trent reznor is changing music September 8, 2009
few could have predicted the impact that Nine inch nails and frontman, trent reznor would have on the music industry.
I am a huge fan of everything trent reznor produces as a musician. i have always loved nine inch nails and feel compelled to spread the news about exactly how this veteran band is redefining how we buy and sell music. A few years ago, the band started tinkering with the idea of releasing their studio tracks to the public. Trent began leaving usb drives chock full of raw, unmixed tracks in public bathrooms all over the world. These tracks began to surface on the various torrent networks and before nin knew it, they had a seemingly endless stream of fan-created, user submitted remixes, tributes and covers pouring into their inboxes. This caught their attention as it highlighted one detail about the music industry that most record companies forget: without the fans, there is no industry.
This did not sit well with the suits. Royalties had not been paid and pockets had not been lined. if this wasn’t enough, nine inch nails started producing uber-rare, tier based releases of their material and giving their music away for free. on their website you can order several different packages depending on how much you want to support the band!
“Now that we’re no longer constrained by a record label, we’ve decided to personally upload Ghosts I, the first of the four volumes, to various torrent sites, because we believe BitTorrent is a revolutionary digital distribution method, and we believe in finding ways to utilize new technologies instead of fighting them.”
- trent
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