New Nine Inch Nails Album Price - Free05/05/2008 10:27:31 PMLocation : Cleveland, OH
Nine Inch Nails' latest album, The Slip, is a free download. The New York Times reports:
The album, which became available for download just after 3 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, appears to represent the first time a superstar act has distributed an entire album without any opportunity for people to pay for it.
While many in the industry have their doubts that free music is the way of the future, Jim Guerinot, a talent manager, offers a different take:
“I think free has been very important for a long time,” he said. He noted that Nine Inch Nails itself oversaw the leaking of certain tracks from its last major-label album, 2007’s “Year Zero,” as part of a reality game designed to excite fans. Since the now-independent band controls its own recordings, he added, it can “acknowledge what the marketplace is already showing us: free exists whether you want to acknowledge it or not. Let’s acknowledge that, use it and do something with it.”
I think that the slump in sales that the music industry is currently experiencing is only going to get worse.
Link: Nine Inch Nails Free Download
Link: The New York Times: Jeff Leeds: Nine Inch Nails Album if Free Online
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Comment posted by Lars Olufsen05/06/2008 06:56:09 AM
Homepage: http://www.olufsphere.com
Weird ... I just got a strong urge to play "QUAKE".
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