NIN Releases Another New Album: Trent Reznor has been on a writing binge lately. Trent announced that he released another album titled ‘The Slip‘ and is giving it away for free. ‘We are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com says Trent’. ‘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.

Fueled By Success: The New York Times has a piece titled ‘An Alternative Approach To Marketing Rock Bands‘ which discusses the indie label Fueled By Ramen. The people at the label instill a hard work ethic for the bands they sign. ‘When Mr. Janick signs bands, he tells them how hard they will work, not how rich they will become’. Regardless, hard work and blogging until your fingers fall off doesn’t guarantee success. For instance, “The last album from the Academy Is sold half of what its previous release did, and the new album from Cobra Starship, another of the label’s bands, may not sell 100,000”. It’s all about the songs…

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