Monday, May 19, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
NIN is giving away the fully-produced album The Slip for free. The remarkable thing about this are all of the formats it's being released in: Mp3, FLAC, M4A lossless, and 24/96 WAVE. The album is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial share alike license. Some of the tracks sound like one's you've heard before on previous albums (with slight spins on them). Highlights in general for me are: Corona Radiata, Discipline, The Four of Us are Dying, and Demon Seed.
This album isn't a quick mix-up of experiments in hopes that it comes off as a proper album. It's got some complex mixing on some of the tracks, and it seems like a serious endeavor. It's free, all you need to do is sign up and choose your format. I chose M4A lossless myself.
How is NIN going to make money on this? Not sure... good press via word of mouth and internet which in turn might focus more money on live performances? Maybe NIN would prefer more frequent releases, knowing they already possess enough cash to last a while before coming out with a new album that you need to cash-up for? Maybe Trent is simply making a statement against the recording industry and trying to build up some more momentum for the artists vs. labels thing.
Would I buy this album from iTunes? After listening to this a few times, maybe not. A couple tracks. But I do appreciate NIN taking this approach. Very approachable!
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