Reznor follows Radiohead...
BTW, does anyone use FLAC files?


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Convinced the current music business infrastructure (requiring artists to rely on labels) is broken, Nine Inch Nails front man, Trent Reznor, released his band’s new album Sunday night via his official site, marking yet another business experiment for this artist in the changing music market.

Last year, Reznor announced his band would free itself from record labels, and it looks like he’s following through with his promise. He released the new album, Ghosts I - IV (Ghosts Volumes One though Four), Sunday at 6 PM, says the LA Times’ Extended Play blog.

The musician’s experiment relies on the theory that customers would be willing to pay for the music if there’s extra value included, so he released the album in various packages. The first 9 tracks are available for free in a high-quality, DRM-free MP3 format, and a 40 page PDF book and a digital extras pack with wallpapers, icons, and more come included.

Everything in the free package is included in the 5$ set, but the rest of the album gets thrown in, and it’s available in a variety of DRM-free formats including 320 kbps MP3, FLAC Lossless, and Apple Lossless.

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/order_options

hey by the way...I paid for the download and it never opened...just downloaded to my desktop as a zip and couldnt be unarchived...the server is fucked! I'm bummed too.

I'll probably go for the $5 download but am trying the free one first and getting nowhere. Won't even download as the server is hammered.

but at least your avatar looks outstanding!

heh...yeah it does...




thanks

I got thru and dld the first 9 tracks.. nin 4eva.

here is a link to 3 tracks if having trouble with the nin site...
http://www.culturebully.com/new-nine-in ... hosts-i-iv

I think i want that rediculous insane super delux primo edition. But I want the free tracks first n i can't open the zip file...
: / ill hafto check out the link above for the 3 tracks when I get home

It would also only add to what seems like endless debt I'm building...

i tried to download it this morning at work but the download completed incomplete...only made it to like 1mb or so...sites obviously getting hammered. The ultimate deluxe edition is awfully tempting but I think the 2x CD set will suffice.

but. it includes...VINYL!

he doesn't need a record label but could use the itunes server.

looks like their servers are working better today - downloaded the album & it is amazing!

speak for youself, I'm now getting routed to this EXACT message when I click my download link


Please click the download link in your origional email.

Yeah, a lot of people I trade live music files with all use FLAC. It does not lose any quality during compression and I can hear a difference.

So what does everyone think of the album so far? I'm going to try and d/l it today.

I ended up dl'ing the whole shabang... really great end to end. it almost works like a opus or a large peice of work divided into chapters, as it flows very fluently form track to track and disc to disc. I love how it starts off slow like a great classical piece of music, then by disc 2 or 3 is moving faster and giving some attitude, disc 3 and four take some unexpected but great turns..

overall I love this and maybe my fav nin project since.....? Im really thinking of getting the LP set.

how is the album lyrically? i used to be a huge NIN fan when i was younger. it spoke to me more then i guess.

but after some maturing and life experience, some of the lyrics started to sound really bad... like trent was a 15 year old poet writing in a spiral book. (downward spiral book? )

i am sure it came down to tastes changing as well, but the music itself lost it's luster as more NIN stuff was released

so anyway, how does this stack up now?

it's actually an instrumental album.

haha reznor must be listening to me. i'll have to check this out i guess!

i am really enjoying it. in a small way it reminds me of the music on radiohead's kid a...only darker.

damn am i actually looking forward to a NIN release again? i feel like i'm 15 all over

at one point i think i had like 35 nine inch nails CD's haha (before the days of napster obviously)

Bleh, missed the ultra-delux. The printing work redefines "thoughtful" design. It's a thing of beauty!

i thought long and hard about picking up the uber special editon, but opted to get the 2cd set.