Completely done? + Mastering soon...so CD will leak pretty soon !

[norway]

Does the mastering news means that axl and the other member are totally finsihed with their job on the disc?

Cross my fingers for that they get satisfied with the first mastering attempt
 

[McClane]

Everyday I come here to read GNR news, sometimes even twice a day, and I still think that sometimes in the near future, I would find a topic that says: CD is leaking on soulseek or direct conect or whatever...And this morning, I'm more optimistic than ever with the CD mastering who is supposely been done by now and the february release date that Dizzy let us know. Maybe Axl is a freak and there's a lot of security around the studio but there's no way a big album like that can't leak...it's just to big, someone will finally put their hands on the cd, or at least the demos...If it's true that they were hoped for a november release, it's because the album is almost complete...and this time, it's seems that it's really close to be complete, even the mastering is done according to Tommy and Dizzy so let's say the album will be 100% complete in a month or so, probably sometimes in novemver...Then we will probably get some leak songs from the long awaited Chinese Democracy...My guess is that it will leak in mid-november...

[Crashdiet]

yea but do you really wan to spoil the whole experience of going to the store, unwrapping the cd, and sitting on your couch absorbing the album for the very first time???

I haven't waited this long to spoil the initial listening with a crappy bootleg

[Nytunz]

yea! I really hope it wont leak! That would be sad!

[McClane]

I just want to listen to it as soon as possible...then I will buy it the next second it will be avilable in stores !

[Crashdiet]

Tommy said they are starting to master..... that could take a while yet... but yea that means they are done all their performances and mixing... the toughest parts

[Sino-lieS]

All I can say is this message board will explode when it does come out!!

And No I would never download a crappy bootleg! I would wait a little longer and buy it. I have waited  a tenth of a century for GnR's next album....whats a few more weeks?

[ClintroN]

no way it'll leak, it's a $13 million vault

[madagas]

Who said the mastering is done? Last I heard they hadn't started yet. Which means the album is not done.

[vicarious existence]

I'm with crashdiet, I'd rather not spoil that giddy feeling I get of going to the music store and listening to it for the first time in my car... that's what I did with Contraband, I refused to download the bootlegs or listen to the stream on MTV.com, and I'd say it makes it much more exciting to listen to the CD for the first time when it's an official copy.

[Rhythm-n-Booze]

Who said the mastering is done?

exactly.
And even after it is done, theres no way i'm going to wait this long and download it early. I'll wait till it comes out.

[Will]

Tommy said it should start sometime soon, so it's not done yet. And even during the mastering, I don't believe it will leak. And there's no way I'd download it if it's crappy 128kbps MP3 anyway. I might think about it if it's lossless (SHN, FLAC, APE) but MP3 no way, I don't want to ruin my first listen of something I've been waiting for 11 years.

[killingvector]

if some song leaks, of course most of us will take a listen. Nothing wrong with an appetiser before the big meal. Contraband leaked before it came out from what i recall d/l from some radio station.

[Will]

Yeah but I waited Contraband a year or so...

[Mattman]

Okay, let's pretend that Chinese Democracy DOES leak.  The consequenecs of that could be very dire.  What if Axl goes ballistic and decides not to release the album at the time originally planned (ha ha)?  What if he hears some negative comments about the songs and retreats back into his cave?  The guy seems pretty fragile to public opinion.

[Rhythm-n-Booze]

Well he DOES have a record label to answer to as well. They won't have every last thing ready and if a song leaks and Axl flips, they won't just say "Oh, shit! Axl is pissed!" It'll be released if we're that far along.

[PeterCoffin]

Tommy said it should start sometime soon, so it's not done yet. And even during the mastering, I don't believe it will leak. And there's no way I'd download it if it's crappy 128kbps MP3 anyway. I might think about it if it's lossless (SHN, FLAC, APE) but MP3 no way, I don't want to ruin my first listen of something I've been waiting for 11 years.

Audiophiles...?

Also, where is this mastering news?

[Will]

On this site!

http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/news/shownews.php?newsid=1156

[mikegiuliana]

I wish one song would leak, it would be the ultimate promotion, word of mouth, people outside the forums getting a listen.. I think that would be great...

Lets be honest everyone on the forums will buy the album no matter what, so one song leaking won't do anything but good,..

I still want to hear the IRS leak, I keep forgetting to ask piazza when I go to Met's games

[Hanoi_Guy]

..And mastering of Appetite For Destruction took almost a year..