To me, downloading is a way to hear new artists that you wouldn't have heard normally, or to get rare songs/remixes from CDs that aren't in print any more. It's not a replacement for buying the CD.

If I like something I download, then I will always buy the CD, because I'm a music nerd and I like having CDs in my collection. A CD-R full of mp3s is just not the same as the real CD. When I hear an mp3 I like I just have to get the CD as soon as possible.

I think it was downloading one or two Physicist tracks that really motivated me to get off my arse and start buying Dev's solo stuff back in the day. I'm pretty sure Physicist was out at that point though. I feel uneasy about downloading stuff that's not out yet if I really respect the artist, unless it's really different from the final product.

That said, I don't download stuff any more, because it's a lot harder to do it nowadays, unless you're looking for really mainstream stuff.

A question to all of you who will download it: will you at least resist the temptation and NOT post here about how awesome the album is, at least until it is officially released?

This will be a problem we will inevitably have to deal with. On the SYL board, we had to create a separate thread for this type of discussion. Not sure if we will do this here.

I think you should. It would spoil the mood for me, if I read "ooh I like the part where he goes..." all over the place, so you eventually have read the entire album described before it's out, and you kinda know everything.

I totally agree, make a separate thread for the early discussions. I don't wanna know anything about it until I've heard it in it's full myself and made up my own opinion.

A question to all of you who will download it: will you at least resist the temptation and NOT post here about how awesome the album is, at least until it is officially released?

Not a problem.

A question to all of you who will download it: will you at least resist the temptation and NOT post here about how awesome the album is, at least until it is officially released?

Good idea. Most of us can refrain from this, but there will be some that will post about it, or request links to download it. The mods should stay on top of it. I'm assuming it won't leak until right before the release anyway.

If it does, we may end up deploying a specific thread to discuss the album...as happened with "Alien" over at SYL. It would be an "enter at own risk" kinda arrangement where people could discuss what they'd already heard, with a spoiler warning to others.

Any other threads that appeared discussing any "leak" that may have occurred would be locked and deleted.

i'm really going to try my damned hardest not to download it when it comes out 'cause i want the moment to be fresh when i buy the album,also i had made the mistake of downloading Alien and then upon already hearing the songs i knew what they sounded like,then when the album was released Love? was edited down(still awesome though!)but at the time i was all dissappointed that they cut out my favorite parts and also we were all discussin the "true" track time and solos in "we ride" blah blah blah blah blah blah!!!!!!!!!......long story short if i hadn't of downloaded it i woulda got what i got on the release date and wouldn't have to worry about different versions,which in conclusion is why i'm going to try my HARDEST not to download it....as of now i'm off to a good start 'cause i don't have any downloading programs and i'm gonna try and keep it that way!

One thread shoud be made for the leak, there's no doubt about that. I was thinking about The Alien leak and it had happened by now hadn't it? I mean the leak happened about this much time after the album acually finished? That one went to heaps of media though, so the question is when does Synchestra make it to the media? Not that I'm waiting for the leak, I'm acually kinda scared of it, resisting will be so very hard.

I didn't download Alien and i won't download this. Agreed that its going to be hard and i can't wait to hear any officially released MP3 but the wait will definately be worth it. I may actually take a day off work to dedicate to the first listen.

I'm a purist so I'll wait till its good and ready.

I'll download it and listen till my ears bleed, then get the CD and listen to it till my brain bursts.

I perfectly understand your points of view on the issue. Yet, I ask you to understand mine. I just can't wait to hear it

Hey, I've always wondered..
just HOW do the cd's leak out?
You'd think that the guys who get the very first copies are reliable.

Promos get out to unknown people who don't give a fuck. All you need is one asshole and the shit is out.

...I actually like the older version of Love? I got better, heh

Agreed. Im not gonna download it. Its December now, and the album is slated to come out early spring according to the newsletter, so im gonna bide my time and wait for the release.

I'm just hoping we get an official MP3 release...maybe as a xmas present.

I really want to hear some new DTB.

I'm just hoping we get an official MP3 release...maybe as a xmas present.

I really want to hear some new DTB.

That would own hard. I can wait for the official release. I did with Alien and I did with Opeth's new album so I can manage...maybe.