Does Mike feel that the circulating of MP3s affects Dream Theaters album sales?
MP: With a band like ours, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. I think our fans are going to buy everything we put out anyway. I think it’s bad for bands that are one hit wonders that have just one song that is popular on the radio because then somebody can just download it onto a CD themselves, but I don’t think that’s endangering a band like ours. We’re all about the full album. Our fans love the packaging; they want to buy everything they can get their hands on whether it be real releases or bootlegs.