i looked through, couldnt find a thread on it (but im sure there prob is somewhere), anyway - how well has synchestra sold compared to previous releases? on the website? amazon? insideout site? what about distribution to cd stores - do you get access to those figures?

have the intials pressing of the album increased compared to other DTB or SYL?

cheers!

Well i saw a soundscan for Terria like 5 months ago and it has sold 2000 copies in the US

i looked through, couldnt find a thread on it (but im sure there prob is somewhere), anyway - how well has synchestra sold compared to previous releases? on the website? amazon? insideout site? what about distribution to cd stores - do you get access to those figures?

have the intials pressing of the album increased compared to other DTB or SYL?

cheers!

Well i saw a soundscan for Terria like 5 months ago and it has sold 2000 copies in the US

2000?! 2000?! There are only 2000 copies of Terria in the U.S.? So, maybe only 2000 people (say 3000 with downloading and shit) have heard Terria? That's lame. Fucking lame. How can that be? This is why we can't be truly civilized. No wonder the vice president is shooting his friends. He hasn't heard Terria.

No wonder the vice president is shooting his friends. He hasn't heard Terria.

He might have heard Alien or City though, then.

[Tracy]

2000?! 2000?! There are only 2000 copies of Terria in the U.S.? So, maybe only 2000 people (say 3000 with downloading and shit) have heard Terria? That's lame. Fucking lame. How can that be? This is why we can't be truly civilized. No wonder the vice president is shooting his friends. He hasn't heard Terria.

Bear in mind that Terria has only been released in the US for just over a year or so. It was released after Accelerated with the rest of the back catalogue. We didn't have a US label until AE.

That was news to me. Phew

Wow, if my country didn't have Terria I would move straight to one that did.

No wonder the vice president is shooting his friends. He hasn't heard Terria.

He might have heard Alien or City though, then.

Fucking hilarity. He probably did. You know, I heard "W" likes a little Norwegian metal once in a while. He had to go and prove how true he was to Saddam. Sigh.

2000?! 2000?! There are only 2000 copies of Terria in the U.S.? So, maybe only 2000 people (say 3000 with downloading and shit) have heard Terria? That's lame. Fucking lame. How can that be? This is why we can't be truly civilized. No wonder the vice president is shooting his friends. He hasn't heard Terria.

Bear in mind that Terria has only been released in the US for just over a year or so. It was released after Accelerated with the rest of the back catalogue. We didn't have a US label until AE.

Still.

There is something disturbing to me that Devin Townsend is not more well known. I mean, even to those who like metal. Maybe it's changing. But, it's thoroughly depressing to walk into Best Buy and find row after row of CDs and none of them are Devin's. But, there's Trivium. And In Flames. And, Slipknot. And, Thrice. And, well, you know.

And, not that I'm sucking up, but to me, Devin's music is clearly superior in many ways that should be appreciated by others if it was heard. I mean, I may not be as prolific a listener as some around here, but I think I've heard my share of metal specfically and music in general.

The world needs Dev. America needs Dev.

Bear in mind that Terria has only been released in the US for just over a year or so. It was released after Accelerated with the rest of the back catalogue. We didn't have a US label until AE.

I find that amazing that some big record companies have very little vision. And the fact that you didn't have a US label until AE is laughable.
But I know first hand how slow and annoying working with big companies can be. Toomany suits worried about their stinking money... (sigh)

There is something disturbing to me that Devin Townsend is not more well known. I mean, even to those who like metal. Maybe it's changing. But, it's thoroughly depressing to walk into Best Buy and find row after row of CDs and none of them are Devin's. But, there's Trivium. And In Flames. And, Slipknot. And, Thrice. And, well, you know.

That surprises me, I was always under the impression that America would be much better than the UK for CDs. Ever since the nu-metal craze of the late 90's, the big CD stores in the UK have had metal sections, rather than putting the metal in the rock/pop section. (HMV and Virgin Megastore at least)

In fact, my copies of Ocean Machine, Terria, and Synchestra were bought from HMV or Virgin Megastores.

[Tracy]

That surprises me, I was always under the impression that America would be much better than the UK for CDs. Ever since the nu-metal craze of the late 90's, the big CD stores in the UK have had metal sections, rather than putting the metal in the rock/pop section. (HMV and Virgin Megastore at least)

In fact, my copies of Ocean Machine, Terria, and Synchestra were bought from HMV or Virgin Megastores.

There has always been support for DTB in Europe. In the past, the US industry has only been interested in Strapping. DTB is too hard to market.

That surprises me, I was always under the impression that America would be much better than the UK for CDs. Ever since the nu-metal craze of the late 90's, the big CD stores in the UK have had metal sections, rather than putting the metal in the rock/pop section. (HMV and Virgin Megastore at least)

In fact, my copies of Ocean Machine, Terria, and Synchestra were bought from HMV or Virgin Megastores.

There has always been support for DTB in Europe. In the past, the US industry has only been interested in Strapping. DTB is too hard to market.

Apparently good music is just difficult to get across to people. Gee, which radio station would play him? Hmm. So depressing. This is why I turned to the internet to find my music. The radio and music stores suck. It's all the same stuff. Nothing interesting.