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chaz

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2006, 09:08:00 am »
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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2006, 09:14:00 am »
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.

helicon1

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2006, 09:16:00 am »
Why is it that every single record gets "Lost" or "Stolen" and "Leaked"?

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2006, 09:43:00 am »
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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...

chaz

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2006, 09:48:00 am »
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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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2006, 10:00:00 am »
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.
 
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walkonby

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2006, 10:12:00 am »
you all just broke their hearts.

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2006, 12:13:00 pm »
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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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2006, 12:18:00 pm »
When image googlin' pale imitation 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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2006, 12:44:00 pm »
if the material is soooooo good how come none of it was on sat night live?  snl was a great performance though.

helicon1

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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2006, 12:50:00 pm »
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Originally posted by vansmack:
   
Quote
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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2006, 12:53:00 pm »
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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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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2006, 01:05:00 pm »
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Re: If you download it now ... you will be getting a pale im
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2006, 01:21:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Joe M.:
 
Quote
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.