Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Future of Music?

Or maybe the future of creative content of all kinds on the internet?

In case you missed it, Trent Reznor is distributing the latest Nine Inch Nails CD exclusively (at least initially) on the internet... and apparently, it's been a huge success. The first nine tracks are free, and the rest of the 36-track album is $5. Doesn't get much more reasonable than that...

I just listened to the first 9 tracks, and they're decent (although I hope and expect he'll venture beyond instrumentals in the rest of the tracks). I will be spending the $5, and I almost NEVER buy content like this on the internet...

(Yeah, I know-- it's ironic since I offer online creative content myself)


UPDATE: No vocals?! Apparently, the whole damn thing is instrumentals, so maybe I won't buy it. I'll take that money and go buy the online Radiohead album...

1 comment:

Kevin Moore said...

But you offer it for free all the time, and you never (or at least, rarely) whine about the Misery What Iz Existence a lá Reznor.