Alpachiris Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Tesla In Two PartsUpdated 04:55 PDT Sat, Jun 16 2007Tesla isn't pretending it an innovative way to get people to its shows, but the band might have done it just the same. With the influence of the recording industry dwindling, acts are finding creative ways to get music to the fans. In the case of Tesla, the band is including a free CD with each ticket purchase. Prince did this, as have others. But Tesla, which has its own record company, took the concept in a different direction. When the band wrapped up recording for Real to Reel, they were left with 25 worthy tracks. "We didn't want to go to retail and put out two records á la Use Your Illusion," the band's Brian Wheat told Pollstar. "It's just a mess and Tesla isn't as big as Guns N' Roses when they did it. "So I came up with the idea to put out one disc at retail. The people who are going to buy that second disc are hardcore fans, so I said, 'Let's put it into the ticket price and have the second disc be part of the concert experience.'" The first disc of Real to Reel is packaged with a 16-page book and a foldout, plus a place to put the second disc. When the band launched its tour in early June, fans entering the show received the second disc as their tickets were torn. Maybe it's not the most earth-shattering concept out there, but it's definitely one other artists should pay attention to. Wheat thought it would help get butts in seats, but there's always been a core group of diehard Tesla fans the band can count on to buy the group's albums and come to shows. The question is, would Tesla's original major-label record company have agreed to do this? "Hell, no. The reason we have our own label is because we're sick and tired of the old, monolithic record companies," Wheat said. "Quite frankly, all they did was f**k it up." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ88 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 do you know what this means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBA Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 What? bba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Macaroni Incident? Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 That's pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mansin Humanity Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111ONEONEONEELEVEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getizzyback Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Damn , I thought this thread meant they heard GN'R were going to release a doublealbum , what a let down. This is more about Tesla , maybe this should be in My World.Oh well , back to the drawling bored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBA Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 The subject is a tad misleading. bba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt13 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 No shit Sherlock... GNR released a double album called 'Use Your Illusion'.That's what they're referring to.Thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunbury_hmr Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 No shit Sherlock... GNR released a double album called 'Use Your Illusion'.That's what they're referring to.Thanks for the update.Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.Next thing you will tell me is that GNR also released a Live album with two cd's which are mislabeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobadog Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 In reality, most people would buy the good disc (from the stores) and download the 2nd disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSlash Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 this should be deleted moved or have the title fixed. Misleading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMonk Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Who the hell is Telsa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kollemann99 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Same question here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axllover Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Tesla is a great rock band! Gonna see them in two weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agattuso Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 CHINESE DEMOCRACY STARTS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111ONEONEONEELEVENWhy you always saying that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Axl Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 that title IS MISLEADING!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Matt13 Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 No shit Sherlock... GNR released a double album called 'Use Your Illusion'.That's what they're referring to.Thanks for the update.Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.Next thing you will tell me is that GNR also released a Live album with two cd's which are mislabeled.?????Apparently you have no brain. It's obvious GNR put out a double-disk album. That was the point of my post. Just because Tesla mentions Use Your Illusion, why does it merit a thread here? If there was a thread for everytime someone of stature mentioned Use Your Illusion, 99% of the threads here would be about someone mentioning UYI. The original thread title also made it sound like CD was going to be a double disk.Sorry if you can't comprehend the obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outtagetme Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Tesla rocks. Great band from the 80's who has never tried to change their style of music (Bon Jovi). Five Man Acoustical Jam is one of my favorite CDs ever. For the younger fans on here, I suggest you pick up a copy or download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfactorreb23 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 so tesla said somethign about gnr, it soesnt mean gnr is coming out w an album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkriley Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Tesla rocks. Great band from the 80's who has never tried to change their style of music (Bon Jovi). Five Man Acoustical Jam is one of my favorite CDs ever. For the younger fans on here, I suggest you pick up a copy or download it.check out all Teslas albums even their comeback album 2004's "INTO THE NOW" was great classic Tesla.....I couldn't recommend Tesla enough if your looking for great Rock and Roll. I'm shocked they are not more popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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