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When I downloaded "The Slip" off Nine Inch Nails' website (for free), I chose the 320kbps MP3 package... each MP3 had embedded artwork and lyrics, and the album
by leviathant 17y ago
When I downloaded "The Slip" off Nine Inch Nails' website (for free), I chose the 320kbps MP3 package... each MP3 had embedded artwork and lyrics, and the album came with a PDF that had artwork, lyrics, credits, and all that. Their previous release (Ghosts) came with desktop & mobile wallpapers, as well. Both were released under the Creative Commons license, with "Ghosts" being listed by the band on sites like The Pirate Bay, Waffles and What.cd on the hour of their release.
I later bought The Slip's physical release - the CD came with a DVD with rehearsal videos of nearly every song on the album. (it also came with... stickers!)
I'm betting the revenue from both of those legally-free-to-download releases will be more than all the profit made from sales of CMX-format albums combined.
- yan 17y agoBecause talented musicians, providing value to the consumer and intelligent music marketing has very little to do with container formats. edit: (totally off topic, but i can't wait to see them in NY the 25th. NIN is my favorite band. Saw LiTS tour four times last year.)