NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers

An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Trent Reznor's new Nine Inch Nails album experiment is a success. Among the various options he gave fans, the most expensive was the $300 Limited Edition Ultra Deluxe Package. It took just over a day for that package to completely sell out, earning Reznor $750,000 in revenue from just that option alone."

What we can learn from this

[gazbo]

In order to make huge amounts of money, artists should charge huge amounts for their music.

Re:Good news, but how good?

[Orlando]

although I personally wouldn't know a Trent Reznor song from a Barry Manilow song

I guarentee that if I played you one of each you would know the difference :)

Re:Awesome!

[Stanislav_J]

What I can't understand is the media companies keep claiming a decline in sales yet also report record profits. This is more true of the movie industry than the music but still, it doesn't make any logical sense to me. It is like the oil industry claiming to need tax relief while showing record profits. I just don't get it...

The media companies need those profits to invest in exploration to find new sources of music. Experts believe that music extraction has reached its peak and is now declining. Not to mention the manipulating tactics of OMEC (Organization of Music Exporting Countries). Unless you want to pay $5 per gallon for your music, you shouldn't begrudge those profits.

Re:Good news, but how good?

[Anonymous Coward]

Each Limited Edition is numbered and personally signed by Trent Reznor. Strictly Limited to 2500 pieces. Limit one per customer.

I would be surprised if 5,000 people did not buy the limited edition.

Wow, that has to be some kind of first. You read the article, but failed to read your own comment. :-)

Re:Good news, but how good?

[edwardpickman]

"although I personally wouldn't know a Trent Reznor song from a Barry Manilow song"

"I guarentee that if I played you one of each you would know the difference :)"

Yeah, one is dark, morbid and disturbing, then there's Trent Reznor's music.

Re:Good news, but how good?

[EdIII]

LOL.

Wow, that has to be some kind of first. You read the article, but failed to read your own comment. :-)

Back at Ya :)

Is says the limit is one per customer, I was stating that I would not be surprised if 5,000 people would not be interested in attempting to purchase it, obviously one at a time.

My point being, that the limit of 2,500 pieces could be raised to 5,000 pieces and still be sold out.

You can take your foot of your mouth now, I'll wait :)

Re:Good news, but how good?

[zotz]

"I guarentee that if I played you one of each you would know the difference :)"

Mandy? Is that you?

all the best,

drew

Re:Awesome!

[LordKronos]

Unless you want to pay $5 per gallon for your music.

I'd need more information before deciding if I'd be willing to pay that. Would that be a gallon of floppy discs containing uncompressed pcm audio or a gallon of 1TB hard drives containing 320Kbps variable bitrate MP3's?

Re:I got it

[SoupGuru]

Hmmm, repetitive coarse sounds... it might even be reminiscent of standing in the middle of a factory hearing that machinery bang away... it sounds almost... industrial...

nice.

[vespacide2]

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