Comments on: The Future of Music: Don’t Forget About NIN http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: moretea http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-863299 moretea Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:33:07 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-863299 What markfiend said... It's great to build mindshare if you're a pop act with a large potential audience, but somehow I don't see this approach working for, say, a jazz or classical artist. I could be mistaken though. What markfiend said… It’s great to build mindshare if you’re a pop act with a large potential audience, but somehow I don’t see this approach working for, say, a jazz or classical artist. I could be mistaken though.

]]> By: Spectrum9.net http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-862377 Spectrum9.net Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:09:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-862377 I am also a solo artist. When you have no band to argue with, you can really put a lot of time into the business side of things. Ever seen Reznor in a video BEFORE NIN? He looks like the guy from A Flock Of Seagulls !! I am also a solo artist. When you have no band to argue with, you can really put a lot of time into the business side of things. Ever seen Reznor in a video BEFORE NIN? He looks like the guy from A Flock Of Seagulls !!

]]> By: superklye http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-861528 superklye Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:28:16 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-861528 @Jeannie YOU are forgetting that Trent announced his intentions of doing the free album release first...only to have Radiohead swoop in and capitalize on the idea and get theirs out "first" and get the recognition for being pioneers in the music industry when it was really just a ploy to get you to pay for the full-quality audio because the "free" version was completely gimped in terms of audio quality and complete lack of any artwork. <a href="http://thesmallwave.com/2008/03/13/trent-reznor-calls-radiohead-on-their-online-offering/" rel="nofollow">Trent Reznor calls Radiohead on their online offering</a> @Jeannie

YOU are forgetting that Trent announced his intentions of doing the free album release first…only to have Radiohead swoop in and capitalize on the idea and get theirs out “first” and get the recognition for being pioneers in the music industry when it was really just a ploy to get you to pay for the full-quality audio because the “free” version was completely gimped in terms of audio quality and complete lack of any artwork.

Trent Reznor calls Radiohead on their online offering

]]> By: markfiend http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-860755 markfiend Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:13:59 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-860755 The problem with Trent Reznor's approach is that he (or NIN; it amounts to the same thing) has been a successful act through a traditional music-business route, and had a large enough fan-base already there <i>before</i> his decision to "go it alone" online without record-company backing. I'm not sure whether a similar approach would work for a new act. The problem with Trent Reznor’s approach is that he (or NIN; it amounts to the same thing) has been a successful act through a traditional music-business route, and had a large enough fan-base already there before his decision to “go it alone” online without record-company backing. I’m not sure whether a similar approach would work for a new act.

]]> By: Josh Catone http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-860130 Josh Catone Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:39:02 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-860130 @Jeannie: Well, I did mention Radiohead later in the article -- Reznor has just done a lot more interesting stuff over the past year when it comes to alternative music distribution than Radiohead, imho. You're right about Saul Williams, but Reznor is on record as saying he was disappointed with the results of that experiment (he was unhappy at how many people chose to pay the lowest amount, iirc). Certainly it probably informed his later experiments, though, so you're right that I shouldn't have omitted it. @Jeannie: Well, I did mention Radiohead later in the article — Reznor has just done a lot more interesting stuff over the past year when it comes to alternative music distribution than Radiohead, imho. You’re right about Saul Williams, but Reznor is on record as saying he was disappointed with the results of that experiment (he was unhappy at how many people chose to pay the lowest amount, iirc). Certainly it probably informed his later experiments, though, so you’re right that I shouldn’t have omitted it.

]]> By: somecallmejosh http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-859932 somecallmejosh Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:02:30 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-859932 This is a similar transparency that marketers like Seth Godin are suggesting businesses take with their customers/clients/etc. This is a similar transparency that marketers like Seth Godin are suggesting businesses take with their customers/clients/etc.

]]> By: Jeannie http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/10/the-future-of-music-dont-forget-about-nin/comment-page-1/#comment-859692 Jeannie Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:44:55 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/?p=3778#comment-859692 Shame on you for completely ignoring Trent's first foray into this model in 2007, in his collaboration with (production of) Saul Williams' "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust". And then there's Radiohead's "In Rainbows" which preceeded all of those the same year. tsk, tsk ;) Shame on you for completely ignoring Trent’s first foray into this model in 2007, in his collaboration with (production of) Saul Williams’ “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust”. And then there’s Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” which preceeded all of those the same year. tsk, tsk ;)

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