Caveman's Diary: new Journey may be leaked?

[Arkansas]

" ... Also been assembling various running orders of the Journey material, and hoping against hope that one of these discs doesn't find it's way onto the internet, or to some dodgy Thai production facility before the release date, but you can only warn people so much. ... "

Hhmmm... Is KS implying that the band is passing around a few more CDs than he's comfortable with?
Any insiders here have something to share?


later~

[Saint John]

" ... Also been assembling various running orders of the Journey material, and hoping against hope that one of these discs doesn't find it's way onto the internet, or to some dodgy Thai production facility before the release date, but you can only warn people so much. ... "

Hhmmm... Is KS implying that the band is passing around a few more CDs than he's comfortable with?
Any insiders here have something to share?


later~

Personally, I don't pirate music. I sure hope there is no leak. This is how artists make their living and I respect their wishes. I hope they play at least one new song in Vegas.

[ebake02]

This is what doomed Arrival so I hope it doesn't happen. I want to hear the new music more than anything but I'll wait until they release.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

" ... Also been assembling various running orders of the Journey material, and hoping against hope that one of these discs doesn't find it's way onto the internet, or to some dodgy Thai production facility before the release date, but you can only warn people so much. ... "

Hhmmm... Is KS implying that the band is passing around a few more CDs than he's comfortable with?
Any insiders here have something to share?


later~

The fact that he's "assembling various running orders" makes me think that they're not ready to be distributed yet. I read that to say that he's just hoping that when it is ready, it doesn't leak. I still don't think the album is ready to go. I'm predicting with the late start to the summer tour (rumored to be July 4th) the album will be out in June/July.

[STORY_TELLER]

I don't think he's accusing anyone specific per se. He knows he wouldn't put it in a position to leak himself, but he can't speak for others and he's just hoping it won't go the route of Arrival.

Doesn't Arnel have his own manager apart from Azoff? Could be Kevin is concerned that someone in Arnel's camp might be contemplating a leak for misguided reasons (ie. promoting Arnel to the nay sayers so positive word of mouth spreads amongst the fan base, etc.).

I think the band should post 30 second clips of their favorite tracks to whet our whistles. Might delay such misguided altruism if any exists.

[Rhiannon]

Leaked tracks generate mega-publicity.

[KenTheDude]

Leaked tracks generate mega-publicity.

Yeah but that didn't work too good for Arrival. Journey isn't in the limelight anymore so people would have to be interested in the mega-publicity for it to work.

[Rhiannon]

Leaked tracks generate mega-publicity.

Yeah but that didn't work too good for Arrival. Journey isn't in the limelight anymore so people would have to be interested in the mega-publicity for it to work.

The leaked track is what initiates interest thereby leading to buzz erego publicity. If it doesn't work, it's because it wasn't implemented correctly. But a strong marketing tool nonetheless.

[Red13JoePa]

"hoping against hope," huh?


So in other words, it's a bygone forclusion something's getting out.


This is a strange comminique to me.

[Rhiannon]

This is a strange comminique to me.

My point exactly. Foreshadowing. Something will be leaked on purpose as a part of a plan and this is just a little hinty-hint.

[Red13JoePa]

Yea.

"Er...uh oh, I HOPE nothing gets leaked out ( )"

Just say it, "hey man, we're getting some of the shit out there early hoping to get some feedback off the 'net. Let us know what you think."

GOD, I'm gonna miss Kevin "No Leak Nonsense" Elson this album.

Neal, hope you rise above it again.

[Rhiannon]

Just say it, "hey man, we're getting some of the shit out there early hoping to get some feedback off the 'net. Let us know what you think."

That takes all the fun out of it. They're playing HEAD GAMES with the fans.
If we don't think it is taboo and exclusive then where's the real kill for us? If they said, "Hey, yo, song. Ch-ch-check it out." BFD. But if they're like "Oooh I hope nothing gets leaked, ohmigosh that'd just be the worst! Like, I'm not even joking. No one is supposed to hear these songs until they leave Wal-Mart, crank up their car, and after a battle of cellophane and sticker, insert disc." C'mon KS. You can't fool we.

[Perrydise]

I think it is politics. "hoping against hope" to me sounds like, it's been leaked and now we have to make it look like we didn't do it.

[STORY_TELLER]

Just say it, "hey man, we're getting some of the shit out there early hoping to get some feedback off the 'net. Let us know what you think."

That takes all the fun out of it. They're playing HEAD GAMES with the fans.
If we don't think it is taboo and exclusive then where's the real kill for us? If they said, "Hey, yo, song. Ch-ch-check it out." BFD. But if they're like "Oooh I hope nothing gets leaked, ohmigosh that'd just be the worst! Like, I'm not even joking. No one is supposed to hear these songs until they leave Wal-Mart, crank up their car, and after a battle of cellophane and sticker, insert disc." C'mon KS. You can't fool we.

Controversy gets more attention than honesty.

[Stoneyman]

This is what doomed Arrival so I hope it doesn't happen. I want to hear the new music more than anything but I'll wait until they release.

