Cool idea for cd pre orders

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[One Hundred Fifty-Two]

Ehhh not buying into this idea.

[kyle]

What's the blank CD for? They send you mp3s and you burn the album?

I agree, I'm not feeling it.

[robotnerd]

good thing this bro knows the difference between a front slash and a back slash.

[flicker]

this lady is weird.

[AlexH.]

Hate hate hate it when people say "Hi, my name is xxx, I play in a band called xxx" when it's clear people know who you are. It reeks of false modesty and douchiness.

This is a pretty good idea, but a regular preorder w/ mp3s would be preferable. I don't need another CD lying around.

[Just Another Tom]

Disc burn error...DOH.

[heavyheavylowlow]

I don't know about you but I'm perfectly contented without any Almost tracks to tide me over till the album comes out, shit, I'll be content never hearing it at all.

Also, I wanted to hit him so hard "Hi, my name is Aaaron and I play a band called The Almost" FUCK YOU! You play in Underoath! They're actually quite good, why you gotta go mess it all up with this crap

[Just Another Tom]

Can't say i have heard of Almost before this thread, but i knew i recognised him from somewhere.

I don't like these pre-order gimmicks, whats wrong with just picking a release date, working hard to get it ready for said date and releasing it for people to buy. Impatience is slowly destroying a relaxed way of life we should all be living, the record store in my town closed down a few years ago, and i miss it like a dead relative.

[smailtronic]

so, do you print out the album art on the blank pages?

[Just Another Tom]

Nah, i think that is just a demo model. I'm guessing you get it with printed sleeves and booklet with printed discs, just no songs on disc 2, then on the day of release you just need to burn the album to the disc. which if it fails means you have a printed useless disc.

Edit:

I wonder how much not having the songs burnt on the disc gets knocked off the price of production... they might be on to something.

[heavyheavylowlow]

burnt discs are less reliable than pressed discs anyway, they stop working quite quickly. I would definately rather have a pressed disc

[kidamnesiac]

The New Pornographers did something similar to this where the deluxe version of their record came with blank discs (they had artwork on the discs, just no songs). I think there were two or three discs. Then over the months after the record came out, they would release songs (demos, b-sides, live) to put on the discs however you wanted. That way you could put on only the songs you wanted and in what order you preferred. Pretty cool.

As for this idea, being a bit of an audiophile I worry that the full album that you are supposed to download will be in mp3 format which we all know is lossy. Why anyone would think that letting people burn lossy mp3s to a CD is a great product is beyond me. And besides, pre-orders generally ship to customers around the same time that the record ships to stores, which usually means you get the record two to three weeks before release anyway. So I don't see what's so special about the idea that when you pre-order you don't even get the record early. Just a download that you then have to burn yourself. Kind of a lame idea, Aaron.

[devinr]

Ehhh not buying into this idea.

[desensitizedbyu]

It's funny how kevinb bashes "Hot Topic" music like brokencyde and all the other similar shit when the music he listens to is on the rack right next to it.

[Guest kevinb]

who said I listened to it ? i just said it was a good idea

[scottheisel]

so, do you print out the album art on the blank pages?

No, it comes with real liner notes and artwork -- that blank booklet was just an example/mock-up.