Has widespread music piracy effectively turned the art into open source?
Trent Reznor has always been one of my musical idols. I started listening to Nine Inch Nails’ album “The Downward Spiral” in 7th grade and then enjoyed my way listening backwards and forwards many times over through the rest of his record catalog ever since. The thing I find especially interesting about him though, is that he continuously finds ways to push boundaries, whether it’s by providing fans with the source tracks of his albums to contribute back remixes of his work to the community, orchestrating an amazing visual experience to accompany a live show or by giving away his albums for free with the only option to pay being for “limited edition” perks to test the changing climate in the music industry. Just the other day he posted a nin.com forum link via Twitter and I was pleasantly surprised once more with his creativity and honesty with his fans. What’s in that post? A road map for the budding artist in today’s turbulent world of music. A reality check if you will. Here is a qu
