NIN - Trent Reznor - Creative Commons

If you can't beat em' join em'.  I'm referring to the music industries proprietary grip on the music industry.  But some artists are getting a clue.  Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is incredible.

A few months ago, he adopted a "pay what you like" strategy to his instrumental album "Ghosts".  On it, you could download 9 tracks for free and additional tracks for $5.  If you were really dedicated, you could have gone for the grand prize, one of the 2500 of his limited edition album for $300.  Unfortunately, he sold out of those, but the statement was made.  A true sign that people will pay for music they like.

People support their artists, despite the underground bootleg downloading done throughout the nets.  Now, he's done it again.  NIN is releasing a new album "The Slip" one-hundred percent FREE.  On the band's web site, Reznor has this to say:

"thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - this one's on me"

Clicking through the site, the band offers several different types of downloads, MP3, FLAC lossless, M4A and the professional WAVE formats.  Aaaand you can download all of them if you want.

"the slip is licensed under a creative commons attribution non-commercial share alike license.

we encourage you to
remix it
share it with your friends,
post it on your blog,
play it on your podcast,
give it to strangers,
etc."

So, here I am.  Posting it to my blog.  You can download the entire MP3 album here, FREE and LEGAL!  Enjoy!