Blog: ChordStrike

The wide availability of free and cheap music on the internet means that, these days, it isn't enough for musicians to just make music - they have to give fans something else if they're going to sell any records. It used to be posters and specially written liner notes and "multimedia content"; now it seems to be entry into a wacky personalized competition. Earlier this year, Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese offered personal phone calls, a taste of his wife's lasagna and the keys to his car to fans willing to stump up big bucks [...]