@UnknownRex33 Djent isn't a fucking genre. Enough with these subgenres, they only undermine the music. The further into subgenres we go the less room for innovation is there due to the restrictions by the requirements to fit into that sub genre. They're progressive metal.
I think the contortionist is too good a band to be categorized into a genre where other bands that are shitty are categorized like deathcore or djent. They should have their own genre called the contortionist and be the only band in it.
@HWAMdrummer88 Yeah I agree with you so much. This isn't Deathcore or Djent or any bullshit like that. This is contortionist metal. They have a sound that no other band has.
@AngstRiddenDreams Haha thats cool that you said "hardcore" cuz not many people look at the post-hardcore parts of exoplanet like in flourish, primal directive, and axiom. They just focus on the breakdowns haha.
If you have a deathcore band with progressive elements, what do you call it? I'm not saying these guys are deathcore, but this band is easily progressive metal. Djent isn't even a genre, it's a style. Periphery and Meshuggah might play with a djent-y style, but that doesn't make their genre djent, they're progressive and extreme metal bands.
@jake20589 they have elements of Djent, yes, but if you know your music so well you'd know that Meshuggah and Periphery would spank you for saying djent is "an actuall genre"
@spencer6800 I don't really know. I don't listen to music by genres, I listen to music for what it is. But it has progressive and deathcore elements IMO. I'd classify this as djenty deathcorish BTBAM. But that just sounds wack.
@jake20589 progressive deathcore is not a contradiction. the word 'progressive' describes a genre of music that pushes past the usual chorus-verse style structure of songs into a more complex, steadfast, and everchanging type of song structure. and i certainly see many elements of deathcore in everyone of The Contortionist's songs, having extremely heavy and slow atonal breakdowns and riffs.
Hey what's going on fellow metalheads? We are A Riot In Moscow a 4 piece Progressive Deathcore band out of South Florida. We are currently recording our EP Royalty but we have one song up our account for you guys to listen. Check us out on Facebook and support your local metal scene!
How bout who gives a fuck about being politicly correct.....AND DO WHATEVER you wish!! I mean it seems like everyone has their own reasons and shit. It's no body's right to tell you to download or not......especially on youtube.....I mean what the fuck!
Also, for those of you who want to know their tuning, it's drop-Ab on a 7 string... unless they switch tunings or have 8-strings for some of their stuff. This song is definitely in drop-Ab and I haven't seen them with an 8 on stage.
Ab-Eb-Ab-Db-gb-bb-eb
intro riff is 0 00 0 ^11 v12 | 0 00 0 ^11 v12 ^14
^ (up a string to play note)
v (down a string...)
starts on the lowest string
I'd tab the whole thing out and post it to ultimate, but I don't have a 7. =[ Just using perfect pitch for that.
These dudes are pretty fucking good. I've heard of them for awhile now, but There are so many bands out there nowadays it's hard to keep up and really give them all a good listen. They got themselves a new fan now though. I've liked everything I checked out so now I think I will be purchasing their albums.
@screamingismyair They will be soon....They have been touring with really good bands lately. And now that they are on Summer Slaughter Survivors Tour...they will blow the FUCK UP. Along with The Rings of Saturn.
I would only download something to see if you like it. You like it, buy it. Or just check youtube for a song. But I personally like buying CD's because I still like them. I'm old school like that I guess.
I know this is totally unrelated and shit, but this song made me think of animals and then made me think "what the fuck do other animals think us?" to them we must be the divine rulers or the master race. it's hardly fair. It pays to speak your mind.
We are playing with these guys for one of their shows on the summer slaughter survivor tour in PA. It would be awesome if some people could check us out and let us know what you think . we'd appreciate it!
I love this band for their progressive rhythms and originality. :) I'm not much into their death core, but I'm not into death core anyway so it's fine. :) The song gets really really around 1:15 when the chorus kicks in. :) The solo also gives me chills. I highly recommend this song for metal fans who are looking for something new. :)
I love this song. This song describes Primitive goals engraved in the mind of every living being. Survive my any means and technology. This is primal directive. yeah
@TheMeatballMen In this I give you the right, but if you download an album and you like it, buy it, if you buy and do not like, you'll be spending money on something you do not like, so there are downloads.
