Radiohead

[hbh2oguard]

I don't know if any of you have heard of this band but they've decied to give their latest album away for what ever you want to pay for it. I just downloaded it and it's pretty good I liked their older stuff more. Here's the link http://www.inrainbows.com/ No this isn't some up and comming band, do a quick search if you've never heard of them.

[Sarah]

I heard about it too....there seems to be a base fee though, but the entire affair is a marketing coup, as everyone is talking about it.

[hbh2oguard]

yea it is, but it's a very risky marketing decision that will probably pay off.

[acelockco]

You mean there are actually people out there that pay for music?

[hbh2oguard]

what do you mean ace? lime wire??

[acelockco]

isohunt

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[PinayDiver]

yea it is, but it's a very risky marketing decision that will probably pay off.

CNN aired this (Radiohead letting fans buy their music at the price they want, Prince releasing his music over the internet, Madonna signing up with Live Nation, for example) today, how digital music has overtaken CD/physical formats and how, with plummeting record sales, the money is in live concerts. So yep, the buzz/goodwill is apparently designed to draw in the concert ticket-buying crowd.

[hbh2oguard]

very true but are they even kicking off a tour?

[PinayDiver]

A general "selected cities in 2008" is the tour announcement for Radiohead, so far, and fans on message boards everywhere are getting antsy (complete with mock-announcements by stir-crazy forum members, met with violent responses for getting hopes up for nothing).
I just remembered that CNN also mentions Nine Inch Nails in the same breath in their discussion of bands who divorced their labels, gave away music on the net, and are gearing up to tour.