Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Bands Going Completely Independent

The Machinist blog recently posted that Nine Inch Nails is becoming a totally free agent.

This basically means that NIN doesn't have a record label, or any contracts as to when, where and how they have to record or sell their music.

A week or two ago, the same blog noted that Radiohead had made the same decision ... opting to only sell their newest CD on their own website. And the kicker? The consumer get's to set the price. Whether its 20 cents or 20 dollars, the buyer simply types in how many copies and for how much.

Question is will this kill the entire industry, or just the bands themselves?

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