Radiohead’s decision to axe the middleman (the-soon-to-be-helpless record companies) has resulted in a truck-load of money for them. The marketing decision that was being expected to be the biggest debacle of the year has proved to be otherwise and that too in the extreme. By selling their music online at whatever price their fans think to be fair, Radiohead might have created a ground-breaking business model for the other bands. The average music lover it turns out is honest and doesn’t mind paying the right price for what he deems worthy. As for me, I haven’t been able to get my copy yet because the website just won’t load! I’ll keep trying though.
But the good thing is that an old friend of mine has been able to get past the server overload issue. Here’s a big thank you to Vishnu Erramilli for sending in a really awesome track-by-track review of the last album of Radiohead — In Rainbows. Read the rest of this entry »
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