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Streaming services (eg. Spotify) have also hurt artist revenue.

How much does pirated music cost?

In my opinion, piracy is the biggest (and ongoing) threat to the music industry. It's that simple. In a world where music is freely accessible and no one has to pay for it, most people simply won't,...

Scholz edited and added parts to Someone. Compare the break between the pre-chorus and chorus of the new version to the version on Corporate America, for example.

That's probably because there were a lot of pre-orders. I mean, it ranks #53 on Amazon's top 100 in music, but the ratings and reviews leave a lot to be desired. A slim majority hate it.

Sweet stopped touring with Boston two years ago and didn't contribute to the new CD.

After listening to the album, I'd say it was sprinkled with a few melodic nuggets of Boston memorabilia here and there, but nothing that sent chills down my spine or took me by surprise. I wasn't...

Here's another full-length track:

https://soundcloud.com/frontiersrecords/boston-life-love-hope/s-fZTl9

Personally, I think Scholz started running out of steam after Third Stage, which is also when his contractual obligations ended.



Well, you can't prove anything is good. Regardless, success is...

Well, and that's the point I'd make; writing and arranging songs during the recording process certainly didn't hurt Boston's debut, and it didn't hurt the success of Hysteria, either. Personally, I...

In an interview with Mix Online, Mike Shipley expounded on the drums for both Pyromania and Hysteria:

"Lots of people didn't know that. They were always asking me how I miked up such great...

Pyromania was great for what it was. Personally, I only liked a couple of songs on the album(ie. Photograph and Foolin'), but the album as a whole projected a cool image and style that a lot of...

In my opinion, that's because Hysteria was a great album. However I will say the samples on Hysteria sounded quite a bit better than the triggers on Boston's latter albums, though. Personally, I'm...

It's from an interview on Old Grey Whistle Test.

While we're on the subject, it's worth noting that in the case of "Don't Look Back" (the song) Scholz used a real drummer to track the drums, however he ended up chopping up the drum track every few...

All of the drums on Third Stage sound like triggers to me, but that's me.

What was the point of stating "at least on Third Stage and Walk On, Scholz had a human drummer"?

Actually, the drums on Walk On were drum triggers, not a real kit.

For anyone who missed them, the official samples have been posted here:

http://www.gonnahitcharide.com/media-library/albums/430-life-love-hope

Well, he's certainly not giving the music away.

Scholz has a baritone voice and speaks / sings with a lisp. Boston is known for its outstanding vocals. The band was already languishing in light of Brad Delp's loss, so I tend to think he's a bit...

What do you mean, who am I to question him? I'm a fan with an opinion who's helped line the band's pocket book in the past. And yes, of course I heard him sing, and based on the sample, he needs to...

Oh did you now? Sheesh.

Thank God that hideous title text was removed. Based on the clips, it sounds like an extension of Corporate America to my ears. I don't hear any early Boston influence at all. 'Heaven On Earth' has...

I'm not talking about the roots of all. I'm specifically referring to the lineage of rock.

Blues predates the '30s.

The roots of rock predate blues much the same way the roots of your family predate your parents.

You're putting words in my mouth. I never said everything. If you want to claim blues is the basis for rock because it predated and influenced it(I assume that was your claim anyway), there's no...

Blues is not where it all began. Blues is an amalgam of other genres and is partially based on African music.

Your point was that rock is based in blues, but what difference does it really make? I disagree with the premise, but it's almost as if someone claiming that they like 'rock' necessarily implies...

I'm not sure.

Personally, I was partial to the first two album covers. I much prefer hand drawn art. The 'Walk On' cover was really cool, although I thought the title etched into the side of the mountain cheapened...

One of my favorite intros of all time:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQalkIeE7s

I don't care whether it is or isn't. Personally, I hate blues based rock in general, but love a lot of hard rock, assuming it's melodic.

This is closer to what I was expecting:

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That was my original impression. It looks so amateurish, I was almost convinced it had to be a joke.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned FM. Steve Overland is one of the most underrated vocalists around, in my opinion.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEgDz7CT3p8

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Tom Scholz being one of them.

And I agree that the cover art is amateurish. Could he have picked a more plain font to write the title in? I'm not sure if he was channeling the spirit of Paul Davis...