@maledictt or if you really want to find out if you like it... LISTEN TO IT ON YOUTUBE -___- Exactly what im doing it now and im buying it as we speak
@MikeyNSean Exactly.... Whenever i know there is a new album i might want, i go on youtube and listen to at least 2 song before buying it. That way you get a good buy cause you know its good
@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
@allatusdan Well said man. Making it so people can download the song = more people hearing it = greater fanbase = more and more people going to shows to buy merch. If you really want to help the band spread the song around as much as possible.
@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
@TheMeatballMen jus sayin from the point of view of a musician which i am... buying their cd does nothing but support a sellout label which these dont have. it does very little for em. buy their merch at shows thats what actually helps bands
@TheMeatballMen coming from a musician with enough experience to know, buying a cd does nothing to support a band. buying their merch is what most of their income comes from... well you know unless theyre sellouts
@iamxeddiex Yea, labels take way too much I was researching that lately. Such a rip. the best way is to attend a concert (money for them there) and buy say, a shirt or the CD there instead of online, they get a lot more that way. If they are touring near you of course, haha.
@TheMeatballMen Yes, buy the album so the record company gets $7.50, the CD manufacturer gets $1.00, the band manager gets $.45 and each band member gets a $.01.
Download illegally, go to shows, buy merch. Every person in a band I've ever talked to says this. They make like $10 for every t-shirt, hoodie, show ticket, etc. they sell, whereas they make almost nothing (if anything) per album. I've seen bands burn CDs instead of selling the actual album so they could turn a profit.
@dpackman0 the point of being a musician isn't to make money anyway... but your right they get paid more for shows and merch, and buying cds does help!
@TheMeatballMen Some of us can't afford to ship every single CD we want from the other side of the earth for double the cost of the CD itself, or pay three times the cost of the CD to buy whatever few CDs local stores actually import themselves.
@TheMeatballMen I'm only fifteen and don't have a job and therefore have no cashflow, just becuase i don't have the money doesn't mean i'm going to go on youtube everytime i wan't to listen to music. I agree that bands need support now more than ever and if you have the money go out and buy their CD's but if you don't download them. If you really want to support the band buy merch from live shows or off merch sites considering they make shit off the CD's they do sell.
@TheMeatballMen Remember that they dont get paid much at all for selling CD's. They make most of their money from doing shows and selling merch. Records dont make that much money for a band unless they are big or under an independent label. When people want to dl the album instead of paying for it,theyre not giving their money to the greedy label owners and shit. The best support you can give is spreading their name. Making them known, getting people to buy tix to their shows. Thats REAL support
@EJKusH420 BUT its not so much the money from the album sales, its the numbers of copies sold that major booking agencies look at to decide whether a band would be a good choice for larger tours or not, without those sale numbers a band may not have the opportunities that they should
@TheMeatballMen Albums are less expensive than shirts and concerts tickets. So i already support the band even if i download albums. Music should just be free, like breathing.
as a musician, i cannot possibly disagree with you more. music is our livelihood and you expect it to be free? do you expect authors to write 1100 page books and give them away for free? painters to spend weeks or months on a sculpture and not sell it? but then again you are probably 15 and have no notion of investing any kind of effort into anything worthwhile.
@FSAnimal61 I'm a musician too. I'm the guitarist from "I the Omniscient". I played live a lot of times with my band and guess what ? We did give our debut EP for free on facebook. and as far as i know it helped a lot. It's true that my goal is to live by my music but for the moment nobody payed to listen to us (and don't get me wrong, that EP is very well produced) and that's better. All we care is to deliver good music. Real musicians would pay people to be listened.
@AkaikenSatsugai "Real musicians would pay people to be listened." really? because it sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about. you are telling me that if a band such as Avenged Sevenfold or Kings of Leon charges for their albums, then they are not real musicians? i don't know what you are trying to portray yourself as, some kind of music world robin hood or something, but you really are disrespectful.
