Radiohead Nude: Pay-per-download

April 2nd, 2008 by Ella Morton

You know Radiohead, right? The band that let you set your own price -- including zero dollars -- for their latest album?

Well, Thom Yorke's posse is back with another digital music offer, but this one's not quite so generous. To coincide with the release of the single Nude in the UK, the band is selling parts of the song on iTunes for fans to create their own remixes.

In addition to the official single, there are five tracks, or "stems" available: bass, drum, strings, vocals and guitar. The idea is that Radiohead tragics will seize upon these AAC files -- at the price of AU$1.69 per stem -- and mess around with them in Garage Band until the early hours.

Cool idea, but it's worth noting that -- as dictated by Radiohead in an accompanying message on iTunes -- any masterpieces you create can't be considered yours in legal terms. The words clearly state that if you end up with any bobby dazzling tunes, you'd need to request permission from the band before you "commercially exploit them" (you corporatised, capitalist, establishment members of the bourgeoisie).

It's a curious twist in light of the "our fans determine the value of our art" ethos that underpinned the In Rainbows release.

Nab more info -- and check out fan remixes -- at the Radioheadremix.com site.

The iTunes page.

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2 Responses to “Radiohead Nude: Pay-per-download”

Steve
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:49pm

One song for the price of five. Hmmm... This has the stench of a major record label all over it... Oh what's that I see in the Terms and Conditions: 1. all rights in and to any remixed versions (“Remixes”) of the song “Nude” (“the Song”) created by the Entrant shall be owned by Warner/Chappell Music Ltd (“WCM”). Surprise, surprise.

Keith
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:10pm

Nine Inch Nails have been releasing multi-track files for ages and they cost NOTHING. In fact their latest album was released under a creative commons license (that doesn't allow commercial gain, but still).

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