I'm a huge fan and have been following you guys since the Nintendo Fusion Tour. Over the years, I've seen you a bunch -- so much, that I stopped counting at 15. I'm excited for Boston later this month!
1.) Not really a question, but thanks for making the majority your b-sides easy to legally obtain. Sometimes it leads to buying the same album couple of times (I think I'm personally responsible for half of New Surrender's total sales), but I don't have to pay large import fees or, worse, torrent. Hopefully things like Lost Songs, New Surrender's deluxe rerelease, and Devotion will continue to be a trend.
2.) At what point in the creation process do you say this album is going to be 10 tracks or 12 tracks and these four will be b-sides. For example, "Unstable" was a very strong track, but it was exclusive to iTunes as a b-side.
3.) Along the same lines, how do you decide how many and what songs are going to be in a set? Do you find it hard to balance the songs that people expect with new material and surprises like "The Haunting"?
4.) It's been a while since you guys have done a cover song. Is that something you guys are done with? Is there a song that you'd like to cover, but haven't?
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I'm a huge fan and have been following you guys since the Nintendo Fusion Tour. Over the years, I've seen you a bunch -- so much, that I stopped counting at 15. I'm excited for Boston later this month!
1.) Not really a question, but thanks for making the majority your b-sides easy to legally obtain. Sometimes it leads to buying the same album couple of times (I think I'm personally responsible for half of New Surrender's total sales), but I don't have to pay large import fees or, worse, torrent. Hopefully things like Lost Songs, New Surrender's deluxe rerelease, and Devotion will continue to be a trend.
2.) At what point in the creation process do you say this album is going to be 10 tracks or 12 tracks and these four will be b-sides. For example, "Unstable" was a very strong track, but it was exclusive to iTunes as a b-side.
3.) Along the same lines, how do you decide how many and what songs are going to be in a set? Do you find it hard to balance the songs that people expect with new material and surprises like "The Haunting"?
4.) It's been a while since you guys have done a cover song. Is that something you guys are done with? Is there a song that you'd like to cover, but haven't?
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