@FSAnimal61 I agree totally. It's a common misconception that musicians don't profit from album sales. . Do people really think that we spend years in a bedroom, hours in basements, thousands of dollars on gear and countless sleepless nights so we can watch "fans" say we don't deserve payment because art should be free despite the work bands put in? Even the simplest music took years of practice to poilish and perfect.
@FSAnimal61 I don't really know what he meant but I think you should not have to pay to own someones music to listen too, mainly because such a small fraction of a signed band's album sales go to them. I would rather skip the cd and buy tickets or merch.
The voice to me at 0:57 sounds like the dude off of Lamb of God
MYSTIKxTEAM 2 hours ago
It's You have been Defined
MYSTIKxTEAM 5 days ago
Glad to know that there are other people who truly appreciate superb music created by talented musicians with a profound passion.
StellarPlagues 2 weeks ago
They should make the soundtrack to Dead Space 3!
DizzyWalin91 3 weeks ago
Scan the surface, bring up vitals. Best line of the entire song.
Zachplaysdead1 1 month ago
@Zachplaysdead1 i definently didnt even hear that part so must not be the best line
patrickh92able 4 weeks ago
@patrickh92able :28
Zachplaysdead1 4 weeks ago
@Zachplaysdead1 wasnt anything cool abt that part???? okay ummmm
patrickh92able 3 weeks ago
Reminds me a LITTLE bit of The Faceless
Valorisblack 1 month ago
love this.
LovelyAshlyn 1 month ago
The Contortionist, Veil of Maya, Born of Osiris, and Between the Buried and Me should tour together. No just kidding, my dick would explode.
Strongerthananyfaith 1 month ago 4
When I pressed play my skin melted off and my ears exploded. And it was fucking awesome.
rickbehr 1 month ago
0:40 forest whittaker
Curbstomper1337 1 month ago
0:49 oh god the faceless all over again XD nah but this is sick
EntwinedbyVengeance 1 month ago
0:27 SEXY INLAWS!!!
kevinzetina 2 months ago in playlist exoplanet
Got this off of the GFM demo album! So good!
TheJunkieBox 2 months ago
The phrase is clearly, "You have been defiled."
Arhkhio 2 months ago
@Arhkhio "Defined" actually.
empasmmetal 1 month ago
@Arhkhio You can definitely hear the "N" and not an "L", so i think its actually "defined"
Therobbieperson 1 month ago
i think he's saying "you have been defined" O_o
awesome song, shit sounds revolutionary!
theMastrgamr 3 months ago
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theMastrgamr 3 months ago
Ambidjent+Deathcore+British accent clean vocals from an american vocalist=YAYAYAYAYAY
MrNicetomeetya 3 months ago
they outta make a new genre of music called The Contortionist
fossilknife 3 months ago
@fossilknife I was thinking the same thing. They have a very unique sound
mario1136 2 months ago
@fossilknife isnt the contortionist djent?
UnknownRex33 2 months ago in playlist The Contortionist
@UnknownRex33 They're more progressive than anything.
LetsPride 2 months ago
@UnknownRex33 Djent isn't a fucking genre. Enough with these subgenres, they only undermine the music. The further into subgenres we go the less room for innovation is there due to the restrictions by the requirements to fit into that sub genre. They're progressive metal.
MrxSelfxDestruct 2 months ago 3
@MrxSelfxDestruct Shut the fuck up fag.
senoreo 2 weeks ago
loving the little cymbal work at 3:38
Griff116 3 months ago
You. Have, Been, Deep. Shined.
sonicfeather 3 months ago
Im so fucking high. This band is dank XD
Therobbieperson 3 months ago
This is tit-core because this band is the tits!
Inshane00 4 months ago
Beautiful.
IUKC 4 months ago in playlist IUKC's favorites
I think the contortionist is too good a band to be categorized into a genre where other bands that are shitty are categorized like deathcore or djent. They should have their own genre called the contortionist and be the only band in it.
