Trent Reznor Encourages Revolution

11 months ago 09th Apr 13:15

Trent Reznor wants musicians to leave their record labels.

The Nine Inch Nails frontman - who broke away from his deal with music giants Universal in 2007 - has described the experience as "liberating" and encourages other musicians to follow in his footsteps.

liberating and encourages other musicians to follow in his footsteps.He said:

He said: "The record labels made it because artists are dumb and they'll sign anything' - like I did. When we found out we'd been released it was like, 'Thank God!' But 20 minutes later it was, 'Uh-oh, now what are we going to do?' It was incredibly liberating, and it was terrifying.

"One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it? Who the f**k made that rule? Oh!"

The 'Closer' rocker insists music executives are out of touch with the way the music industry is heading.

He added to Wired magazine: "Anyone who is an executive at a record label does not understand what the internet is, how it works, how people use it, how fans and consumers interact - no I dead. I'm surprised they know how to use email.

"They have built a business around selling plastic discs and nobody wants plastic discs anymore. They're in such a business around selling plastic discs, and nobody wants plastic discs any more. They're in such a state of denial it's impossible for them to understand what's happening."

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