Cheerios4u98 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well it's not really "honest criticism." Mostly it's just a thousand people commenting "suck a dick Tom." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerpipe Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Well it's not really "honest criticism." Mostly it's just a thousand people commenting "suck a dick Tom." Still though, Tom himself said he doesn't care about fame or "PR". Not reading too much into that, it would seem that he indeed does care about those things. Why disable likes and comments otherwise?? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyFriendLuke182 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Still though, Tom himself said he doesn't care about fame or "PR". Not reading too much into that, it would seem that he indeed does care about those things. Why disable likes and comments otherwise??I think i would do the same thing if a ton of people were hating senselessly on something i put a lot of work into. Even though the video and song aren't that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltan Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 it doesn't matter what you would do. tom said he doesn't give a shit about pr, then he proved just the opposite - he doesn't want negative opinions under his new video. it's not a personal thing from him, because he doesn't read youtube comments. it's a business thing (pr). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Yeah, nothing says you care more about PR and what people think of you than disabling comments and likes on a youtube video. That's something you might expect out of a Justin Bieber or someone. A 40 year old "musician" "businessman" "artist" should surely be able to handle youtube opinions...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0elcXD0LGI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSandt Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 "Taken from the chart topping album The Dream Walker and the award winning animation Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker" I won a drawing contest back in junior high. Can I call myself an award-winning artist? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Yes, you can. Hahaha. It's prett ridiculous. Also, I love how the band was there four members, but in the making off is only Tom talking. ike the main character. And welll, the finl video is surreal. You watch the making off and then you watch the final cut and there are tons of things lost in the process. I don't know why the hell Dave and Ed were at the shooting sessions. They barely appear on the clip, and when they do, they're like shadows. That makes me think that something happened in the meantime. Video was recorded last summer. Then, it's released like 6 months after, and two members are barely on it. well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blink--182 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 you can now order the actual CD of "the dream walker" on their site http://www.angelsandairwaves.com/shoptts/product_info.php?cPath=34&products_id=1567 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Only if I can still burn the songs on the CD myself. Don't take the fun away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Looking back to some of the old AvA videos, I really think they (the band) had something. I think Tom was close to explain and express what he wanted, but it all gone really far after the first album. It, whatever it was, faded away. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bI8PVViVUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkarrow Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 I know what you mean. They did have a pretty clear goal in mind at first. I don't know where Tom lost it exactly.I think it's funny how much he talks about taking back control and giving it to the artists when it's clear that he's the one that just wants to be in control. I really don't think any artists should sign onto to the stars. I feel like Tom's just following the old model of business that he so desperately wants to get away from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 The problem simply was that Tom never was able to produce anything better than WDNTW (and even that album wasn't over the top good) Neither could he come up with a new sound, he was just stuck recycling the same riffs and singing about the same stuff lyrically. Around the third album I think he realized AVA would never be a stadium rock band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 I think he just lost the focus. On a first instance, he was focused on creating something inspiring. Then, he thought it could be enormous or whatever. For some reason, his ego exploded and he though he could do super-duper shit. That took him out of focus. Then it all went downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 His biggest issue is he doesn't seem to know the phrase "quality over quantity". Rather than release an album so frequently he should hone and perfect the songs.... further more he seems to think the songs are perfect, which is why he needs a damn producer with fresh ears to tell him what sucks. He's too close to the projects and cant hear what's shit any more. Also....vocal coach, he needs a fucking vocal coach. Help improve his singing and even his range which would help his melodies (or lack thereof). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I know what you mean. They did have a pretty clear goal in mind at first. I don't know where Tom lost it exactly.I think it's funny how much he talks about taking back control and giving it to the artists when it's clear that he's the one that just wants to be in control. I really don't think any artists should sign onto to the stars. I feel like Tom's just following the old model of business that he so desperately wants to get away from. That's all Tom ever does. He takes other established ideas and brands, copies them, then acts like he's the first to ever think of it. He can't come up with an original idea to save his life. He just throws millions of dollars at things somebody else is already MAKING millions of dollars off of. Pretty packaging, no content. For example. Modlife=Myspace Reissued=Ebay To The Stars=any fucking record label out there AVA=U2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Value Man Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, Exactly. The bottom line with music is the song. You can have all the other stuff you want, and it the song is shit, none of that matters. Tom doesn't get that. He thinks you can shit on a canvas, smear it around, call it art, and people will love it. Doesn't work that way. What's weird is Tom use to understand that its all about the song, and somewhere along the way he lost that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, Blink-182 = Descendants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog From Frasier Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Dog from Frasier = sexy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mau5 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 I think Modlife was a great idea - just packaged wrong. In the end, he visioned bands making all their revenue off their own stuff....but btw you have to pay modlife to use their service. It was completely backwards thinking unless you owned Modlife. Great idea, horrible package. deadmau5 is doing the exact same thing as modlife, but made his own website. I think Modlife made the skins and the platform 'easy' for the artist, but it didn't do anything different in the fact that it still charged artists to use their services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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