Reznor the Genius

Trent Reznor has really got a good thing going. In under a week he's made $1,000,000 by essentially giving his new album "Ghost" away for free. The album has 36 tracks total. Reznor made 9 available for free, and then through his website has many different packages ranging from $10.00-$300.00 in retail value. He's done all of it without label support, and because of it has banked. In 3 days he sold out of the $300.00 package, which only had 2500 units available.

The point is, while labels are bitching about illegal downloads and this and that, here is an artist that, on his own, GIVING his music away and then letting the fans decide HOW and WHAT they want to buy. Talk about fan loyalty. NIN is going to be one of the biggest selling acts this year, and lets not forget, it's an instrumental.