Bands offering free album downloads (albums, fan, Radiohead, discography)

adidasss · 02-24-2008, 04:49 PM

I think it had something to do with the fact that they were label-less and couldn't be bothered to fuck about with another one.

Even if it was a marketing ploy, so what? They made an excellent album and deservedly made a lot of money off it. If you didn't want to make them richer you didn't have to participate in this devious scheme...:\

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-24-2008, 04:59 PM

I didn't think it was a devious scheme. I was just offering a different viewpoint that could be discussed.

I think in hindsight Radiohead could have made a huge statement with In Rainbows by just making it download only , maybe another big name band will take it a step further.

sleepy jack · 02-24-2008, 05:03 PM

Trent Reznor supposedly is going to do something like it. NIN is no longer on a major label and he was talking about it in some article let me find it.

Here it is

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trent Reznor

Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.

Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008.

Exciting times, indeed.

swim · 02-24-2008, 05:04 PM

160 kbps is so horrible. I mean what they should've done is mailed out 2 inch tape versions. Those stingy bastards.

adidasss · 02-24-2008, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I didn't think it was a devious scheme. I was just offering a different viewpoint that could be discussed.

I think in hindsight Radiohead could have made a huge statement with In Rainbows by just making it download only , maybe another big name band will take it a step further.

What about all them people that still own CD players with uber powerful/sophisticated speakers systems or don't have access to the interwebz?

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-24-2008, 05:17 PM

Mail order or their own label

adidasss · 02-24-2008, 05:22 PM

And they should have given them away for free? Doesn't having their own label make them even more money grubbing?

swim · 02-24-2008, 05:25 PM

How does ordering from a presser directly qualify "money grubbing"? Labels don't have to be evil corporations.

adidasss · 02-24-2008, 05:27 PM

I have no idea, I think Urbz had a point to make somewhere...I'm not accusing them of anything...

It's late...

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-24-2008, 05:38 PM

My point has nothing to do with money. All i'm saying is I think it's a shame they didn't go the whole way with the self release thing. And that I think if they had shown it could be done like that more bands would have followed.

02-24-2008, 04:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I think it had something to do with the fact that they were label-less and couldn't be bothered to fuck about with another one. Even if it was a marketing ploy, so what? They made an excellent album and deservedly made a lot of money off it. If you didn't want to make them richer you didn't have to participate in this devious scheme...:\ __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-24-2008, 04:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I didn't think it was a devious scheme. I was just offering a different viewpoint that could be discussed. I think in hindsight Radiohead could have made a huge statement with In Rainbows by just making it download only , maybe another big name band will take it a step further. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-24-2008, 05:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	160 kbps is so horrible. I mean what they should've done is mailed out 2 inch tape versions. Those stingy bastards. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

02-24-2008, 05:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Mail order or their own label __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

02-24-2008, 05:22 PM	#17 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	And they should have given them away for free? Doesn't having their own label make them even more money grubbing? __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-24-2008, 05:25 PM	#18 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	How does ordering from a presser directly qualify "money grubbing"? Labels don't have to be evil corporations. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

02-24-2008, 05:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I have no idea, I think Urbz had a point to make somewhere...I'm not accusing them of anything... It's late... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-24-2008, 05:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	My point has nothing to do with money. All i'm saying is I think it's a shame they didn't go the whole way with the self release thing. And that I think if they had shown it could be done like that more bands would have followed. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.