I do hope that while you all "couldn't resist" downloading the album that you are at least keeping your own copies out of your shared music folder?

Could we at least keep it a little harder to find and not increase the availability exponentially?

Absolutely (I don't use P2P which use shared folders, far too insecure & full of viruses)

I got my copy from a friend in the industry (yeh, he's bad & all that, but he knows I'm a fan) & I've only made 1 copy to another friends who I know for a fact will buy it on release (cos he's as rabid a fan as I) - not the 10 or so people who PMed me since I started posting again.

I live in Utah...

I'm so sorry.

(couldn't resist, been watching far too much South Park)

Sharing files is wrong in my eyes. Since they're not mine to share. Also...that's how they get you and prosecute people.

Holy fuck! Devin fucking outdid himself on this record! This is by far the BEST CD I've EVER heard in my life! It's fucking perfect and I've already listened to it seven straight times all the way through, start to finish. Pixillate is so fucking awesome, it's my favorite track on the album and it's now probably my new all-time favorite Devin track. Overall, this is the best thing he's ever done, SYL or solo, in my opinion. Nuff said.

Sharing files is wrong in my eyes. Since they're not mine to share. Also...that's how they get you and prosecute people.

Doesn't the beginning of "Vampira" make you think you're about to listen to a new version of "Ocean Machines" (the song)? This album is like something called The Ghosts of Devin Past. I'm catching all kinds of fleeting movements from every piece of work Devin has ever done, but nothing is a copy, it's all just moments, like when you see something out of the corner of your eye, look and nothing is there and you're like "What the hell was that?" I hear that all over this album...it's like deja vu, we've been here before...or have we?

It's such an emotionally stunning album!

You seemed to shit on quite a bit of the album, but apparently don't want to insult Devin or fans or whatever, so you call it a great album at the end. I think you should make up your mind and stick with it.

Let's make this simple so that you'll understand... the 6 songs that I enjoyed are by far some of Devin's best work. Pixillate pushes the whole album into 'Great' category. I have issues with individual songs, but that's going to happen with just about every music album in existance.

Compare this amount to Infinity (of which maybe 2 songs I enjoy listening to) or Physicist (there are maybe 3 tracks that I like.)

Nowhere did I say that the album was anything other than great. The good of this album far outweighs the bad. And the whole of Synchestra is better than it's individual parts. And for most of the people on the boards, this will easily become their favorites.

You seemed to shit on quite a bit of the album, but apparently don't want to insult Devin or fans or whatever, so you call it a great album at the end. I think you should make up your mind and stick with it.

Let's make this simple so that you'll understand... the 6 songs that I enjoyed are by far some of Devin's best work. Pixillate pushes the whole album into 'Great' category. I have issues with individual songs, but that's going to happen with just about every music album in existance.

Compare this amount to Infinity (of which maybe 2 songs I enjoy listening to) or Physicist (there are maybe 3 tracks that I like.)

Nowhere did I say that the album was anything other than great. The good of this album far outweighs the bad. And the whole of Synchestra is better than it's individual parts. And for most of the people on the boards, this will easily become their favorites.

You're going to make it simple for me? I read YOUR WORDS! Don't get defensive! You said:

Of the 14 tracks, I'd say 6 of them are truly excellent, the rest could be labeled as filler or too artistic for my tastes.

Are you telling me that this line here describes a great album? Maybe you worded it wrong, but your contradictions run rampant through that review. I simply pointed it out. I think the album is amazing and has no filler so I could care less either way, but you're not making sense. The whole of Synchestra being better than it's individual parts is impossible when it's a ratio of 6:8.

Uhm, Eyesore, why don't you just relax and let him off the hook? You occasionally sound like a picky hypergeek with a PhD in quantum physics - or something. I should know, some of my best friends are physicists...

EDIT: Or maybe it's just your avatar...

This is ridiculous. For one negative word about the album you have to say ten positive words which describe how the negative word isn't meant to be taken. Is it really that hard to manage a different opinion??

