Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor is offering fans two versions of his band’s forthcoming album Hesitation Marks to combat music piracy.
After four years on hiatus, the band is soon to return to the major label world with its new record. However, Reznor feels strongly that his fans should pay for the record rather than illegally downloading it from the internet.
With the new Nine Inch Nails record set to be released on 3 September, Trent Reznor made a bold statement in an interview with Spin.
‘I know that what we’re doing flies in the face of the Kickstarter Amanda-Palmer ‘start a revolution’ thing, which is fine for her, but I’m not super-comfortable with the idea of Ziggy Stardust shaking his cup for scraps. I’m not saying offering things for free or pay-what-you-can is wrong. I’m saying my personal feeling is that my album’s not a dime. It’s not a buck. I made it as well as I could, and it costs ten bucks, or go fuck yourself, he told the magazine.
However, as an incentive to fans, the band announced that anyone who buys the album from their official website will receive a special audiophile version.
It was supposedly Reznor’s initiative to create two different adaptations of the album, as mastering engineer Tom Baker confirms.
‘I believe it was Trent’s idea to master the album two different ways, and to my knowledge it has never been done before’, he explained via the band’s tumblr blog.
The record will be released on 3 September.
After four years on hiatus, the band is soon to return to the major label world with its new record. However, Reznor feels strongly that his fans should pay for the record rather than illegally downloading it from the internet.
With the new Nine Inch Nails record set to be released on 3 September, Trent Reznor made a bold statement in an interview with Spin.
‘I know that what we’re doing flies in the face of the Kickstarter Amanda-Palmer ‘start a revolution’ thing, which is fine for her, but I’m not super-comfortable with the idea of Ziggy Stardust shaking his cup for scraps. I’m not saying offering things for free or pay-what-you-can is wrong. I’m saying my personal feeling is that my album’s not a dime. It’s not a buck. I made it as well as I could, and it costs ten bucks, or go fuck yourself, he told the magazine.
However, as an incentive to fans, the band announced that anyone who buys the album from their official website will receive a special audiophile version.
It was supposedly Reznor’s initiative to create two different adaptations of the album, as mastering engineer Tom Baker confirms.
‘I believe it was Trent’s idea to master the album two different ways, and to my knowledge it has never been done before’, he explained via the band’s tumblr blog.
The record will be released on 3 September.