HWAMdrummer88 4 months ago 6
@HWAMdrummer88 Yeah I agree with you so much. This isn't Deathcore or Djent or any bullshit like that. This is contortionist metal. They have a sound that no other band has.
mario1136 3 months ago
@mario1136 Totally agree bout their sound dude, totally agree
HWAMdrummer88 3 months ago
@HWAMdrummer88 Yup
mario1136 3 months ago
i prefer to call it muzik.
this is a badtotheass
beaturfacewitmyfist 4 months ago
instead of calling it any genre call it, THE CONTORTIONIST
welcometohell210 4 months ago
Instead of calling it Djent would Hardcore Progressive Metal be acceptable?
AngstRiddenDreams 4 months ago
@AngstRiddenDreams i think it would have to be progressive/experimental and nothing else but theyre signed as progessive deathcore so
wingeddemon1026 4 months ago
@AngstRiddenDreams Haha thats cool that you said "hardcore" cuz not many people look at the post-hardcore parts of exoplanet like in flourish, primal directive, and axiom. They just focus on the breakdowns haha.
HWAMdrummer88 3 months ago
Why dont we just forget what genre its in and call it THE BEST.
beanbagman0039 4 months ago
This album is like the unofficial soundtrack of Mass Effect
midgaard666 5 months ago 34
Who cares about all of this genre bullshit? These guys are AMAZING. If I had to classify them, I would put them in "THE SHIT" category.
TheSoulOfGenius 5 months ago
If you have a deathcore band with progressive elements, what do you call it? I'm not saying these guys are deathcore, but this band is easily progressive metal. Djent isn't even a genre, it's a style. Periphery and Meshuggah might play with a djent-y style, but that doesn't make their genre djent, they're progressive and extreme metal bands.
manicmonkey5 5 months ago
This band is not Progressive Deathcore. Nothing of that exists, as it is a complete contradiction.
If you want to classify this band, they would be 'Progressive'. It is worthy to note that they have many elements of Djent, an actual genre.
jake20589 5 months ago
@jake20589 they have elements of Djent, yes, but if you know your music so well you'd know that Meshuggah and Periphery would spank you for saying djent is "an actuall genre"
spacefrogify 5 months ago
@spacefrogify You are correct! I'm glad that there are people who undstand that djent is not a genre.
helloimbrandon 4 months ago
@spacefrogify what genre would you call this? I don't think djent is a genre either. I feel weird calling this deathcore though.
spencer6800 4 months ago
@spencer6800 I don't really know. I don't listen to music by genres, I listen to music for what it is. But it has progressive and deathcore elements IMO. I'd classify this as djenty deathcorish BTBAM. But that just sounds wack.
spacefrogify 4 months ago
@jake20589 'djent' is not a genre. it's a technique.
UrPostOfficeBuddy 4 months ago 2
@jake20589 progressive deathcore is not a contradiction. the word 'progressive' describes a genre of music that pushes past the usual chorus-verse style structure of songs into a more complex, steadfast, and everchanging type of song structure. and i certainly see many elements of deathcore in everyone of The Contortionist's songs, having extremely heavy and slow atonal breakdowns and riffs.
sb3740 4 months ago 4
@sb3740 It's a contradiction because everything in deathcore is rehashed garbage.
To the other roody-poos- I had forgotten djent was merely a style.
jake20589 4 months ago
@sb3740 Well put, I agree.
JukemNukem88 4 months ago in playlist JukemNukem88's favorites
Oh god, the sweeps! <3
Therobbieperson 5 months ago
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- A Riot In Moscow
ARiotInMoscow 5 months ago
0:30
BUTTHOLES
Larfage 6 months ago 2
@Larfage more like mortals...
Therobbieperson 5 months ago
@Larfage Its actually VITALS. But i def see how you heard buttholes hahahaha
NUBLET911 5 months ago
there the fucking best space metal band better than the faceless, for now.....LOL!
insightfullness123 6 months ago
@insightfullness123 space metal? haha people and their fake genres these days.
