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Trent Reznor Challenges Music Norms
alset_tech writes "Trent Reznor (of Nine Inch Nails) has released the new single from NIN's upcoming album as a GarageBand file for fan remixes. Though by no means the first time a major-label artist has released a track to the public for remix, this is the first time such a project has been as open to the common user. The repercussions to 'traditional' IP views in music could be beneficial to all. Note that the license agreement does not allow commercial use of the included sounds. From the download text: 'What I'm giving you in this file is the actual multi-track audio session for 'the hand that feeds' in GarageBand format. This is the entire thing bounced over from the actual Pro Tools session we recorded it into. I imported and converted the tracks into AppleLoop format so the size would be reasonable and the tempo flexible.'"
I agree! That direction being following in the footsteps of others.
If anyone remembers Acid prior to Sony's acquisition of SoundForge, they had guest artists all the time who would provide tracks for public remix and then the bands would choose the best one. Not just no-name or rarely heard of groups (NOT saying Nine Inch Nails is either of those) but actual artists. I remember remixing Gravity Kills, Garbage and The Beastie Boys.
The thing that gets me about this article though, is that it says "...this is the first time such a project has been as open to the common user." but this is false on two points.
1 - As I just mentioned (and is discussed in a number of other posts) this isn't the first time this has been available.
2 - Since when (and I'm not trolling here) are Mac users "common users?" Forgive me if I am wrong, but Windows has the dominant market share. I would think Windows users would be common users.
All is not lost though, from what I understand, GarageBand is a loop-based system. So apps like Acid should be able to play with these files.
R(k)