I'm seriously starting to have some anxiety over RR's hamfisted and sloppy promotion of DT. I know I'm in the minority but I thought the audition documentary smacked of reality TV and was ill-advised. The album isn't available in certain countries - which has an effect on overall album sales and chart positions. These "promo" videos seem to come too late, show nothing, and worst of all, use dated and uncharacteristic background music (okay, they didn't use TMOLS, but still...). The samples they released on Youtube were bad quality, not available for mobile, etc. They're obviously promoting them more than the old label, but I'm starting to wonder at what cost? It reflects on the band and makes it look like they either don't know or don't care that these "promos" are outdated or irrelevant. I have a feeling this is the kind of stuff MP probably used to put his foot down about and say "No, either do it right or not at all."
Yeah, I have to agree..
I mean, I don't care much about it as much from my perspective, because I already have the album.
But, I have noticed everything that you have said..
The way roadrunner is handling Dream Theater is better than any label that they have been on before, but the way they are handling the new album's release is just sloppy and irresponsible.
I don't understand why they would have released two short videos of them talking about them making the album, with virtually no insight, when the album has already came out. And, the drummer audition documentary was terribly paced... Mike Mangini was THE FIRST drummer to audition, and it was obvious that he was going to be the new drummer after you see the band's reaction to him, compared to the other drummers.
I just really believe that once Mike Portnoy left the band, Dream Theater had nobody left that is interested in any of this stuff, they just want to focus more on the actual music. Which is great, but I think they need someone to "put their foot down" about things like the album being delayed, unnecessary and dated videos, and such as has been listed before.