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where at?
I got it this morning. I'm curious as to how much everyone is paying(or not paying) for it, and what songs you like best.
I paid 5 pounds
and I think All I Need and Nude are great songs thus far
where at?
I've tried over and over and not only is the site REALLY slow right now, but I can't get past the shopping cart page... When I click to pay, it just refreshes the page.
So, goofy as it may sound, I'm downloading it via torrent. At some point when their server traffic slows down a bit I'll try again because I'd like to donate a few bucks but I'm getting tired of waiting.
I miss the days when Radiohead rocked.
I couldnt even hit the site, it was asking me for a login id and password.
it did that to me, I just kept trying and I got it to work. I logged on paid, and got the confirmation email to download then downloaded the whole album within 2 minutes.
Just keep trying it works once you get past that password thing.
yeah I first looked on it on Albumbase.com because I thought it wouldn't work for me. I cleared the cache or cookies (mabye both) on my computer and it worked for me. The only probelm was that password thing that A-Train was talking about.
I heard on the radio that the average American is paying close to 10 bucks for the album, which shocks the out of me.
honestly, I was going to download it for free but I felt bad so I flipped them a couple bucks. How weird is that? I mean I would have no problem downloading something off albumbase.com for free, but now a band has said "you can pay up whatever you feel" and since I respect that, I won't take advantage of it. Damn it's like reverse psychology or something. But I didn't buy it the night it came out because my wallet was in the car and I didn't feel right about not paying anything.
It makes me wonder if other artists will do this now. I mean radiohead will be making more this way than if they actually had a label to release it on. Does anyone know how much artists actually make on album sales. I know it isnt much.
I read So You Wanna Be A Rock n' Roll Star by Jacob Slitcher (drummer for Semisonic) and it explains everything about record deals. They basically have this expense fund that they ultimatly have to pay back to the recold label. So all the promos and everything gets taken out and they end up seeing 3-5 cents an album, and some bands get as high as 90 cents. It's an awesome book because it explains alot about the non glamorous side of being in a band, and how bands get ripped off, and stuff. I'm not much a fan of Semisonic, but the book is one of my favorites
http://www.amazon.com/Wanna-Rock-Rol...2111099&sr=8-1
did that link I sent in PM you work?
I didnt get a PM try again. Wow I didnt know it was that low. Radiohead is going to make a killing from what they are doing. I know it would be harder for small bands to do that, but big bands need to take note.
Several already have. Nine Inch Nails is officially without a record deal now, and Reznor has said he may not resign with anyone.I didnt get a PM try again
This could possibly be what some need to do to battle the piracy. Let us download for free if we want and donate, either way it will be more than 5 cents a cd. It will give people a chance to actually listen to the whole cd and not just what the radio wants us to hear. This could make thier fan base grow. I heard Bodysnatchers on the radio yesterday, damn this song is awesome!!
i doubt it will have any effect on piracy.
if more and more bands did this, i think the novelty would wear off and only the die hard fans of a particular band would pay, as opposed to those who have respect for what theyre trying to do.
radiohead turns about face, will sell through one of big four in January:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cop-out/r...ary-309948.php
what a bunch of es.After basking in adulation from music lovers and RIAA haters for being enlightened poster children of the new way of doing business in the music industry, Radiohead has pulled an about-face that feels like a betrayal and a dirty cop-out: They're releasing In Rainbows on CD in January through one of the Big Four (all of whom they're in negotiations with right now), and it might contain extra material not found in the digital version. Yeah, it was a cheap marketing ploy, according to their management: "If we didn't believe that when people hear the music they will want to buy the CD, then we wouldn't do what we are doing."
As Idolator's editor had guessed, the ty 160kbps files should've been a tipoff something else was in the works besides the $80 feel-good bonus-laden package. Which, had fans known a regular CD release is coming out, would they have dropped that much coin? Some, sure, but all? And what about the poor bas s that paid full price (or more) for the middling quality MP3s?
What makes the move so goddamn dirty is that it was complete subterfuge—had they said they were planning a CD release in the first place it wouldn't be so bad. Instead, they cheated fans and rode a sky-high wave of good press while planning to do the same old, same old the entire time. There's no way I'm buying their album now, in any form.
if that is indeed true I'm pissed off. Not so much if they do a release, but if they put extra material on it to get people to buy it again
it I'll just download the bonus too.
unlike most heads i pay for my music
but I will not be paying anything for the new Radiohead album since they aren't asking for anything
wtf? this isn't breaking news, they said they were going to do this all along. it's even noted in one of the other threads.
now the bonus material part is bull unless they make it available to anybody who already downloaded the album.
of course they won't.
yeah probably not. one can hope that they're better than that, though.
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