Trent Reznor netted a cool $750,000 when he silently released Nine Inch Nails' latest album, Ghosts I-IV. He's offered nine tracks on his site for free download, i.e., part one. There were rumours that he was going to do a Radiohead, but his multiple pricing model looks like a winner already. It's interesting to note that the album was released with zero press or buzz of any kind; just a discreet message on their site. It's a middle finger to the record label, Interscope, that he was contracted to, and whom he had a big tiff with, before becoming a free agent.
Just downloaded the free tracks, and it looks like I might have to get my hands on the rest too. First impressions: Excellent.
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Etherdust
Among the few regular commenters on this blog, Amit/Etherdust was a senior of mine in my undergrad days and a good friend. He has a blog that mostly talks about stuff related to music. Of course his posts are more known for their start-and-you-finish levels of brevity but that's not the point anyway. He claims that writing is not his thing, although I strongly disagree. I remember his noir-like short story series on his older blog which was very good. Anyway his blog, i.e., the Music/mp3 genre of blogs is a rare breed at least in the desi blogosphere so I thought I could bring this to the attention of the few that actually read this.
Actually Amit dabbles in music composition, and he's just posted a new song in his blog. I thought I might help him get more listeners. (This was voluntary on my part, mind you, and I bet he'd be in for a surprise with this post) Of course, just before you head off to listen, something you might want to know.
Most of his compositions are in the industrial/electronic rock sub-genre and his music is generally dark in mood and theme. This song is no different. So if you love experimental music and artists like Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, Celldweller and so on, you might like his tunes. He is also involved in CCMixter which is basicallya movement for the creative commons remixing and sharing of music. It is like blogging (or rather open source coding) where you re-use existing tunes for non-commercial purposes. He also believes the Open Source philosophy in software should extend to music in a big way.
Anyway, that's it from me over to him.
Actually Amit dabbles in music composition, and he's just posted a new song in his blog. I thought I might help him get more listeners. (This was voluntary on my part, mind you, and I bet he'd be in for a surprise with this post) Of course, just before you head off to listen, something you might want to know.
Most of his compositions are in the industrial/electronic rock sub-genre and his music is generally dark in mood and theme. This song is no different. So if you love experimental music and artists like Nine Inch Nails, Prodigy, Celldweller and so on, you might like his tunes. He is also involved in CCMixter which is basicallya movement for the creative commons remixing and sharing of music. It is like blogging (or rather open source coding) where you re-use existing tunes for non-commercial purposes. He also believes the Open Source philosophy in software should extend to music in a big way.
Anyway, that's it from me over to him.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Download Music from MySpace
Well, I don't know how long it will last but if you go here it will direct you to enter the MySpace URL of the particular band that you are interested in.
I gave it a shot and it worked. Murdoch and his minions have some serious bug fixing or software overhaul at hand. But for us guys, good luck while it lasts!
This is the easiest way to download songs from MySpace. All you need to do is copy and paste the bands homepage into the script below and click on the appearing download links to download the songs from that band's myspace homepage.
Just enter the band's MySpace (e.g. http://www.myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn) and download! Links expire after one minute, just press Decode again. The process to display the myspace songs can take a while, just be patient.[via]
I gave it a shot and it worked. Murdoch and his minions have some serious bug fixing or software overhaul at hand. But for us guys, good luck while it lasts!
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Seasonal Wishes
Hello everyone, this is hoping everyone's having a good start to the new year. Mine has been the usual uneventful, sleepy start to the new year.
Forgive me for the laziness of the post but it's a reflection of my current state. Anyway, here's something to cheer you up. Divine isn't it? And not just the music.
Forgive me for the laziness of the post but it's a reflection of my current state. Anyway, here's something to cheer you up. Divine isn't it? And not just the music.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Some Musical Indulgences
On to things that concern my specific interests in music, System of a Down brought out their double albums Mezmerize and Hypnotize towards the end of last year and in the process - though I hate to say this - emulated The Beatles by having two albums debut the top of the charts in the same year. But having heard just their B.Y.O.B single from Mezmerize which (inspite of their critical appeal) I cannot digest purely on musical value, the first two singles of Hypnotize released by SOAD at the end of 2005 and at beginning of 2006, are brilliant to say the least.
I have never doubted Serj Tankian's versatility in his vocals and the brilliance of Malakian's music that we get to hear in most parts of their sophomore 'Toxicity' album, and in spurts in their debut album. But SOAD has largely been about the 'message' they intend to convey through their music, though at times controversial. Their tendency, at times to go all out crazy with their strange brand of creativity in their music might have found detractors (I could be one of them if you take out certain isolated tracks) though, way too little if you compare them with their fan base. However with Hypnotize and Lonely Day, their two singles, they have reaffirmed my faith in the explosive potential of their music, something I felt when I heard Spiders and Aerials. They are great musicians and it is little wonder when one knows that they intentionally screw up the tunes of their songs for desired effect - an effect they probably feel is right for the mood of a particular song. Even though I do not perfectly agree with that screwing up part, I will reserve it for a future session on discussing musical moods in general.
Getting back to the tracks, both of them are totally 'sane' in terms of melody (there are only two words to describe their musical moods) Hypnotize is more experimental with the use of bells and sounds very Indian-ish. Malakian, the composer and guitarist-cum-backup-vocalist gets a slightly longer time with the vocals while the harmony singing heightens the mood. Lonely Day is very interesting in the sense that it has a really good guitar mini-solo which is more complex than what they have come up with till now. I choose to ignore criticism that it has received for its lyrics (use of words such as "most loneliest").
After the disappointment that was B.Y.O.B, here are two tracks that have helped prolong my interest in this band for just that extra length of time.
The two tracks stream on their official website in their entirety. So interested people can visit their website to sample the tracks. Since I have not listened to the entire abum yet I wouldn't commit myself in recommending anyone buying the albums. SOAD fans, of course can go ahead.
I have never doubted Serj Tankian's versatility in his vocals and the brilliance of Malakian's music that we get to hear in most parts of their sophomore 'Toxicity' album, and in spurts in their debut album. But SOAD has largely been about the 'message' they intend to convey through their music, though at times controversial. Their tendency, at times to go all out crazy with their strange brand of creativity in their music might have found detractors (I could be one of them if you take out certain isolated tracks) though, way too little if you compare them with their fan base. However with Hypnotize and Lonely Day, their two singles, they have reaffirmed my faith in the explosive potential of their music, something I felt when I heard Spiders and Aerials. They are great musicians and it is little wonder when one knows that they intentionally screw up the tunes of their songs for desired effect - an effect they probably feel is right for the mood of a particular song. Even though I do not perfectly agree with that screwing up part, I will reserve it for a future session on discussing musical moods in general.
Getting back to the tracks, both of them are totally 'sane' in terms of melody (there are only two words to describe their musical moods) Hypnotize is more experimental with the use of bells and sounds very Indian-ish. Malakian, the composer and guitarist-cum-backup-vocalist gets a slightly longer time with the vocals while the harmony singing heightens the mood. Lonely Day is very interesting in the sense that it has a really good guitar mini-solo which is more complex than what they have come up with till now. I choose to ignore criticism that it has received for its lyrics (use of words such as "most loneliest").
After the disappointment that was B.Y.O.B, here are two tracks that have helped prolong my interest in this band for just that extra length of time.
The two tracks stream on their official website in their entirety. So interested people can visit their website to sample the tracks. Since I have not listened to the entire abum yet I wouldn't commit myself in recommending anyone buying the albums. SOAD fans, of course can go ahead.
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