Gideon wrote:Don wrote:Gideon wrote:Those statements aren't mutually exclusive. It's possible to care less about sales and still be disappointed at the lack of interest by the public when one feels one has a quality record.
Of course.
I'm just confused about the whole exclusivity thing. With iTunes and Amazon selling some form of the product, Maybe Wal-mart didn't feel that it was their responsibility to promo this thing as they did with Revelation.
In my own way of thinking, I would rather have a failure at retail because of the product itself, not because of other reasons, such as lack of promo or late distribution or what not.
Obviously I don't know what the real deal here is and it may truly be, as Monker has stated that people just don't give a shit about new material from Journey anymore.
I'm only interested in sales when it comes to influencing the odds of Journey releasing another CD, otherwise I couldn't care less.
Journey's members are all, I believe, millionaires and set for life, so why should I care?
But regardless, management and the band definitely fumbled the ball bigtime. If it tanks, I don't have any sympathy for them: Neal and co. should have been making some noise about it.
See, you and I are on the same page there. I'm looking at sales and wondering if there is a threshold that needs to be obtained in order to have some retailer finance another original release again.
I mean, as much as I and others bitched about Revelation, we still bought it. I understand that part of the game about rewarding a favorite artist with a sale in order for them to continue on giving you a product. Not to the extent of Rip and others who have no qualms about making multiple purchases but still.