Radiohead's new album's strange distribution

[Parallo]

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/005587.html

Will this have an impact on the way the music business works? Pay what you want! Crazy! The only official announcment for the album was a post on their blog. Is it not slightly strange?

[ThomPhoenix]

www.sellaband.com

[Parallo]

Ah, I heard about that. Read an article on it in the Irish Times I think. There is a slight difference though. Radiohead are internationally reknowned and have had alot in the charts. On top of that is the fact that they already have six albums underneath their belt.

[ThomPhoenix]

It's not really strange. Of all CD selling and radio about 1% probably goes to the band. They make the most money with performances and merchandise.

[Draklar]

For one, what if nobody wants to pay over a dime for the album?

Silly. If that was the case, everyone would be pirating their previous records off p2p software :P
For a band that doesn't require marketing, this should be the best way to sell their stuff. No need to give away most anything to the label and all...

[Parallo]

I still can't envision Justin Timberlake doing it though

[seperot]

That would be because he is a hollow shell of a corparate shill..


*vanishes*

[Parallo]

Its released! And its amazing! Beautiful! Go get it!

http://www.inrainbows.com/Store/Quickindex.html

[ThomPhoenix]

I bet you didn't pay anything for it.
Scum!

[Marqsaynt]

Dang free-riders... bet he doesn't pay his taxes either. How can you live with yourself? 

On a serious note, thanks for the heads up Parallo, their site you linked to seems to be having some issues at the moment but, I'm definitely going to check it out when I get the chance.

[Parallo]

I got the £40 discbox actually. I'm a big fan

Yeah the sites flooded. Yesterday it was released so that site would have been totally flooded as that was the only place you could get it.

[LigH]

For our german-understanding listeners:

Beginners (Blast Action Heroes)

- Cake Is At The Dampf

No quote. It is simply the ultimate story about the end of the music industry, told as answering machine voice collection.

- God Is A Music

Sie wird immer sein, auch ohne das Geschäft mit ihr.

Music will always be, even without the commerce around it.

- Stift her!

ich kann hier einfach so ungestraft meinen Scheiß erzählen
während alle Plattenfirmen gerade Pleite gehen
trotzdem ist mir lieber deutsche brennen Rohlinge
statt wie früher Menschen in Rostock und in Solingen
so könn' die Kiddies wenigstens alle mal Mucke hören
dann gibt's in ein paar Jahren einfach keine Mucke mehr
Und bei den Preisen kann ich „Rippen“ niemand übel nehmen
und freu' mich doppelt über die, die vor der Bühne stehen

[Kiirani]

Clean mp3s? I'd totally pay a few bucks to see what an album is like.. Much easier than trying to find a decent quality rip for download.

Ha. I love this website. "It's up to you (?)" "No really, it's up to you" XD

Hmmmm! Clean mp3s! I'm liking this a lot.

[LigH]

MP3 is out -- I'd prefer AAC or Ogg Vorbis (quality based). Or even losslessly compressed (FLAC / APE)...

But "never look a gift horse in the mouth". Clean MP3s with a decent bitrate are good enough for just-listening.