Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Rez


Lots of posts in draft (still- I am sucking at writing lately) but here is something that caught my interest:


Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails lets rip at ignorant record labels for charging $10 more for his disc-

Why is this the case?" He goes "Because your packaging is a lot more expensive". I know how much the packaging costs -- it costs me, not them, it costs me 83 cents more to have a CD with the colour-changing ink on it. I'm taking the hit on that, not them. So I said "Well, it doesn't cost $10 more". "Ah, well, you're right, it doesn't. Basically it's because we know you've got a core audience that's gonna buy whatever we put out, so we can charge more for that. It's the pop stuff we have to discount to get people to buy it. True fans will pay whatever". And I just said "That's the most insulting thing I've heard. I've garnered a core audience that you feel it's OK to rip off? F--- you'. That's also why you don't see any label people here, 'cos I said 'F--- you people. Stay out of my f---ing show. If you wanna come, pay the ticket like anyone else. F--- you guys". They're thieves. I don't blame people for stealing music if this is the kind of s--- that they pull off.

Saw the link on AlternateIdea

I knew the ol' Rezzer was a proper geez from the first, back in say, 1990. 17 years ago. Makes my head hurt.