DeathandGorefuckc0r3 6 months ago
Fuck clint mansell for Mass Effect 3. just play this album at the appropriate times.
TheJosjosjosjos 6 months ago
@TheJosjosjosjos wait what? don't bash that amazing game! :O, btw Tesseract is the best band to listen to while playing that game
xVictimOfADownx1 5 months ago
Fuck Chuck Norris, HAL 9000 would be proud... and maybe Bruce Campbell.
TheAltarcrusher 6 months ago 2
chuck norris would be proud
DarkDestrucification 6 months ago
Sooooo beautifully HEAVYYYY!!
TheeDevilWearsPrada 6 months ago
The guitar is straight growling. The start of this song gets me everytime.
choganskateboarding 6 months ago
You. have. been. Deep Fried. (by awesome music)
Bostonman70 6 months ago 23
@Bostonman70 by popeyes chicken
patrickh92able 4 weeks ago
First heard this song when i was baked.
Loved it ever since
<3
Therobbieperson 6 months ago
SPAACE. REAALITYYY.. COMPLEX CONCEPTSS...
somebassplayer580 6 months ago
How bout who gives a fuck about being politicly correct.....AND DO WHATEVER you wish!! I mean it seems like everyone has their own reasons and shit. It's no body's right to tell you to download or not......especially on youtube.....I mean what the fuck!
djbroncoroc 7 months ago
the math adds up, you just don't know how to read it.
dpackman0 7 months ago
Also, for those of you who want to know their tuning, it's drop-Ab on a 7 string... unless they switch tunings or have 8-strings for some of their stuff. This song is definitely in drop-Ab and I haven't seen them with an 8 on stage.
Ab-Eb-Ab-Db-gb-bb-eb
intro riff is 0 00 0 ^11 v12 | 0 00 0 ^11 v12 ^14
^ (up a string to play note)
v (down a string...)
starts on the lowest string
I'd tab the whole thing out and post it to ultimate, but I don't have a 7. =[ Just using perfect pitch for that.
dpackman0 7 months ago
@dpackman0 you're wrong, they play on 6 strings
midgaard666 7 months ago
@midgaard666 damn you're right. I saw the video, thought I counted 7. Didn't even occur to me that they could be playing 6. Must be baritones.
dpackman0 7 months ago
@dpackman0 right tabes but they use 6 strings.
Manoffire959 7 months ago
This band does everything right, sick ass band
Loveisadyingtrend 7 months ago
0:40 FOREST WHITAKER
lostenmusic 7 months ago
@lostenmusic hahaha you nailed it dude.
Spoonman159 7 months ago
beast band
BassAsLeaders 8 months ago
These dudes are pretty fucking good. I've heard of them for awhile now, but There are so many bands out there nowadays it's hard to keep up and really give them all a good listen. They got themselves a new fan now though. I've liked everything I checked out so now I think I will be purchasing their albums.
Maxrex76 8 months ago
You..Have...Been...Defined
DaveLawlz 8 months ago 28
So Epic.
thelarster1 8 months ago
they are not famous yet? what ashame
screamingismyair 8 months ago
@screamingismyair They will be soon....They have been touring with really good bands lately. And now that they are on Summer Slaughter Survivors Tour...they will blow the FUCK UP. Along with The Rings of Saturn.
8JobForAMexican8 8 months ago
@8JobForAMexican8 thnks for the tip
screamingismyair 8 months ago
@8JobForAMexican8 the rings of saturn are so badass :D juss puttin that out there mayne.
ginamoreland3 8 months ago
:41 FOREST WHITAKER
thegreek69 8 months ago 44
@thegreek69 HAha XD He definitely is badass enough to shout about XD
ScienceOfSkullFuckin 5 months ago
I would only download something to see if you like it. You like it, buy it. Or just check youtube for a song. But I personally like buying CD's because I still like them. I'm old school like that I guess.
ignoremenoworelse 8 months ago
I know this is totally unrelated and shit, but this song made me think of animals and then made me think "what the fuck do other animals think us?" to them we must be the divine rulers or the master race. it's hardly fair. It pays to speak your mind.
