to promote their efforts. I'm not sure how many albums Guns owe the label nowadays, but considering their slow output, its clear they still owe them at least one more.Even then, if Axl were free to put out music at any given time, he probably wouldn't. It would not be "grand" enough for him. Much like his stage setups, expensive music videos, booking 15k plus seat arenas(which don't sell out in the US), and his habit of maintaining mystique, its clear that Axl is not the kind of musician who would just put it out over the internet, he wants things done in a big way. Bands like Radiohead, NIN etc never had the rock star diva complex, they always stayed level headed, almost indie in a way. Just my opinion though, i could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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