Wednesday, May 23, 2007

NIN wants you to be able to download

All right, I'm a Nine Inch Nails fan....a big one. So when I read this interview at the Harold-Sun Times in Australia, I found some stuff that interested me from a record industry level.
For instance:

Trent on his upcoming album plans:

I've have one record left that I owe a major label, then I will never be seen in a situation like this again. If I could do what I want right now, I would put out my next album, you could download it from my site at as high a bit-rate as you want, pay $4 through PayPal. Come see the show and buy a T-shirt if you like it. I would put out a nicely packaged merchandise piece, if you want to own a physical thing. And it would come out the day that it's done in the studio, not this "Let's wait three months" bulls---.

Trent has always been ahead of the curve on things like this but this is a pretty bold statement but it might also explain why he seems to be doing a speedy process of recording lately. Supposedly a new album next year which is connected to Year Zero.

But the question is....would it work?

1 comment:

Patrix said...

Trent has always been ahead of his years. I'm sure with enough pressure from the industry downloading policy will be forced to turn over to a new chapter.