Mycookiesarenotgay 9 months ago
what key is this in?
ThatBlackaneseKid107 9 months ago
@ThatBlackaneseKid107 I think it's in A# their other cd was in G# I could be mistaken
ElCh3xmix 9 months ago
Who are those 4 fuckers that don't like this song....
DarkThoot 9 months ago
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marislaneOFFICIAL 9 months ago
2 verses are fuckin awsome :)
Bridge to analyst; access the secondary plasmic dataholds.
Now viewing all current planetary bodies.
Move to constrain your results to newest sentient life.
Scan the surface. Bring up vitals.
Now we execute standard protocol.
As these cycles are nearing completion, initiate solar cleansing.
Move on, time never waited on its occupants.
Live on, by any means and every technology.
betegeuize 9 months ago
I went to their show, and bought a ton of shit. They were amazing. Whatthefuckever.
PinkWaffleCOLBZ 9 months ago
i downloaded this album. and then i went and bought the cd. what of it?
VM38 9 months ago
You....have...been...de-fined
(THIS IS PRIMAL DIRECTIVE!!!!)
AlerionMLG 9 months ago in playlist Rock
I dont see nothing wrong with downloading songs. after all i was taught to share :D
crazytime666 9 months ago
...metal was starting to get boring. Alas, my savior.
MrVelothiraptor 9 months ago
dude this is sick
sicmonstruo1 10 months ago
These guys kick ass. so melodic and amazing. when i heard him sing i had tears in my eyes.
Manoffire959 10 months ago
Does anyone know their tuning? If I had to guess I'de say G#
DB73093 10 months ago
@DB73093 drop G# on 6 strings, not G# standard as many people say
shakunkadunk 10 months ago
@shakunkadunk Right on, I'm in Drop G# on a 7 stringin my band aswell.
DB73093 10 months ago
@DB73093 i was thinkin about getting an 8 string and going drop E, what do you think?
douglycett 9 months ago
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@shakunkadunk Right on, I'm in Drop G# on a 7 stringin my band aswell.
DB73093 10 months ago
amazing song! definitely proggressive!
dombag20 11 months ago
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WDMCLubbock 1 year ago
I love this band for their progressive rhythms and originality. :) I'm not much into their death core, but I'm not into death core anyway so it's fine. :) The song gets really really around 1:15 when the chorus kicks in. :) The solo also gives me chills. I highly recommend this song for metal fans who are looking for something new. :)
Incredidanny 1 year ago
Seeing them saturday with underoath :)
NikiaCrawford 1 year ago
Bought this album, one of the most original albums I've listened to in a while.
globalchaos1984 1 year ago
Might end up buying this album.
ShapeshifterMusic 1 year ago
best deathcore band
peppercakeman 1 year ago
@peppercakeman it's djent brother.
bluebunny61 10 months ago
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I love this song. This song describes Primitive goals engraved in the mind of every living being. Survive my any means and technology. This is primal directive. yeah
shinomoreno1 1 year ago
How about instead of downloading albums, you fucking buy them and help support musicians? Fuckers
TheMeatballMen 1 year ago 51
@TheMeatballMen In this I give you the right, but if you download an album and you like it, buy it, if you buy and do not like, you'll be spending money on something you do not like, so there are downloads.
maledictt 1 year ago 59
@maledictt That is a good point
TheMeatballMen 1 year ago
@maledictt its called going to shows and buying merchandise...
bobert3152 1 year ago
@maledictt yeah thats what i do, thats what everyone should do really.
milkterd1 1 year ago
@maledictt People with horrible judgement buy things they don't like...
Megadedly 11 months ago
@Megadedly haha well said, if you buy something you don't like SHAME ON YOU >:O
sipinflames 11 months ago
@maledictt or if you really want to find out if you like it... LISTEN TO IT ON YOUTUBE -___- Exactly what im doing it now and im buying it as we speak
MikeyNSean 7 months ago
@MikeyNSean Exactly.... Whenever i know there is a new album i might want, i go on youtube and listen to at least 2 song before buying it. That way you get a good buy cause you know its good
Therobbieperson 7 months ago
@MikeyNSean A concept so few understand.
