[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]poopchute wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sorry i wanted to post this in this thread...


Its time for Established artists "Classic rock" to start being a little bit more reasonable and hip. The cool new thing is Multitracks. The First major band that releases "Classic" material is gonna be considered "Rock Gods". Right now NIN is getting a ton of hype. Basically they are adapting the 1000 fans motto.
You basically take the album and box it up in a bunch of different ways and each market buys it the way they want...
example...
You make the CD.
You make it available for DL on the Net...
You make a DVD of Multitracks for sale...
You make it in Vinyl...
And others...
This way the album doesnt need to be mega popular to be a success...
discuss...

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Well, the problem is not the bands, mostly. It's the recordcompanies that are not up to it.

But then again: bands indeed should have the guts, like Trent Reznor had, to say bye bye to their company and do everything by themselves.

He releases everything by himself, then 'offers' labels the oppertunity to release the stuff in shop-ready packages. On HIS terms. If a company doesn't agree, he goes somewhere else. But companies ARE smart enough to take such offers.

This should be the future. It's not companies that come first - it's the art that comes first. It's not the way it is now; sign a contract and then make music. It should be Artist creates and THEN finds someone that wants to release it. If one does not find anybody (with a well-known name this seems pretty unlikely though), there is always the oppertunity to stick to the internet-only-option.

For one it will be beneficial to the artistic part of the music. The artist gives himself full freedom to create what he or she feels - not what the company wants.
NIN's new album (a double instrumental album) would NEVER have been released in a regular label-situation. Companies hate double-albums and instrumental albums even more.