NIN's Music Experiment Sells Big Numbers 452
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."
I got it (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Good news, but how good? (Score:5, Informative)
Free download of 9 songs, with 40-page PDF.
$5 for a one-time-download in one of 3 DRM-free formats, including PDF and many digital extras (wallpapers, etc)
$10 for songs on 2 CDs, PLUS the download
$75 for songs on CDs, plus DVD with all tracks in all digital formats, plus BluRay disc with HD audio and slideshow, plus download
The $5/$10 price points set new precedents... especially considering this is 36 tracks. That's far cheaper than iTunes or normal CDs.
This is great (Score:3, Informative)
This is the new wave of music and I am very soon going to order their $10 hard copy! The people who use this modern kind distribution need to be encouraged! Let us all at least pay $5 to support them, you know encourage more folks to use this kind of business model and embrace the future.
Re:I got it (Score:3, Informative)
Nice initiative.
Re:What we can learn from this (Score:4, Informative)
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Re:Not that surprising. (Score:5, Informative)
They're all necessary, though. The point is that the unnecessary middle-men are gone.
Ghosts I-IV FLAC torrent download here (Score:0, Informative)
Excellent, and here it is for download in FLAC!
http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4061815/Nine_Inch_Nails_-_Ghosts_I-IV_%5B2008_FLAC_Lossless%5D [thepiratebay.org]
Re:BLU (Score:3, Informative)
The actual original albums (Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, Downward Spiral, The Fragile etc...) are NOT on there for download.
The new album is interesting. Downloads were a REAL problem but I finally got my FLAC download. WOO!
Re:Good news, but how good? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Awesome! (Score:5, Informative)
all the best,
drew
Re:Regarding the $300 option... (Score:3, Informative)
The site says explicitly that a $39 4 disc vinyl set will be available soon.
The $300 set is for collectors.
Re:Good news, but how good? (Score:5, Informative)
Some possibly relevant info:
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Derek Jeter Autographed Baseball
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Peyton Manning Autographed Football
List Price: $588.50
Our Price: $467.50
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LeBron James Autographed Basketball
List Price: $1,412.37
Our Price: $1,049.00
Jordan's is more.
http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/sports-memorabilia/autographed-golf-balls/ [sportsmemorabilia.com]
Tiger Woods Autographed Dubai Panoramic Framed 12x30 Photograph
List Price: $1,522.04
Our Price: $1,086.08
I think there is a lot of room for sales with this formula.
all the best,
drew
http://zotzbro.blogspot.com/ [blogspot.com]
Re:Slightly offtopic, but... (Score:3, Informative)
http://www.magnatune.com/ [magnatune.com]
Redownloading is allowed if you provided your email address on purpose.
Of course, they don't have "boy-band-of-the-month", but to me that's a feature.
If you are into hard rock/metal, electronica, new age, or classical it's definitely worth a look.
For pop, not so much, but I'm not really into most of that anyway.
For live music, there's lots of free stuff on http://www.archive.org/details/etree [archive.org] to keep you busy for a while.
If you're tastes are slightly off the beaten track, there's lots of choices for what you want. For getting overproduced RIAA dreck, you're stuck with iTunes, Amazon, or cd's at the moment..
Re:I got it (Score:3, Informative)
So maybe $5 is the point where it's worth handling the transaction and anything less than that actually causes more headache than it would be worth, so giving it away is actually more cost effective.
Layne
Re:I got it (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I got it (Score:5, Informative)
I haven't had a chance to listen to this album yet, but in my experience every NIN album takes a little getting used to at first. I'd recommend starting with Pretty Hate Machine and going from there. If this album is minimalistic, it can be hard to appreciate that minimalism without having been exposed to the maximal version first.
And really, you have to be in the right state of mind to enjoy NIN, and you have to be the right kind of person. It's not always easy to listen to, but life isn't always easy to live. The emotions he's trying to evoke may not always be pleasant, but he does it so brilliantly it's hard to argue he's not a true master of his artform.
Re:I got it (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I got it (Score:5, Informative)
Two words: Amazon S3 (Score:3, Informative)