MyEggIsBoiled 7 months ago
@maledictt So there are excuses.** lol.
EcuadorFreak 7 months ago
@maledictt yea but not everyone thinks like that most people are like oh free stuff and not thinking about spending money
XGIOXMusicForGOD 6 months ago
@TheMeatballMen dude go see them to support them
maxnewellmz8025656 1 year ago
@maxnewellmz8025656 I have and I plan to continue doing so. I actually got the mic for the 4 bar phrase breakdown version of the chorus :)
TheMeatballMen 1 year ago
@TheMeatballMen
Or I can donate directly to the musicians, if they accept donations. Or buy their typically overpriced merchandise when I see them live.
Harrowdroth 11 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Not everyone has money for albums. Be more considerate of peoples' financial situations next time... Kay?
MrIKTPQ4life 11 months ago
@MrIKTPQ4life LET'S COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT THE BANDS' FINANCIAL SITUATIONS
TheMeatballMen 11 months ago
@MrIKTPQ4life
this statement also includes the band
be considerate of their financial situation, which is probably piss poor
buy the album
PurpleDino1995 11 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
allatusdan 10 months ago
@allatusdan that's a good point, but it's still pretty unfair to just download it
TheMeatballMen 10 months ago
@allatusdan Well said man. Making it so people can download the song = more people hearing it = greater fanbase = more and more people going to shows to buy merch. If you really want to help the band spread the song around as much as possible.
Bret3333 9 months ago
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@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
allatusdan 10 months ago
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@TheMeatballMen Bands like this really dont make a lot of record sales. buy their merch go to their shows. Most or all of that profit will go straight to them(merch) and the more people that go to their shows the more they will be able to ask for next time they come to your city. We should just stop the downloading bitch sessions... at least there music is getting heard so they can grow their fanbase as well as their name to the point where they can actually make proper living off making music
allatusdan 10 months ago
@TheMeatballMen jus sayin from the point of view of a musician which i am... buying their cd does nothing but support a sellout label which these dont have. it does very little for em. buy their merch at shows thats what actually helps bands
TheCompulsionToKill 10 months ago
@TheMeatballMen buying the album supports the label. go to shows thats how they make money.
halocraze23 9 months ago
@halocraze23 that's true but supporting the label also supports the band and keeps them signed
TheMeatballMen 9 months ago
@TheMeatballMen agreed. saw them last Tuesday very nice guys and fucking bad ass live.
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halocraze23 9 months ago
@halocraze23 yeah they are amazing live! agreed, very nice guys
TheMeatballMen 9 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Less than 2% of album/record sales go to the actual band. it goes more to the managers, the labeling companies, etc.
SoundMaster24942 9 months ago
@TheMeatballMen that, or. you could just get them for free. lol.
BirthdayCigarettes 9 months ago
@TheMeatballMen I always remember that, but that's why I try to go to as many shows as I can, and buy their stuff there!
Valorisblack 9 months ago
@TheMeatballMen coming from a musician with enough experience to know, buying a cd does nothing to support a band. buying their merch is what most of their income comes from... well you know unless theyre sellouts
TheCompulsionToKill 8 months ago
@TheCompulsionToKill yeah, but buying the record still supports the band, because without record sales, a record company won't keep a band signed
TheMeatballMen 8 months ago
@TheMeatballMen bands don't get money from album sales, just the label.
iamxeddiex 8 months ago
@iamxeddiex Yea, labels take way too much I was researching that lately. Such a rip. the best way is to attend a concert (money for them there) and buy say, a shirt or the CD there instead of online, they get a lot more that way. If they are touring near you of course, haha.
KayvaanMatos 7 months ago
@TheMeatballMen If I didn't download it first, I would not have a CD right now.
RossIsPr0 8 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Yes, buy the album so the record company gets $7.50, the CD manufacturer gets $1.00, the band manager gets $.45 and each band member gets a $.01.
