[MUSIC] Nine Inch Nails: The First Open Source Band?

A completely fan made and very professional DVD/video was just released in seven different formats. It is from the released footage from The Lights In The Sky Tour. They even uploaded it to youtube. I would suggest watching this if you like NIN. Its amazing that this was made by fans on their spare time.

http://thisoneisonus.org/node/34


and here is another fan made video of The Downward Spiral played live.

http://thisoneisonus.org/node/32

 

he has always been very secretive and will quickly clamp down on anything of his getting out on the internets for free.

he played coachella recently and covered radiohead's 'creep' - a video of it got out and prince had it removed. someone told thom yorke about it in an interview and he got pissed off that prince did that saying "he cant do that, thats my song and i think it should be out there".

 

what are you talking about? he has probably been more productive in the last few years than at any other point in his career - he's been doing full albums and giving them away on the internet. obviously, like radiohead, he is already very rich and can afford to do this, but 99.99% of people in his position do not.

in your first post you ask "couldnt he actually be working on something of his own"? - you seem to be implying that he is doing nothing creatively. and your second post seems to be contradicting your first - you initially criticize him for not working on his own stuff (which he actually is doing) then you say you are not saying they are not working on "doing things themselves" - so which is it? and also, your first post seems to be critical of this model, but in your second post you say its "cool" - so which is it?

im not even a big nin fan - i respect the way they go about doing things though. im just trying to get a handle on all the flip-flopping you have done in this thread. its confusing.

 

Huh? Nobody in this thread is getting bent out of shape about anything. In your initial post, you were critical of the fact that it seems like NIN and Reznor are losing their creativity and turning to their fans for help. When it was pointed out that this is absolutely not the case and that they were just trying to include their fans INTO their creative process and produce an infinite amount of possibilities with their music, you changed your stance and said that it was cool what they were doing. I don't get what you're trying to say.

 

I'm still pissed at myself for not making it out to one of the final shows. The Downward Spiral in its entirety would have been amazing to see performed live.

 

Easier to do when you're a proven act and already have a following. How does an unknown band establish a following primarily off open source work? If an independent band doesnt want you tagging along as an opening act and taking attention away from them, how will you get the promotion and distribution? You can go from local to regional to state...how would they hit it off big nationally?

Still need a marketing team of sorts. But cutting out as much overhead as possible isnt a bad thing as long as the music stays good.