With the listening I've been able to give to Synchestra, I think it's a great album. But I can't say it's better than some of the older albums yet. It might become better, or it might not.

Are you telling me that this line here describes a great album?

Since this has boiled down to your own personal flame war... I'll leave with some more of 'my words'...

There are alot of filler/lead-in tracks, but it has about the same amount of content that AE does. The entire thing does have an epic scope to it and this is definatly a must have for all DTB fans.

So if I consider AE a 'great' album and Synchestra has the same amount of content to it (albeit with some additional tracks that I feel are filler) then where is the problem with me calling it great?

Of AE, I listen to about 6 tracks quite regularly... with Syn, I will also listen to about 6 tracks regularly. Both are great albums, one has a little more filler that I will hit the 'next track' button on when those tracks come up.

Also, some tracks are better together than they are apart. I will never play Vampolka without immediatly following it with Vampira. There are several tracks that flow this way. Individually, Vampolka is garbage, but it becomes something else when it is combined with it's follow-up track.

Same goes with the album as a whole. I doubt anybody would listen to Mental Tan as an individual peice without the rest of the album in tow.

I apologize if my review seemed to slam the entire album on a track-by-track basis... but that's how I usually listen to and look at all CDs. I'll pick out the songs I like, make them into MP3's then shelve the CD. It would do me no good to have random tracks from this album in my playlist, but I do enjoy listening to the whole thing (except for the babysong, I'll always skip that one. )

Eh... What constitutes great is gonna differ from person to person. Eyesore, chiablo may just be hard to please. In that case, liking half an album would be an accomplishment, no?

On the other hand... I felt the same way about Lemuria/Sirius B (Therion) as chiablo feels about Synchestra. I liked only about half of it but I still thought it was pretty good.

Ok... I admit... "hate" is an aweful strong word.

Lets just say I have a very strong dislike of children and have no plans of having my own. I'm all for the repopulation of the earth, but I don't want to take any part in it!

I live in Utah... and the primary mindset of the state is that you have to have children as soon as you are married or you will burn in hell for not doing so. So we are constantly bombarded with "Why don't you have kids yet?" and "Why do you hate children, you obviously do because you don't have any!"

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Oh, you live in Utah. You should have said so in the beginning. Sorry to hear it. Beautiful state but I know what you're talking about with the people.

What's to dislike about children, though? They run your life, frequently smell somewhere between funny and bad, and they run your life. Other than that, they are golden drops of sunshine.

I'm kidding with you.

Whats up people..haven't posted in awhile

I havent downloaded the album and was just wondering. From the reviews I read it seems that "A Simple Lullaby" seems to be overlooked. People either pass up explaining it or it gets average scores. I remember Devin saying that this was supposed to be the album's climatic moment. It's wierd no one seems to mention it and when they do that its kind of boring. Does anyone feel that "tender and emotional almost in tears" moment when they listen to that track? Its kind of dissapointing that I haven't heard more about it since Dev seemed to really hold that particular part at heart

I've never posted nor do I wanna post about downloading but seeing that Devin is down abit on this.. well maybe my 2 cents. Downloading, wether leaked or post-release is part of the new business model that musicians have to live with. With all of the devices/p2p that can easily share music there is no way to win this battle. The RIAA lawsuits did nothing but scare off a couple soft people in the u.s. into thinking that lawsuits were going to fly but on the other hands, for example in Canada its perfectly legal because of bodies like SOCAN... anyways. Personaly I will buy the album cause I think its great and wand da dvd I will go to the shows cause I love the music. At this point its up to the non mainstream musician to keep integrity and pack the clubs. Devs strong point is that he has already established himself as a legend who is just hitting his prime (??) and I'm sure some sort of fortune lays down the road for him.. wether monetary or career satisfaction wise.. I'm not worried for him. ASs for my band well were playing at the Regal this friday.. if you wanna come by and heckle and or buy us (me) a beer(s) that would be cool. Wezza gonna rock hard ROCK HARD!

nways I'm just a sensless rambler who likes to procratinate