Download illegally, go to shows, buy merch. Every person in a band I've ever talked to says this. They make like $10 for every t-shirt, hoodie, show ticket, etc. they sell, whereas they make almost nothing (if anything) per album. I've seen bands burn CDs instead of selling the actual album so they could turn a profit.
dpackman0 7 months ago
@dpackman0 the point of being a musician isn't to make money anyway... but your right they get paid more for shows and merch, and buying cds does help!
tylersnail09 7 months ago
@dpackman0 YOUR MATH DOESN'T ADD UP AT ALL
TheMeatballMen 7 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Some of us can't afford to ship every single CD we want from the other side of the earth for double the cost of the CD itself, or pay three times the cost of the CD to buy whatever few CDs local stores actually import themselves.
Joelisonfire 7 months ago
@TheMeatballMen I'm only fifteen and don't have a job and therefore have no cashflow, just becuase i don't have the money doesn't mean i'm going to go on youtube everytime i wan't to listen to music. I agree that bands need support now more than ever and if you have the money go out and buy their CD's but if you don't download them. If you really want to support the band buy merch from live shows or off merch sites considering they make shit off the CD's they do sell.
xAndySolanox 7 months ago 2
@TheMeatballMen Remember that they dont get paid much at all for selling CD's. They make most of their money from doing shows and selling merch. Records dont make that much money for a band unless they are big or under an independent label. When people want to dl the album instead of paying for it,theyre not giving their money to the greedy label owners and shit. The best support you can give is spreading their name. Making them known, getting people to buy tix to their shows. Thats REAL support
EJKusH420 7 months ago 5
@EJKusH420 BUT its not so much the money from the album sales, its the numbers of copies sold that major booking agencies look at to decide whether a band would be a good choice for larger tours or not, without those sale numbers a band may not have the opportunities that they should
JHBassist 7 months ago
@TheMeatballMen Albums are less expensive than shirts and concerts tickets. So i already support the band even if i download albums. Music should just be free, like breathing.
AkaikenSatsugai 7 months ago
@AkaikenSatsugai That's not entirely true, but I kinda get what you're saying. Of course there's no breathing bill lol
mario1136 7 months ago
@AkaikenSatsugai
as a musician, i cannot possibly disagree with you more. music is our livelihood and you expect it to be free? do you expect authors to write 1100 page books and give them away for free? painters to spend weeks or months on a sculpture and not sell it? but then again you are probably 15 and have no notion of investing any kind of effort into anything worthwhile.
FSAnimal61 7 months ago
@FSAnimal61 I'm a musician too. I'm the guitarist from "I the Omniscient". I played live a lot of times with my band and guess what ? We did give our debut EP for free on facebook. and as far as i know it helped a lot. It's true that my goal is to live by my music but for the moment nobody payed to listen to us (and don't get me wrong, that EP is very well produced) and that's better. All we care is to deliver good music. Real musicians would pay people to be listened.
AkaikenSatsugai 7 months ago
@AkaikenSatsugai "Real musicians would pay people to be listened." really? because it sounds like you have no idea what you are talking about. you are telling me that if a band such as Avenged Sevenfold or Kings of Leon charges for their albums, then they are not real musicians? i don't know what you are trying to portray yourself as, some kind of music world robin hood or something, but you really are disrespectful.
FSAnimal61 6 months ago
@FSAnimal61 I agree totally. It's a common misconception that musicians don't profit from album sales. . Do people really think that we spend years in a bedroom, hours in basements, thousands of dollars on gear and countless sleepless nights so we can watch "fans" say we don't deserve payment because art should be free despite the work bands put in? Even the simplest music took years of practice to poilish and perfect.
sonnybeilbill3 5 months ago
@FSAnimal61 I don't really know what he meant but I think you should not have to pay to own someones music to listen too, mainly because such a small fraction of a signed band's album sales go to them. I would rather skip the cd and buy tickets or merch.
skiddlecrumms 7 months ago
8 string? 7?
StarFaukes 1 year ago