help!

[Alex78]

which Motw album to start with? I can get My Fruit Psychobells at Ebay...is it their first album?

 

[kleo706]

You should get Rob & Fab's self titled. It's a monster.

 

[FuSoYa]

you shouldn't get it at eBay, because then the band gets gypped out of sales.

PS - 4 of us post here.

 

[FrostGiant]

Is Dark Symphonies still selling all 3 for $25 or whatever it was? I would just go with that cuz you should start with Bath and Leaving Your Body Map both cuz really they are one album, two discs.

 

[Alex78]

well I live in Germany, so ordering the cds from a US mailorder would be too expensive.

 

[azal]

awesome avatar.

 

[xfer]

are you a fake account combining my posting powaz with Lethe78's, um, quiddity?

 

[kleo706]

Gay avatar. That guy touched my ass!!!

 

[chupe666]

you shouldn't get it at eBay, because then the band gets gypped out of sales.

you know, i'd agree with this if any of the releases i was on ever made the band any royalties THAT THE BAND ACTUALLY SAW. on paper, i think some were made, but in reality, I am not sure the band ever saw more than a check for like $16. so i was always of the opinion that people should get them as cheaply as possible since i personally never saw a dime.
yeah, it kind of bugged me to see other people selling cardboard promos of a record i was on for like $5-6 when they were given out free, but there's really not much i could do to stop that.

although when i buy a new record, i make a point of it to buy it directly from the artist if at all possible. if not that, then i try from the label that put it out. if not that, then i scour ebay and used bins. but i CERTAINLY NEVER download music. no way.

 

[Alex78]

that guy is Devin Townsend, so shut up. this thread is very helpful btw.

 

[chupe666]

and yeah, i just checked Darksymphonies.com and they do still have the 3 discs for $25. and i'm sure they might work out shipping to europe for you; it even says "AIR MAIL COST FOR OVERSEAS IS $4.00 FOR 1ST ITEM, $2.00 EACH ADDITIONAL" although not sure if they'd consider the 3-disc pkg one item or not.

i should buy one of these as my Bath disc is sort of scratched.

 

[xfer]

i would add that even worst-case, $8.00 shipping, is probably equal to or better than an Ebay ripoff shipper cost?

 

[chupe666]

yeah, that whole "Shipping charges to be determined after sale" thing has rip-off written all over it. some people expect to charge $4 for shipping within the US and get away with it.

 

[chupe666]

this reminds me: preppy, your shirt is in the mail. finally. (sorry bout the wait)

 

[kleo706]

I know who Devin Townsend is. There's a pic of him drooling on me and touching my ass on this laptop.

 

[FrostGiant]

What was your ass doing on his laptop? That's pretty homoerotic.

 

[FuSoYa]

you know, i'd agree with this if any of the releases i was on ever made the band any royalties THAT THE BAND ACTUALLY SAW. on paper, i think some were made, but in reality, I am not sure the band ever saw more than a check for like $16. so i was always of the opinion that people should get them as cheaply as possible since i personally never saw a dime.

This may be true, but what the sales do earn is important. For example, the more "units" a band sells, the higher regard they're held in by the label which will then likely give them a bigger budget for their next record.

In this case, that particular point isn't of issue because we aren't on DS anymore - however, the royalties of all future sales for a while have to be applied to a huge sum of money they charged us to get off their label. So yeah, the royalties/sales points are very important.