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If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale imitation (http://www.mp3.tv/articles/article_popup_with_history.php?id=1519)
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05.02.06 Fleamail May 2, 2006
Date: Tues, May 2
Subject:
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
when i woke up this morning
i was was confronted with the news that our record has been leaked to
the internet
it does not come out til may 9 but now it has leaked
and not that i know alot about this kind of thing
but i guess now it is possible to down load it for free if you want
well
that's not very nice
if you down load it now off one of these file sharing sites
you will be getting a pale imitation of the record
it will be of the poor sound quality of the technique they used to
get it on there
and that will break my heart
it will break john frusciante's heart
it will break anthony kiedis's heart
and it will break the heart of chad smith
yes, we worked for a year and a half to make the epic record of our
lives
and it is sad to me for the business reasons of course
i think we are selling something really cool and we put all we had
into it, 28 songs, 2 hours of the best that we can offer
and i think it is a fair deal for everyone
and for people to just steal a poor sound quality version of it for free
because some asshole stole it and put it on the internet
is sad to me
but, equitable business reasons aside
the thing that really bums me out is
we worked so hard, and so thoughtfully, all of us, for so long
to make this record sound as warm and full from top to bottom
as was possible
we spent day and night for a year making sure every little sound was
just right
that they were all put together in the most beautiful way we could
we did not leave a stone unturned in doing that work
i can not put in words how much this record, stadium arcadium, means
to us
how sacred the sound of it is to us
and how many sleepless nights and hardworking days we all had
thinking about how to make it be the best sounding thing we could
and now, for someone to take it and put it out there with this poor
sound quality
it is a painful pill for us to swallow
let me tell you
this bums all of us out
and i know that, as sensitive as john frusciante is about sound
the idea of anyone getting and hearing this thing that way
will devastate him
for people to not hear the work the way we meant it to be
will really hurt him deep inside
and all of us will hurt
yes, it is stealing from us, and that is lame
everyone has to live with their own conscience on that one
let it be your guide
but to take a version that has been defiled sound wise
a version in which some idiot has taken our year and a half of soul
baring work and pissed all over it
that will break our hearts
sincerely,
flea
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This month flea was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to the pool, but thanks to people downloading his music for free, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.
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Why is it that every single record gets "Lost" or "Stolen" and "Leaked"?
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This month flea was hoping to have a gold-plated shark tank bar installed right next to the pool, but thanks to people downloading his music for free, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.
HAHAHA
He will have to downgrade his provate jet too...
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Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
Why is it that every single record gets "Lost" or "Stolen" and "Leaked"?
I'm always wondering this too.
Does it really matter.....hasn't this band pretty much been making the same record over and over for the last 10 years or so?
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I'm not sure if he's talking about the full 2 CDs being leaked or the 5-6 demos that were leaked. Either way, he sounds just like any other artist out there complaining about people stealing music after pouring their lifeblood into it. Yes it sucks, but it's almost a waste of breathing to preach it. Maybe work with more trusting people to not leak the album? NIN's "With Teeth" did not leak, at least to my knowledge it never did. The Chili Peppers are at a point they've probably got their own recording studio and know how to use the gear.
If they're your true fans they're going to buy your album even after they've sampled it from a "leaked" copy.
MindCage
Mindless Faith (http://www.mindlessfaith.com)
Deep6 Productions (http://www.deep6.com)
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you all just broke their hearts.
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Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
Why is it that every single record gets "Lost" or "Stolen" and "Leaked"?
To create hype.
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When image googlin' pale imitation (http://images.google.com/images?q=+pale+imitation&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images) this is one of the first hits:
<img src="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper410/stills/2wb0e5j9.jpg" alt=" - " />
Why wasn't that the title of the film?
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if the material is soooooo good how come none of it was on sat night live? snl was a great performance though.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
Why is it that every single record gets "Lost" or "Stolen" and "Leaked"?
To create hype. [/b]
Of course, but I had no problems hiding the pornos from my parents when I was kid. Why can't a world-famous rock band lock away their master tapes properly? Something just doesn't compute ;)
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Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
05.02.06 Fleamail May 2, 2006
Date: Tues, May 2
Subject:
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
when i woke up this morning
i was was confronted with the news that our record has been leaked to
the internet
it does not come out til may 9 but now it has leaked
and not that i know alot about this kind of thing
but i guess now it is possible to down load it for free if you want
well
that's not very nice
if you down load it now off one of these file sharing sites
you will be getting a pale imitation of the record
it will be of the poor sound quality of the technique they used to
get it on there
and that will break my heart
it will break john frusciante's heart
it will break anthony kiedis's heart
and it will break the heart of chad smith
yes, we worked for a year and a half to make the epic record of our
lives
and it is sad to me for the business reasons of course
i think we are selling something really cool and we put all we had
into it, 28 songs, 2 hours of the best that we can offer
and i think it is a fair deal for everyone
and for people to just steal a poor sound quality version of it for free
because some asshole stole it and put it on the internet
is sad to me
but, equitable business reasons aside
the thing that really bums me out is
we worked so hard, and so thoughtfully, all of us, for so long
to make this record sound as warm and full from top to bottom
as was possible
we spent day and night for a year making sure every little sound was
just right
that they were all put together in the most beautiful way we could
we did not leave a stone unturned in doing that work
i can not put in words how much this record, stadium arcadium, means
to us
how sacred the sound of it is to us
and how many sleepless nights and hardworking days we all had
thinking about how to make it be the best sounding thing we could
and now, for someone to take it and put it out there with this poor
sound quality
it is a painful pill for us to swallow
let me tell you
this bums all of us out
and i know that, as sensitive as john frusciante is about sound
the idea of anyone getting and hearing this thing that way
will devastate him
for people to not hear the work the way we meant it to be
will really hurt him deep inside
and all of us will hurt
yes, it is stealing from us, and that is lame
everyone has to live with their own conscience on that one
let it be your guide
but to take a version that has been defiled sound wise
a version in which some idiot has taken our year and a half of soul
baring work and pissed all over it
that will break our hearts
sincerely,
flea
Flea obviously has no idea of what the Internet can do...oh, and I don't think the ones leaked are pale imitation. They are CD quality I bet.
Maybe someone should tell him.
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<img src="http://www.oldmencrying.com/images/indian.jpeg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Joe M.:
Flea obviously has no idea of what the Internet can do...oh, and I don't think the ones leaked are pale imitation. They are CD quality I bet.
Maybe someone should tell him. [/b]
E-Mail him. I'm sure he would love to hear what us boardies think or know.
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Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
Of course, but I had no problems hiding the pornos from my parents when I was kid. Why can't a world-famous rock band lock away their master tapes properly? Something just doesn't compute ;)
Chances are it wasn't leaked by the studio, probably some music journalist who got an advanced review copy. And for a release by an established band, they send out thousands. magazines, daily papers, college papers, blogs, etc.
Leaks that come long before the scheduled release (the last broken social scene and the upcoming tv on the radio come to mind) are more likely to be someone involved in the creation of the record. Probably an intern who made a copy for himself, had it borrowed by a friend who made copies for his friends, etc.
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Originally posted by Glass Arm Shattering:
Of course, but I had no problems hiding the pornos from my parents when I was kid. Why can't a world-famous rock band lock away their master tapes properly? Something just doesn't compute ;)
Exactly.
Because if it's so heavily coveted on the internet 3 weeks before its official release, it must be really good and I'll have to buy it when it comes out....or so the thought process goes.