Ghost Records.

As I am typing this, Nine Inch Nails new album, Ghosts, is downloading happily in FLAC format in the background. You have to pay $5 to get it, but that is around 25 DKK which is next to nothing. I feel like I ought to pay some tribute to Trent Reznor as he has produced so much good music through the ages. The $5 is vastly more than he would make, had he gone the usual record company way. I like paying Mr. Reznor. It is my hope that he will be inspired to produce more of his great music. I don't like paying a middle-man who has been factored out of the equation by time. Trent must pay some money for me to download the album in FLAC format. Though this is peanuts compared to the $5. On the other hand, he do not have to pay for the production of a CD, and nor do I want it. Is the price fair? I really do think it is. Note that we are now entering a new era, where you can publish your music on the internet. The record companies made a number of mistakes: They alienated their customers. They alienated their artists. They destroyed Napster, but did not have anything in its place. They promoted utterly bad artists by creating enormously expensive music videos. They didn't know statistics. They did not understand the internet as a media. Now, they must suffer and die.