Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

[andrewd]

Another new NIN album? Apparently. It's also 100% free.

Originally Posted by "NIN

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. your link will include all options - all free. all downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.

for those of you interested in physical products, fear not. we plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in july. details coming soon.

I've listened to it once through so far. I think it's going to come across really well when they tour this summer, and it's very different from Ghosts I-IV.

http://dl.nin.com/theslip/signup

[Nyarlathotep]

subscribed for later

[JanusZarate]

Whoa.

Trent's at it again!

This should be interesting. I'm waiting for the download e-mail.

My girlfriend really likes the single "Disclipine", so I know she's looking forward to this album. I'm not 100% sure how to feel about it yet... I'll wait to listen to the rest of the album before I make a judgment call.

[Psychicpet]

thank you for posting... gots ta love Trent.

I'm still waiting for BP to do at least a bit of a feature on him if not a cover. I know he's had some good bass guys in the chair but seriously, his bass lines be they keyboard or not are amazingly good lines.

[Mr. Pickles]

So, they're not going the "In Rainbows" route, then?

A couple questions come to mind regarding the release of free music:

How will the recording engineers (mixing, mastering, etc.) get reimbursed for their work?

Can they collect royalties for radio air-play if the album was "free"?

Just curious. I'm sure there are tons more implications to consider. Anyone have insight?

[Ely]

I'm waiting on the email.

Trent is an amazing musician. A great bassist as well.

[Doughd54]

Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder are NIN's main studio engineers, and incredibly good friends with Trent Reznor. I would not be surprised if they did this entire project for free, because they are very much a part of Nine Inch Nails themselves.
I really like this album, it's a lot less electronic than year zero, It's almost a grungier With Teeth sound. Also, to those of you waiting for a download link, you can google a torrent and download it, that's what I ended up doing. Trent appears to be encouraging torrenting the album for higher qualities.

[magneezius]

Another NIN album??? WOW

Trents the hardest working man in the business right now

[whoatherechunk]

nothing is for free. (maybe in this case the producers ARE doing it for free). Most likely there will some type of advertisement revenue and they will be getting paid off/reiumbursed in one way or another. Alternative revenue streams such as merch and concert sales will also take effect due to the massive amounts of people downloading the album for free. I guess it all pays off in the end.

[JanusZarate]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

How will the recording engineers (mixing, mastering, etc.) get reimbursed for their work?

They could be doing it for free, or they could be just paid as usual from alternative revenue sources (like chunk mentioned). Not sure which.

Originally Posted by Mr. Pickles

Can they collect royalties for radio air-play if the album was "free"?

AFAIK, yes. The album is distributed under a NON-commercial Creative Commons license. So... I'd imagine the radio stations will still owe royalties.

Just taking a stab at it. A year or so from now, I'll have a better answer (I'm off to law school this fall).

[Cryhavok]

Trent Reznor is simply awesome. Its amazing what he's doing for music today, and I really hope other musicians start to pick up on it. Can't wait to get home and d/l this bad boy!

[magneezius]

The Track Listing for the New NIN album - The Slip

1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. letting you
4. discipline
5. echoplex
6. head down
7. lights in the sky
8. corona radiata
9. the four of us are dying
10. demon seed

length: 43:45




I downloaded it right now and so far I like it.....Trent still amazes me!

[ZombiCrow]

Just my 2 cents:

I'm sure the studio guys got paid, just not from downloads (unlike Ghosts, which made a tremendous amount of money). The album is being released in June in stores, so there's some actual revenue there. Releasing music free doesn't mean no one makes any money, it just means that when the CD is finally purchased, a lot more of it goes into the artists' pocket, and not into some label's.

Also, NIN is so self-sufficient that I bet their cost for production is a lot lower than you may think. When all the gear and the studio and the time is yours, your cost falls dramatically.

Also, Discipline is pretty good, but it doesn't really change at all for the whole song, so what you hear in the first minute is what you're going to hear for the following 2 or 3. The video for it makes it FAR more listenable over time! Finally, the bassline for "The Four of Us Are Dying" is real cool.

[Psychicpet]

ya, it's still registered under ASCAP for the songs so royalties are there for sure for radio/licensing/etc. I'm sure Trent would have paid the guys up front for their work as well as they get points for units and/or song credits. An awesome way to do it. A little harder for the one footing the initial bill but Trent's got a little cash left and the way they work I'm sure production costs are really low.

I'm definitely digging what I've had a chance to listen to so far, some tracks almost remind me of Broken era stuff....

[Mr. Pickles]

Thanks for all the insight.

Hard to believe it's been, what, 18 years that NIN has been around. I remember seeing them at Lollapalooza I in support of Pretty Hate Machine! I think that was 1990.

[Nyarlathotep]

Downloading now.

[Jeramaya]

Despite my objections to mp3's/listening to music on computers, et al, I think this free downloadable album is a good idea in *their* case for one reason. I haven't listened to them since I grew tired of TDS and couldn't get into TF or anything after it. I still am always curious, though, whether or not they can or will make something that I find interesting. This is a perfect way for those of us who may have withered away from NIN to get back into the groove and see what's up. I dl'd it, but haven't listened to it yet. If it's good, I'll buy it later, and possibly go back and buy some of others that I missed.

Curious, though...are there any audiophiles here who actually got the supermegaultra file???

[Doughd54]

Originally Posted by Jeramaya

Curious, though...are there any audiophiles here who actually got the supermegaultra file???

I picked it up in Apple Lossless. You might want to go back and check out With Teeth if you like this album

[namraj]

I would have got the 1.2 gb file but don't have that kinda room on my harddrive and have achully shreded my good headphones anyway.

[69nites]

I don't know if it's the case right now but I do know that NIN are perfectly capable and equipped to make an album start to finish without any outside help.