Note To Music Industry: YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS!
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor is as much Rock Star to the world or internet marketing as he is to the world of Rock n’ Roll. While the industry continued to beat it’s head against the wall of a dead music model, Trent harnessed the power of the internet and gave the fans what they wanted – the cow and the milk for free. This video case study explores Reznor’s experiments, examining what has worked and what has not – and why.
So you’re tired of spending your valuable bucks on $.99 downloads from the iTunes store? Me too! (Stupid economy…) MySpace Music Store is set to launch later this week, but even there you’re going to have to pay close to $1 per song.
Lemme throw this controversial questions up against the wall – what happened to good ole pirating? I miss the days where I could jack the equivalent of $500 worth of music in one sitting – for free!
Well, screw you, Steve Jobs and your DRM protected music, I’m not putting up with it anymore.
Fortunately, in my endless hours of surfin’ the net I ran into a secret website (that probably isn’t so secret) that allows you to convert YouTube videos into MP3’s. The sound quality is outstanding, it takes only a matter of seconds and it’s 100% free.
Here’s how you do it: (more…)