NiN rocks so fuckin' hard
I've actually never thought of myself as a NiN fan. I couldn't tell you the names of any of their big hits, and I definitely can't name the members of the band.
But I just bought their new album (inspired by a post from kristen999). And I highly suggest that you do it, too.
Why?
Well, first... it's good. It's all instrumental and all improvised, and what I've heard of it so far is simply amazing.
And because it's 36 songs for $5.
When was the last time you paid $5 for 36 songs? Hell, when was the last time you paid $5 for 15 songs?
NiN has broken free from their record label and (apparently) realized that the RIAA does not act in their best interest. What is their best interest? Getting their music out to as many people as possible, and making some decent money doing it.
And it gets better, folks:
The entire four album set (284MB download for the high-quality .mp3 version) is licensed under Creative Commons. What does creative commons mean? It basically means that once you pay for it, it's yours to do with as you will. Which includes sharing it with other people and (they specifically mention this on their PirateBay release page, so big YAY! from me) make music videos with it. All you have to do is tell people it's theirs. Respect their copyright, and the amount of work they put into creating it, and it's fine.
Better yet:
It is completely, 100% DRM-free, so there will be no "big media police" knocking on your door.
And to add to the spectacularness (yes, I just made that word up):
NiN themselves, personally, have released the first album on BitTorrent via PirateBay. PirateBay torrent download link
Yes, you can find all four albums on PirateBay, in their entirety as well, which is within the parameters of the Creative Commons license, but I do highly suggest that you pay NiN the $5 and download it from them instead. Why? Because... they didn't have to release it this way at all, but they did, and I think they deserve $5 just for being so utterly and amazingly cool.
The official site for Ghosts is here: NiN - Ghosts
Now... who wants to bet they make more money from this "free" album than they ever made from a single album they released under the umbrella of their record company and the "protection" (read: extortion) of the RIAA?
But I just bought their new album (inspired by a post from kristen999). And I highly suggest that you do it, too.
Why?
Well, first... it's good. It's all instrumental and all improvised, and what I've heard of it so far is simply amazing.
And because it's 36 songs for $5.
When was the last time you paid $5 for 36 songs? Hell, when was the last time you paid $5 for 15 songs?
NiN has broken free from their record label and (apparently) realized that the RIAA does not act in their best interest. What is their best interest? Getting their music out to as many people as possible, and making some decent money doing it.
And it gets better, folks:
The entire four album set (284MB download for the high-quality .mp3 version) is licensed under Creative Commons. What does creative commons mean? It basically means that once you pay for it, it's yours to do with as you will. Which includes sharing it with other people and (they specifically mention this on their PirateBay release page, so big YAY! from me) make music videos with it. All you have to do is tell people it's theirs. Respect their copyright, and the amount of work they put into creating it, and it's fine.
Better yet:
It is completely, 100% DRM-free, so there will be no "big media police" knocking on your door.
And to add to the spectacularness (yes, I just made that word up):
NiN themselves, personally, have released the first album on BitTorrent via PirateBay. PirateBay torrent download link
Yes, you can find all four albums on PirateBay, in their entirety as well, which is within the parameters of the Creative Commons license, but I do highly suggest that you pay NiN the $5 and download it from them instead. Why? Because... they didn't have to release it this way at all, but they did, and I think they deserve $5 just for being so utterly and amazingly cool.
The official site for Ghosts is here: NiN - Ghosts
Now... who wants to bet they make more money from this "free" album than they ever made from a single album they released under the umbrella of their record company and the "protection" (read: extortion) of the RIAA?