Nine Inch Nails frontman disheartened by attempt to digitally distribute album
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 10, 2008 at 11:22am
Trent Reznor, the front man for the band Nine Inch Nails, was disappointed in his first attempt to distribute an album digitally, according to CNET. He recently produced and helped bankroll the album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust with musician Saul Williams.
They made the album available for free in one version but also offered the option of buying a higher-quality digital download for $5. “The promotions were groundbreaking and plenty of people predicted that a profitable outcome would convince many musicians to drop their labels and use the Internet to distribute their own artistic creations,” says CNET.
Then Reznor reported on his blog that 154,449 people had downloaded NiggyTardust, but only 28,322 of them paid the $5 as of January 2. In the blog, Reznor suggested that he was “disheartened” by the results.
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