Hello from Nine Inch Nails.
This was posted today on most of the big music torrent sites:
Hello from Nine Inch Nails.
We're very proud to present a new collection of instrumental music, Ghosts I-IV. Almost two hours of music recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I-IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.
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.
We encourage you to share the music of Ghosts I with your friends, post it on your website, play it on your podcast, use it for video projects, etc. It's licensed for all non-commercial use under Creative Commons.
We've also made a 40 page PDF book to accompany the album. If you'd like to download it for free, visit http://ghosts.nin.com/main/pdf>http://ghosts.nin.com/main/pdf
Ghosts I is the first part of the 36 track collection Ghosts I-IV. Undoubtedly you'll be able to find the complete collection on the same torrent network you found this file, but if you're interested in the release, we encourage you to check it out at ghosts.nin.com, where the complete Ghosts I-IV is available directly from us in a variety of DRM-free digital formats, including FLAC lossless, for only $5. You can also order it on CD, or as a deluxe package with multitrack audio files, high definition audio on Blu-ray disc, and a large hard-bound book.
We genuinely appreciate your support, and hope you enjoy the new music. Thanks for listening.
http://ghosts.nin.com>http://ghosts.nin.com
Track listing:
01. 1 Ghosts I
02. 2 Ghosts I
03. 3 Ghosts I
04. 4 Ghosts I
05. 5 Ghosts I
06. 6 Ghosts I
07. 7 Ghosts I
08. 8 Ghosts I
09. 9 Ghosts I
It's only the first 9 tracks, but I think this is pretty neat. I guess we will be seeing more of this Radiohead kind of approach in the future.. or is it a Weezer approach? It's also awesome that they are licensing it under Creative Commons.....
They're selling physical packages up to $300 for the hardcore fans, and you can download the whole thing for 5 bucks:
http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options
5 comments:
if i can get to download i'll check it out. i really liked broken and fixed when i was a little boy. we'll see.
I haven't listened to it yet, but I think this is fantastic. I really believe that the CD is dead and things like this are the future of music. The one hangup of a system like this is that it simply isn't financially feasible for most bands to be able to produce leather bound books and all the other crazy stuff that reznor is selling to try to get people to still pay something for what he makes. To most bands starting out this would simply put them in a bigger hole than trying to sell cds. It's not perfect but it's a really good start.
i don't think the fact that it's a leather-bound book is what makes people want to buy it
it's just the idea that when you like or want to support something enough, you'll throw some money at it. i can see a lot of broke indie bands just selling cdr's and throwing in some hand-made art for $5-10
...which is probably more than an artist's cut per cd sale under a major label deal, when you think about it
it's not a bad listen.... ambient... no vocals.. which i like from nin... not bad.. .be interested to hear more
not bad. the question when radiohead did this was whether a small, starting band could do the same; i really don't see why not. take vampire weekend, pretty sure they'd have done okay if they just sold cd-r's. not sure how easy it is to get booked on tv shows or tours though, without a company.
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