What doomed Arrival was that it sucked, and it then it leaked. If the material is as good as pretty much every artist says it is, then it will help Journey tremendously.

If they were smart they would leak one themselves and create the buzz. Either that or put up some clips of Arnel doing the classics like Foreigner did. What is worse, not getting a sample and having a horrible first listen or whetting the whistle with a hot new track and waiting for more?

[Monker]

You guys are over analyzing. He just knows what happened with Arrival and doesn't want it repeated.

It doesn't matter anyway. If all they want to do is release music for a few thousand fans, they should just put it on their website. Cd's are not worth the trouble for a band like Journey nowadays.us

[conversationpc]

You guys are over analyzing. He just knows what happened with Arrival and doesn't want it repeated.

It doesn't matter anyway. If all they want to do is release music for a few thousand fans, they should just put it on their website. Cd's are not worth the trouble for a band like Journey nowadays.us

For once, I agree with Monker.



Kill me now.......Please.

[Red13JoePa]

Bah.

I'm firing Shirley over this weekend.

Me, Elson and NIG are co-producing.

St John you can get coffes.

[The Sushi Hunter]

Help me out people, please explain to me why a leaked copy would do the band any good. I have not a clue as to what they would benefit from that happening. The only ones I see benefitting would be the individual or individuals who got the leaked copy and then turned around and burned a few thousand copies of it to sell in the black market. The only other thing I'm thinking is if the leaked copy is poor audio quality, giving us just enough of it to make out the words and melody with some instruments. We hear it and like it, then perhaps we'd be interested to get the quality product. But then again, I will purchase at least one of Journey's CD's most likely before even hearing any of the tracks first. Another possibility here is that Captain Caveman is just mentioning the word "leaked" just to throw some hype out. I know if that rumor was to hit the Philippines, that a leaked copy is out, everybody and their mongoloid brother over there would be jumping completely through their asses trying to find out who's got it and how they could get a copy for themselves.

One thing for certain, if leaked copies start showing up in P.I. you can get a pretty good idea where it came from. I'm not suggesting Arnel himself, but someone in his camp. Remember crab mentality runs amuk in them parts of the world.

[Deb]

"hoping against hope," huh?


So in other words, it's a bygone forclusion something's getting out.


This is a strange comminique to me.

Thought the exact same thing.

[Andrew]

" ... Also been assembling various running orders of the Journey material, and hoping against hope that one of these discs doesn't find it's way onto the internet, or to some dodgy Thai production facility before the release date, but you can only warn people so much. ... "

Hhmmm... Is KS implying that the band is passing around a few more CDs than he's comfortable with?
Any insiders here have something to share?


later~

Haven't heard a whisper, but am happy to throw my advice in for free

[fightingilliniJRNY]

You guys are over analyzing. He just knows what happened with Arrival and doesn't want it repeated.

Yep.

[Shadowsong]

Little birdy says
"Who let the cat out of the bag!"



"If the New Journey leaks
have them call the plumber
& wear depends..."

[ebake02]

This is what doomed Arrival so I hope it doesn't happen. I want to hear the new music more than anything but I'll wait until they release.

If they were smart they would leak one themselves and create the buzz. Either that or put up some clips of Arnel doing the classics like Foreigner did. What is worse, not getting a sample and having a horrible first listen or whetting the whistle with a hot new track and waiting for more?

They need to leak just enough to create the buzz but not enough for the pirates to get a hold of.

[Playitloudforme]

If the New Journey leaks
have them call the plumber
& wear depends...

Bwahahha!

[Rockindeano]

Why would BA leak his new single, in it's entirety, free, and Journey won't?

Does Journey's new stuff blow? Is BA's new stuff that good?

Seriously, wtf?

[Ms_M]

If the New Journey leaks
have them call the plumber
& wear depends...

Bwahahha!

Love the ninja kitty in your av!!! LOL! The Depends comment is hilarious, too!!!

[The Sushi Hunter]

If the New Journey leaks
have them call the plumber
& wear depends...

Bwahahha!

Love the ninja kitty in your av!!! LOL! The Depends comment is hilarious, too!!!

Yeah, I saw that ninja kitty on youtube some time back. I love the av also, cute how they play. It's the ghost of Morris the Cat opening up a friendly can of whip-ass on the kitty in training. Someone also has the computer generated punching kitty av, it's cute also.

[jrnyman28]

So apparantly Caveman burns CDs of the material in different running order and sends them to people for input???? No Fucking Way. If they want to play with tracklisting they could simply load it up on the computer and playlist it in different order. Something fishy fer sure.

I hope the band adds samples or very low bit-rate streams of the new music on their website. It is a fact that the consumers want to hear the music (for FREE) before considering a purchase. Make it exclusive to the site and you will drive traffic as well.

[finalfight]

Why would BA leak his new single, in it's entirety, free, and Journey won't?

Does Journey's new stuff blow? Is BA's new stuff that good?

Seriously, wtf?

Probably Because BA's management are far more internet savvy and aware of the advantages and awareness this method of more modern distribution could bring. In counterpoint Journey give us an island on some crappy retro looking networking game for social retards and will probably release the new album on cassette tape.