Comments on: Radiohead Revisited: Nine Inch Nails Selling Album Online

By: Social Media’s Tribal Energy and Live Events

Social Media’s Tribal Energy and Live Events — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:12:58 +0000

[...] themselves in the next few years, bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails led the industry by releasing recent albums directly to fans, while performing lucrative concerts and striking high-priced merchandising deals. In fact, as I [...]

By: Reviewing a Perilous Transition - The News of March 2008 » Search Engine Optimization Blog

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:57:51 +0000

[...] Radiohead Revisited: Nine Inch Nails Selling Album Online Nine Inch Nails is joining Radiohead in the downloadable album arena (though it should be noted that In Rainbows is now being sold “traditionally”). The latest NIN album, Ghosts I-IV was released last night and the site was quickly mobbed. [...]

By: La música tira

La música tira — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:08:45 +0000

[...] Parece que merece la pena invertir en proyectos relacionados con la música que tengan como centro el servicio al usuario. Son muchos los grupos que tienen presencia en redes como MySpace donde podemos escuchar novedades, lanzamientos, leer noticias sobre ellos e incluso en algunos casos descargarnos gratuitamente sus canciones en mp3… y mientras tanto nosotros aquí en España con el dichoso canon y con una Sociedad General de Autores incapaz de abrir los ojos para darse cuenta de que es el usuario y el ciudadanito de a pié, ese al que siempre siempre ha intentado criminalizar, el que le da de comer y sobre todo el que realmente genera negocio sin prejuicio para el propio artista (y si no que se lo pregunten a Radiohead y a Nine Inch Nail). [...]

By: Mr. Music

Mr. Music — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:44:10 +0000

I really like this album. It may be my favorite NIN yet. It's very ambient... Very Brian Eno inspired. Personally the vocals/lyrics of NIN puts me off from listening to a lot of them. I think the music/production is often genius but the vocals/lyrics lagging behind. So an instrumental NIN album works well for me. And yes, I love what they (and Radiohead) are doing as far bypassing the record labels. This is the future. Mr. Music's last blog post..Radiohead On Conan O?Brien Last Night

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By: eric hebert

eric hebert — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:16:03 +0000

I’m really glad you’ve been discussing the msuic industry here on MP – it really backs up what I’m doing. NIN and Radiohead are really showing the world hoe it’s done!

By: Mobile guy

Mobile guy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:19:50 +0000

I’ll take a shot on DRM-free MP3s.

By: Futon-Matt

Futon-Matt — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:38:31 +0000

I think this idea will change the way the industry works. I love it.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:28:26 +0000

Radiohead is amazing, and I’m proud to say that I own In Rainbows. I loved the fact that they set it up as a pay what you feel its worth. I wonder what’s the most they recieved for one copy?

By: Piper

Piper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:01:48 +0000

I like the fact that it’s becoming more and more realistic to think of an artist or band taking over a greater portion of the distribution duties. It seems like a great opportunity for someone to start a label that provides fewer services and takes a smaller cut. Now that you don’t necessarily have to get into every Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and fye in the country to succeed, things are definitely looking up for the artist.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:55:31 +0000

More options seems like a god idea. People can choose the price bracket that suits them. People are so used to shopping online, I doubt some extra pricing options would overwhelm anyone.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:26:46 +0000

It does seem like a lot of options. It might have made more sense to offer one or two and then provide the other offers sometime later.

I think we’re going to see more bands taking or testing the approach of selling on their own. Take away the cut of the record company and they don’t need to sell nearly as much. And bands have always made more money on live concerts than album sales.

They could give away the music to sell more tickets and come out ahead.

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:26:48 +0000

Now this is cool. A trend taking off. Thanks for highlighting.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:45:08 +0000

I believe Radiohead actually ended up making more money on their latest album than the one before that which just goes to show the technique is not totally dumb. A lot of this could be attributed to the huge amount of press coverage regarding the concept.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:34:22 +0000

Unless NIN is trying to really experiment with pricing (and charge exorbitant “shipping” to Britain), I’m pretty sure that would be £2.50.

By: SEO guy

SEO guy — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:51:52 +0000

I was expecting something on the recent global warming battle. PS3, you sure its not £5?

By: PS3

PS3 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:39:42 +0000

$5 (or £10 in Great British pounds!) is a bargain for 36 tracks, especially if those a DRM free.

Not that I am a massive fan of the music. I just like the idea that making music affordable should help alleviate (albeit probably never stop) illegal downloads.

Hopefully the band will also see most of the $5.