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Modlife is a failure
« on: July 21, 2010, 11:16:15 AM »
I have just checked all the sections and the "was online ... days ago" info. the only section that is active is the music section. but just because of two bands: ava and korn.

i feel kinda sad for tom cause he really believed/believes modlife is a new technology that can save the music industry... doenst look like it until now

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 11:27:35 AM »
Yeah and Korn uses it more then AVA does. if you type in www.korn.com it takes you to their modlife page so that's their official website.

So much for anymore big bands getting launched on Modlife that were first talked about.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 11:34:12 AM »
Modlife is nothing more than a band fanclub.

Started not by Tom, but by the Monkeys in the 60's.

As far as the "technology". That's BS. I am sure you could hire someone to create an even better fanclub website for far less money.

If Tom thought he could use AVA's name to sell it...................  :lol:
"We told [TOM] if we were going to record the album separately, in different studios, our band was ceasing to be a BAND. The magic in the studio is created when the three of us are there TOGETHER, working on parts, discussing, sometimes arguing, all pushing the album forward. Trying to frankenstein a cd together by mailing each other pro tools files to work on in our own private studios was ridiculous. It would lessen the entire album. It would be a terrible cd"...............Mark Hoppus.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 11:35:49 AM »
It was built on an erroneous premise: the idea that bands would release their music on modlife for subscribers. Not even Tom attempted this, let alone other bands.

Why would casual fans want to pay so much money to HAPPEN to catch someone on a webcam with a thousand people typing shit in at once? It's not an intimate band/fan connection at all. You could do it for free on a personal website. There's no reason to pay.

Maybe if he released a video everyday catching subscribers up on band related things it would be different. The way it's set up now forces you to be a nerd and sit in front of a computer screen waiting and hoping for an update. Why not record the modcams and put them on their page?

The idea itself wasn't horrible, the execution of it was.

Also I think the "Date Fell short" part is used far too much and with too many different variations which gives the song a lack of a decent ending. Obviously the end is the "Date Feel Short" part with the band fully going at it, but we've already heard it so much in the song prior, it just doesn't quite get me.

There are a shit load of people who have no life.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 11:38:30 AM »
Modlife is nothing more than a band fanclub.

Started not by Tom, but by the Monkeys in the 60's.

As far as the "technology". That's BS. I am sure you could hire someone to create an even better fanclub website for far less money.

If Tom thought he could use AVA's name to sell it...................  :lol:

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 11:40:17 AM »
Modlife is nothing more than a band fanclub.

Started not by Tom, but by the Monkeys in the 60's.

As far as the "technology". That's BS. I am sure you could hire someone to create an even better fanclub website for far less money.

If Tom thought he could use AVA's name to sell it...................  :lol:

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 11:40:25 AM »
It was built on an erroneous premise: the idea that bands would release their music on modlife for subscribers. Not even Tom attempted this, let alone other bands.

Why would casual fans want to pay so much money to HAPPEN to catch someone on a webcam with a thousand people typing shit in at once? It's not an intimate band/fan connection at all. You could do it for free on a personal website. There's no reason to pay.

Maybe if he released a video everyday catching subscribers up on band related things it would be different. The way it's set up now forces you to be a nerd and sit in front of a computer screen waiting and hoping for an update. Why not record the modcams and put them on their page?

The idea itself wasn't horrible, the execution of it was.




Agreed.  On another band's forum I post on, the drummer came onto our live chat and we all got to ask him questions - it was like an online interview with multiple people.  He did it for free obviously, but modlife just takes advantage of gullible and loyal fans.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 11:42:28 AM »
Modlife is nothing more than a band fanclub.

Started not by Tom, but by the Monkeys in the 60's.

As far as the "technology". That's BS. I am sure you could hire someone to create an even better fanclub website for far less money.

If Tom thought he could use AVA's name to sell it...................  :lol:

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The Monkeys is a band. Not actual monkeys. Haha.
ahh, thanks. lol. i really read it like 10 times but i just didnt make sense to me

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2010, 11:43:22 AM »
To be honest there was one point in time when I truly thought having a modlife subscription was worth it. It was the entire month or two before AVA played Warped Tour. Tom and the guys got on Modcam every single day and Tom would play songs on his acoustic guitar for you all the time. They updated so much, I felt like I was finally getting my money's worth. Then Warped started and they stopped. I only re-subscribed when they went on their most recent tour so I could go to the Meet & Greet. I didn't even go to the concert. Waste of $20. Haha.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2010, 11:44:39 AM »
i think modlife.com should redirect to korn.com

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2010, 11:50:37 AM »
You don't know who the Monkeeys are? Wow


It was well worth it when they did the warped tour meet and greets. You could easily sell the signed stuff and make the money back.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2010, 11:53:34 AM »
I thought they would be putting live recordings, soundboard recording, pro-shot videos and stuff, or remixes, demos, alternate takes... That's what I was thinking about when I first heard about Modlife.


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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2010, 12:02:53 PM »
I thought they would be putting live recordings, soundboard recording, pro-shot videos and stuff, or remixes, demos, alternate takes... That's what I was thinking about when I first heard about Modlife.
That's because that's what Tom said Modlife members would get. :roll:

The main thing I was excited about Modlife for was the exclusive songs he promised... Uh... Where are they?

I really just want some asshole interviewer to call Tom out on all his unfulfilled promises and see what he has to say.

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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2010, 12:27:02 PM »
There's also www.modlife.com/thirdmanrecords

(White Stripes etc)

They still use it, and make money off it... just don't want links on the front page, so it seems like their "own" site.




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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2010, 01:30:12 PM »
There's also www.modlife.com/thirdmanrecords

(White Stripes etc)

They still use it, and make money off it... just don't want links on the front page, so it seems like their "own" site.






"was live 2 weeks and 2 days ago"
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2010, 01:05:13 AM »

"was live 2 weeks and 2 days ago"
dont think a lot of people are paying for that

They don't use it for ModCams, never have.


They just sell platinum subscriptions etc. (30 dollars a month), and people get exclusive vinyl off them and other stuff.

It's more like a shop, where they get people to sign up every month/few months for a new bundle.




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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2010, 09:58:57 AM »
You don't know who the Monkeeys Monkees are? Wow


It was well worth it when they did the warped tour meet and greets. You could easily sell the signed stuff and make the money back.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2010, 02:50:50 PM »
I disagree, I find Modlife to be quite good for small updates about the band and I honestly don't mind paying a few pounds to them every now and again. If anything should be stamped as a failure it must be Blink182.com as it's completely disconnected from the band and it seems there's no interest in making it a hub for band related information from their management either.

It probably won't save the record industry though, but does it need saving? I'm sure it's doing alright.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2010, 01:26:30 AM »
It probably won't save the record industry though, but does it need saving? I'm sure it's doing alright.

Wrong on so many levels.
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Re: Modlife is a failure
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2010, 06:43:48 AM »
You don't know who the Monkeeys Monkees are? Wow


It was well worth it when they did the warped tour meet and greets. You could easily sell the signed stuff and make the money back.
:wink:


Ooops!  :lol:



It probably won't save the record industry though, but does it need saving? I'm sure it's doing alright.

Wrong on so many levels.

Screw the record companies. They charged $20 for a CD that cost 5 cents to make. They paid the bands shit money. Why did they do that? Cause they could.


Now they are getting hurt cause everyone downloads like crazy. Why do we do it? Cause we can.

Karma's a bitch.
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